#stephen fry as gilbert is the best casting

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The Sandman | the glorious story of Fiddler’s Green 

#the sandman #sandman #stephen fry #fiddler's green #sue's things #sicvita:sandman #one of my absolute favourite scenes #i cried at this #stephen fry as gilbert is the best casting #and every moment he was onscreen was excellent #funny and heartwarming and glorious

[mywingsareonwheels]

Thoughts on the new “Sandman” adaptation coming out in a week (aaaah! <3 )

1. Holy shit this look good.

2. I have been a “Sandman” fan for like 24 years now this is SO GREAT.

3. *flails*

4. ... yeah but am I actually going to be able to watch the “24 Hours” bits or am I going to have to skip them like I do whenever I reread the comics because oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof there’s dark and then there’s fricking *that*.

5. That cast is fricking amazing.

6. But with all due respect to Stephen Fry, I think Roger Allam would have been an even better choice for Gilbert. I’m biased but I am also right.

7. Looking forward to tumblr just all collapsing into a huge “Sandman” flail generally. :D (*Not* looking forward to all the potential for extreme fandom drama and some very bad takes, but hey.)

8. SANJEEV BHASKAR AS CAIN IS JUST THE BEST CASTING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED like if I was looking forward to nothing else I would adore this. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

9. Some of the representation in the comics is stuff that Gaiman has said himself would have done differently and better now (and presumably now has), but for something from the late 80s/early 90s it was fricking good. Watch out for obnoxious right-wingers trying to claim that the adaptation is inappropriately inclusive as though that’s a change, when obnoxious right-wingers said exactly the same thing about the comics. *eyeroll*

#the sandman #sandman #sandman netflix #neil gaiman

[neil-gaiman]

More casting news on Sandman...

Every afternoon I get an email telling me that there are “dailies” from The Sandman ready to be watched. It's the best bit of the day. Once every few weeks I get an email letting me know that there's a finished episode waiting for me to watch it. It's the best bit of the month.

The Sandman is being made, and it's... well, it's The Sandman. Which is the best thing of all.

You may know that The Sandman is based on my comic book series of the same name. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are interwoven, The Sandman follows the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic — and human — mistakes he's made during his vast existence.

You might already know that Tom Sturridge (he/him) is Dream of the Endless, Gwendolyn Christie (she/her) is Lucifer, Sanjeev Bhaskar (he/him) and Asim Chaudhry (he/him) are Cain and Abel, Charles Dance (he/him) is Roderick Burgess, Vivienne Acheampong (she/her) is Lucienne, and Boyd Holbrook (he/him) is The Corinthian.

But there are more parts to be announced. And I thought it would be fun to tell you about some of them, and the thinking behind them.

DEATH – Dream's wiser, nicer, and much more sensible sister. Significantly harder to cast than you might imagine (well, than I imagined, anyway). Hundreds of talented women from all around the planet auditioned, and they were brilliant, and none of them were right. Someone who could speak the truth to Dream, on the one hand, but also be the person you'd want to meet when your life was done on the other. And then we saw Kirby Howell-Baptiste's (she/her) audition and we knew we had our Death.

DESIRE – Dream's sibling and everything you want, whatever you want and whoever you are. Desire is also trouble for Dream. Families are complicated. We had barely started looking when Mason Alexander Park (they/them) reached out on Twitter, and threw their hat into the ring. We were thrilled when they got the part.

DESPAIR – Desire's twin, Dream's sister. She is the moment when all hope is gone, the bleakest of the Endless. Donna Preston (she/her) will be playing her, and her performance is chilling and sad. You feel her pain.

JOHANNA CONSTANTINE – Eighteenth Century occult adventuress, John Constantine’s great-great-great grandmother. This Sandman character became so popular that she even had her own spin-off series. I created her to fill the role that John Constantine does in the past. When we broke down the first season, given that we knew that we would be encountering Johanna in the past, we wondered what would happen if we met a version of her in the present as well. We tried it and the script was sparkier, feistier, and in some ways even more fun. So having written her, we just had to cast her. Jenna Coleman (she/her) gave us the Johanna of our dreams – tough, brilliant, tricky, haunted and probably doomed.

ETHEL CRIPPS – Roderick Burgess's love, John Dee's mother, is a small but vital role in the comics, but she became more important as we told our story. In the 1920s and 30s, she is played by Niamh Walsh (she/her): a betrayed and determined young woman seeking to survive. In the present day, now a woman of a hundred identities and a thousand lies, she's played by the brilliant Joely Richardson (she/her).

JOHN DEE – Ethel's son is dangerous. He was driven mad, long ago. Now he's out and on a quest for Truth that may destroy the world. We needed an actor who could break your heart and keep your sympathy while taking you into the darkest places. We were lucky that David Thewlis (he/him) took the part.

Now we're shooting The Doll's House, the second big Sandman storyline. It's the story of:

ROSE WALKER – a young woman on a desperate search for her missing brother, who finds a family she didn't know that she had, and a connection to Dream that neither of them can escape. We needed someone young who could make you care as she ventures into some very dangerous places. Boyd Holbrook's Corinthian is waiting for her, after all. Kyo Ra (she/her) achieves that as Rose.

LYTA HALL – Rose’s friend, a young widow mourning her husband Hector. Rose doesn't know that Hector has started showing up in Lyta's dreams, though. Or that strange things are happening. Razane Jammal (she/her) is Lyta, and she's terrific.

UNITY KINKAID - Heiress, Rose's mysterious benefactor. She has spent a century asleep. Now she's awake, having missed out on her life. She's played by Sandra James Young (she/her).

