Neil Gaiman: Sandman's Netflix series will be updated for modern times

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“The idea is to stay faithful to Sandman, but to do it for now rather than making it a 1980s period piece,” he said in a recent CBC interview. “In Sandman (issue) number one, there is a sleeping sickness that occurs because Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams, is captured ... in 1916, and in 1988 he escapes,” Gaiman said. “Instead of him being a captive for about 80 years, he’s going to be a captive for about 110 years and that will change things.”