Neil Gaiman was brought to tears by a scene from Netflix’s The Sandman

The Sandman on Netflix is one of our most hotly anticipated shows of this year, and the more we hear, the more excited we get.

Netflix is making a TV show based on The Sandman, Neil Gaiman’s landmark comic series about a group of eternal beings known as the Endless, each of whom is a personification of a different aspect of the human condition. The story mostly follows the dour Dream, who will by played by British actor Tom Sturridge. We’re finally getting some closer looks at the series and can expect more during Netflix’s Geeked Week event.

In the meantime, Gaiman himself is teasing great things ahead. The Mary Sue covered a recent visit he paid to the Theater at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles where he talked about being moved to tears by one scene in particular.

Gaiman didn’t reveal too many details, of course, but the scene in question comes in Episode 6. This episode will revolve around Hob Gadling (Mathew Horne), a man living in medieval times who has the bright idea to live forever simply by refusing to die. Normally that kind of thing might not really fly, but Dream and his sister Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) decide to grant Hob his wish.

We check in on Hob at various points throughout his very, very long life. He has a lot of ups and downs in that time. During one of the downs, Death comes by and asks if he’s ready to die now…and he says no. It’s a terrific scene that sounds like it’s been translated perfectly to screen. “[Gaiman] said that even though he already knew the lines in the scene because he’d written them, the scene was so well-rendered that he was moved to tears,” The Mary Sue reports.

I love The Sandman, so I’m very happy to hear good tidings like these. We don’t have a firm release date yet, but the show is set to premiere sometime this year.

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