Dreamers rejoice: The Sandman renewed for more episodes

Join us in a toast, will you? Here's to absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists — EW can confirm that The Sandman has finally been renewed for more episodes.

Following season 1 and a surprise bonus episode released in August, Netflix has given the greenlight for more episodes, though just how many episodes and story details are being kept under wraps.

It's been a stressful wait for fans. After The Sandman season 1 premiered on Netflix in August, it accumulated lots of views — so fans were left confused by the lack of an immediate renewal. Neil Gaiman, the co-creator of the iconic Sandman comic series on which the show is based and an adviser on the adaptation, kept tweeting at fans to keep watching to get the viewership numbers up, and apparently it worked.

"The rumours are true. Netflix is thrilled that so many of you have been watching Sandman, and the thing we were all hoping would happen... has indeed happened..." Gaiman said on Twitter Wednesday alongside a video from Netflix that promises "The Dream Continues"... though the streamer isn't outright calling the renewal a full season 2 as of now.

Netflix Lucifer (Gwendoline Christie) and Dream (Tom Sturridge) in 'The Sandman' on Netflix.

Showrunner Allan Heinberg is prepared, however. As he previously told EW, Heinberg has already convened a writers' room for season 2 of The Sandman to figure out how to adapt iconic storylines like Season of Mists and A Game of You. The former is teased by the final moments of the season 1 finale, in which Lucifer (Gwendoline Christie) plots her revenge against Dream (Tom Sturridge). Comic fans know that revenge takes an unexpected form, leading to one of the best storylines in the series. TV viewers have a lot to look forward to.

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