Neil Gaiman's acclaimed graphic novel series, Sandman, has attracted the likes of James McAvoy, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Riz Ahmed, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth, Andy Serkis, and Michael Sheen for its audiobook.īut reassembling casts is a slightly newer phenomena.ĭuring the pandemic, TV shows such as Orphan Black, Chuck and Community reunited their stars for read-throughs of old episodes, while the actors of cult classic films Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe and Fast Times At Ridgemont High got together virtually for a table-read of their respective scripts. In addition to McAvoy, and Gaiman himself as narrator, the supporting cast. Given audiobooks are far cheaper and less logistically complex than film and TV, the Buffy example could be the next big way franchises connect with content-hungry fanbases.Īudiobooks narrated by a prominent star of screen adaptations are nothing new.ĭoctor Who audiobooks read by past Time Lords and other cast members have been around for a while, and you can listen to Daniel Radcliffe read Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone, or Andy Serkis read The Lord Of The Rings. The Sandman as its meant to be heard, narrated by Riz Ahmed, Kat Dennings, Taron Egerton, Neil Gaiman, James McAvoy, Samantha Morton, Bebe Neuwirth. Audible have assembled a very starry voice cast for the series - with James McAvoy starring in the lead role as Morpheus. We had listened to Act 1 late last year, and I had remembered the major stories but not who many of the minor characters were, which became a problem at times as there’s. Get the Audible Audio Editions of the The Sandman series from the .uk online audiobook store. Act 2 of the Sandman Audible adaptation continues with more short stories from the early 1990s graphic novels, with an impressive cast including some very well known voices. There is no mention of Buffy herself - Sarah Michelle Gellar - returning, although Gellar has never ruled it out. The Sandman broke the Audible Original pre-order record when it debuted in 2020 and remains the best-selling Audible Original in Audible's history.It also was 1 on The New York Times Best Seller. Download the The Sandman audiobook series and listen anywhere, anytime on your iPhone, Android or Windows device. Leading perhaps the best cast ever assembled in audio, James McAvoy returns to voice Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, in The Sandman: Act III, the third installment of the New York Times best-selling audio saga.

While other Buffyverse reboots, films and further TV spin-offs were being discussed before the show finished in 2003, and been since, this combination of returning cast members and a canonical story feels like the closest fans will get to more adventures in the world of the slayers, partly because it appears easier to keep Whedon out of it.īenson told Variety she was considering further audiobook episodes of Slayers that could feature other returning cast members, including Seth Green (Oz) and Clare Kramer (Glory). The groundbreaking audio production of what Los Angeles Times Magazine called the greatest epic in the history of comic books continues.

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