‘The Sandman’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far

Netflix’s The Sandman is returning for its second season in July 2025! Here’s the latest on everything we know about the forthcoming season, including all the new cast confirmed so far, what we can expect, and lots more. 

The 11-episode first season of The Sandman arrived on August 5th, 2022, covering the first two volumes of the seminal comics, Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll’s House. Following the first season’s release, a bonus animated episode (A Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope) dropped on August 19th, 2022.

With The Sandman season 2 being the show’s final season, showrunner Allan Heinberg has been tasked with cramming a crazy amount of content into the concluding eleven episodes — and also a bonus spinoff episode. We know that some of the main storylines of the season include Season of Mists and Brief Lives. The season will also cover several one-shot issues from the comic, such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Thermidor and The Song of Orpheus. It’ll cover the ending of the beloved graphic novels, meaning fans don’t need to be concerned about being left on any cliffhangers. 

Season 2 is split into two parts: Volume 1, July 3, and Volume 2, July 24. The bonus episode, The High Cost of Living, which focuses on Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) drops on July 31st. You can check out the trailer below:

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How many episodes are in The Sandman Season 2?

We had previously confirmed six episode titles from the upcoming season, but now Netflix has revealed the titles for all 12 episodes. Let’s run you through them:

• Episode 1: Season of Mists
• Episode 2: The Ruler of Hell
• Episode 3: More Devils Than Vast Hell Can Hold
• Episode 4: Brief Lives
• Episode 5: The Song of Orpheus
• Episode 6: Family Blood
• Episode 7: Time and Night
• Episode 8: Fuel For The Fire
• Episode 9: The Kindly Ones
• Episode 10: Long Live the King
• Episode 11: A Tale of Graceful Ends
• BONUS EPISODE 12: Death: The High Cost of Living

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New stills of The Sandman Season 2

Netflix also unveiled numerous new images from the upcoming episodes. These feature debut looks at new characters, such as Ruairi O’Connor as Orpheus and Ella Rumpf as Eurydice. We also have an image featuring Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) and Sexton (Colin Morgan).

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How well did The Sandman perform on Netflix?

Netflix Hourly Data for The Sandman

We can assess the show’s performance and benchmark it against other shows thanks to many online resources.

The most significant numbers we get from Netflix are the hourly viewing figures for the show, which we get every Tuesday. Over a month later, the show remains in the top 5 English shows streaming on Netflix. It decays between 30% and 41% each week.

Between July 31 and September 18 (seven weeks), The Sandman had 393.14 million hours watched on Netflix globally before dropping out of Netflix’s global top 10.

Here’s how the show hours watched break down week to week:

Week Period	Hours Viewed(M)	Rank	Week in Top 10
July 31st, 2022 to August 7th, 2022	69,480,000	1	1
August 7th, 2022 to August 14th, 2022	127,500,000 (+84%)	1	2
August 14th, 2022 to August 21st, 2022	77,240,000 (-39%)	1	3
August 21st, 2022 to August 28th, 2022	53,790,000 (-30%)	2	4
August 28th, 2022 to September 4th, 2022	33,320,000 (-38%)	3	5
September 4th, 2022 to September 11th, 2022	19,590,000 (-41%)	5	6
September 11th, 2022 to September 18th, 2022	12,220,000 (-38%)	10	7

In our weekly top 10 reports, What’s on Netflix contributor Frédéric Durand used CVE metrics to compare the show against other English-language dramas. He put the show at a likely renewal, with it tracking better than The Lincoln Lawyer and only just behind Vikings: Valhalla.

Nielsen Data for The Sandman

We’ve got a few week’s worth of viewing hour data for The Sandman via Nielsen’s top 10s; here’s how it breaks down:

Week Ending	Nielsen Original Position	Minutes	Hours
August 7th	3	1,021M	17.02M
August 14th	1	1,386M	23.10M
August 21st	1	946M	15.77M
August 28th	3	681M	11.35M

Nielsen captures viewing hours in the United States and pits Netflix shows against titles from Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, and Apple TV+.

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Who is in the cast of The Sandman Season 2 on Netflix

Warning: Spoilers for the comic book are ahead!

Returning characters in Season 2

All of the core cast from The Sandman Season 1 will return. This includes: 

• Dream, played by Tom Sturridge
• Lucienne, played by Vivienne Acheampong
• Mervyn, played by Mark Hamill
• Lucifer, played by Gwendoline Christie
• Cain, played by Sanjeev Bhaskar
• Abel, played by Asim Chaudhry
• Death, played by Kirby Howell-Baptiste
• Despair, played by Donna Preston
• Desire, played by Mason Alexander Park
• Matthew the Raven, played by Patton Oswalt

New Characters to Feature in Season 2 of The Sandman

Characters that will feature in season 2 include:

• Delirium – Played by Esme Creed Miles – The youngest of the Endless, Delerium inhabits a sometimes ecstatic, sometimes incoherent realm, but she is always actively trying to navigate through it.
• Destruction – Played by Barry Sloane – The Endless sibling who abandoned his realm and is described as rugged, physically imposing, disarmingly handsome with bright, inquisitive eyes, a hearty laugh, and a generous heart.
• Destiny – Played by Adrian Lester – Eldest of the Endless and described as a stoic, all-knowing, monk-like figure who spends his days walking barefoot down the paths of his labyrinth garden.
• Wanda – Played by Indya Moore – A driver and security agent for an exclusive high-end travel firm. Will serve as a personal guide and liaison for Dream and Delirium during their time in the waking world.
• Thor (Laurence O’Fuarain), Loki (Freddie Fox) and Odin (Clive Russell) — The Norse Gods enter Dream’s Palace for a banquet, all vying to lay claim to the Key to Hell. 
• Orpheus – Played by Ruairi O’Connor – The son of Morpheus.
• Barnabas – Played by Steve Coogan — Destruction’s canine companion.
• Nuala – Played by Ann Skelly – A fairy from the Faerie who is presented as a gift to Morpheus.
• Puck – Played by Jack Gleeson – A trickster capable of shapeshifting from English myth.

We previously interviewed Laurence O’Fuarain about his role as Thor in the new season. “The Thor we see in The Sandman is hot-tempered, full of bravado, but loyal to the end. He was really fun to play,” he teased. 

Plenty of other casting in the new season has taken place, too. Here’s our big list of new cast members. Bear in mind that some of these character names may well be placeholder names: 

• Amber Rose Revah as Goddess Ishtar
• Andre Flynn (The Musketeers) as Envoy to Lord Kilderkin
• Antonia Desplat as Persephone
• Assiba Blejah as Makena
• Ben Cutler (Eastenders) as Luke Burns
• Bridgette Amofa as TBD
• Charlotte Bate (Casualty) as TBD
• Charlotte Bate (I Think We Are Alone) as TBD
• Chris Barnes as Bruno
• Daniel Hoffmann-Gill (The Nevers) as Guillaume
• Daphne Alexander (The Fourth Kind) as Bromie
• Emily Yuen (Rocketman) as Mai Lai
• Garry Cooper as Hades
• Gavin Spokes (House of the Dragon, SCOOP) as Jeremy
• Jake Fairbrother as Remiel
• James Akka as TBD
• Joel Burman as TBD
• Jordan Adene (Young Wallander) as Donnie Capax (expected to be a variation on Danny the son of Bernie Capax)
• Jordan Stamatiadis as Aphy
• Kayode Akinyemi (Vikings: Valhalla) as Kris
• Kem Hassan as Phil Jones
• Lance C. Fuller as Leonard
• Luke Polie as Anthony
• Morgan Dun-Campbell as Aurora
• Olamide Candide-Johnson as TBD
• Paul Brennen (Men in Black: International) as Captain Carnot
• Rose Bianco as Dora
• Tafline Steen (Miss Scarlett and the Duke) as Xantho
• Umulisa Gahiga as Nada
• Wil Coban as Lord Azazel
• Zahra Browne (Pennyworth) as Charlier Adler

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New look at The Sandman Season 2 (December 2024)

Our latest look at the new season comes from TVLine. Their exclusive behind-the-scenes image shows Tom Sturridge as Dream. He’s leaning towards the camera in a strange stance, perhaps ready for battle. Take a look:

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A timeline of The Sandman’s Season 2 production

Rumors of a Summer 2023 production start for The Sandman began with Mason Alexander Park telling fans at the Fan Expo in San Francisco that they expected to begin filming in the summer.

In March 2023, we learned that filming was scheduled for June 2023 through October 2023. After a holiday break, shooting would return from January 2024 to April 2024. These two periods of filming will be referred to as block one and block two. 

In June 2023, we got confirmation that filming had started, with filming in London at Shepperton Studios and on-location in late June 2023 in Dorset. Production teams were spotted on the Lulworth Estate, and more filming occurred on the Durdle Door beach. Additional eyewitness reports suggest that some filming was also taking place in Parkstone Cemetery in Poole.

Tom Sturridge, returning as Dream, and what many speculate to be Ruairi O’Connor (The Morning Show, The Spanish Princess), who has joined the cast, were spotted filming on the beach.

Jamie Childs returns to the director’s chair in season 2.

 

In late November 2023, when filming picked back up, Netflix shared the first official look behind the scenes on The Sandman season 2.

In February 2024, it was reported that the series was filming throughout Brighton, including the iconic Royal Pavilion.

In September 2024, The Sandman Season 2 officially wrapped filming.

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When will Season 2 of The Sandman be released on Netflix?

The Sandman Season 2 releases on Netflix in two volumes. Volume 1 contains the first 6 episodes, releasing on July 4. Volume 2, with the final 5 instalments, arrives on July 24. The season also includes a bonus episode, The High Cost of Living, dropping on July 31. 

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Contains additional contributions by Kasey Moore.