GILBERT – Rose Walker's debonair protector. A dab hand with a paradox and a sword cane. Stephen Fry (he/him) is a National Treasure, and we forget sometimes that he's also a remarkable actor. Seeing him in costume and make up on the dailies made me blink: it was as if the comic had come to life.

MATTHEW  – Dream’s trusted emissary. A raven. I expected our animals to be CGI, and was both taken aback and thrilled when the dailies started coming in, and there was Dream talking to... well, a raven. But ravens don't really talk. The question was, could we find an actor who could make you care about a dead person who was now a bird in the Dreaming – one who isn't certain what's going on, or whether any of this is a good idea? And could we find a voice performer who was also the kind of Sandman fan who used to stand in line to get his Sandman comics signed? The answer was, we could if we asked Patton Oswalt (he/him). And Patton was the first person we asked, and the first person we cast, the day before we pitched The Sandman to Netflix.

Of course, there are more delights and nightmares cast than I've listed here, and we have a few more secrets up our sleeves. I can't wait until you can start watching.

#Sandman

[sandssavvy]

My guide for online media bingeing

Podcasts:

My Brother My Brother & Me - With 500 episodes of upbeat content, this is perfect for people stuck at home.

Welcome to Night Vale - time for those good spooky queer small town vibes.

Stuff You Missed in History Class - Much more interesting than my high school history class. Episodes are about interesting events and people.

The Adventure Zone - There are multiple campaigns. I reccommend starting at the beginning with TAZ Balance, but if you want to start with the McElroy family playing DnD in the ongoing campaign TAZ Graduation is only up to Ep 12 right now.

Web Series:

Critical Role & all of Talks Machina:

Seriously this D&D rpg live game made up entirely of super talented voice actors is the best, and it is a crazy amount of content. Talks Machina, the cast Q&A show tends to be hilarious.

All Work No Play - Liam O'Brien and Sam Riegel are two best friends trying out activities ranging from: Ghost hunting, black smithing, goat yoga, and chainsaw art.

Monster Factory - Griffin & Justin Mcelroy make horrifying characters in various video games. This is the origin of Final Pam.

Ruining History

Puppet History

Buzzfeed Unsolved

The Try Guys

Kittysaurus: Cute cat shenanigans.

Polygon - Unraveled (Brian David Gilbert)

College Humor -

Dimension 20's (college humor folks)amazing D&D campaigns:

- Escape from the Bloodkeep (includes Matt Mercer & Erika Ishii)

- Fantasy High

- The Unsleeping City

Free TV:

Leverage: One of the best TV shows of all time! A group of criminals works to take down evil CEOs, corrupt politicians, and Wall Street criminals etc. And become an epic found family. If you havent seen it you have to try it. If you have seen it, rewatch it!

Schitt's Creek - Season's 1-5: Fantastic funny heartfealt. Including one of the most endearing mlm couples on tv.

Black Books: A hilarious British comedy

Paranormal Home Inspectors - People who believe their homes are haunted get visited by 3 inspectors 2 believe in ghosts and one is a building inspector. I love the building inspector.

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

Forensic Files: The best true crime show I've ever seen. It's not over the top, it's just a factual exploration of a criminal case from beginning to end. There are 14 Seasons to watch for free!

Peep Show: David Mitchell and Robert Webb's comedy series.

Q.I. : The famous British quiz show.

Kingdom: Stephen Fry plays a small town barrister. It is surprisingly good and upbeat.

Spaced: A fantastic British comedy show with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

Tubi shows & movies can be watched for free on a phone app or your computer.

Movies:

But I'm a Cheerleader - Classic queer film which has a happy ending (despite the conversion camp).

Those weird Mythica movies Matt Mercer was in.

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Secret of Nimh

Hulk Vs. (One of the funniest Deadpools in this animated film.)

Penelope: A Christina Ricci & James Mcelvoy film.

Treasure Island: Eddie Izzard plays Long John Silver and it's very good! Elijah Wood plays Ben Gunn.

The crunchyroll website and app are great for watching anime, jdrama, & foreign films for free.

Online plays/musicals:

Starkid Productions!: the people who made A Very Potter Musical (and it's sequels) eventually made a bunch of fantastic musicals.

Twisted (The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier)

Holy Musical B@man!

Trail to Oregon!

Firebringer

Starship

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals

Black Friday

Little White Lie

#masterpost #masterlist #webseries #gifs #podcasts #web series #critical role #dimension 20 #dimension20 #team starkid #starkid productions #starkid #stephen fry #free #free tv #free movies #tubi #tubitv #mcelroys

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Sense8 #renewSense8 #Sense8 #BringBackSense8

Contacting Celebrities per Reddit (long, but important!) r/Sense8 Contacting Influencers and Celebrities, Phase II u/newthrooawayyy Dear Senates, Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to Phase I and to /u/kanda_92, /u/StariNight69, /u/CaptainGreezy, /u/mjaybe, /u/Kaffeebohnson, /u/simkaspruce, /u/rangerpax, and /u/cameron_quickdraw for adding to the list and for their contributions to organization. Thank you to /u/nosebleed22, /u/PopeJP22, /u/jesstheblessedmess, /u/MissUrchin, /u/NynaAndromeda, /u/kacypup, /u/MjSpyt777, /u/lydiasmartin, /u/kronch, /u/edwintou, /u/Mataxor, /u/404GravitasNotFound, /u/rangerpax, /u/WildRaphy, /u/jayyyemmm, /u/smpower8, /u/vajochamp, /u/mpc9, and /u/klutzkoala for contributing to the list and expressing support. If I accidentally missed anybody, know that you are also appreciated! The task at hand right now is how to organize our Twitter outreach to influencers. As a starting point, we may: Decide on a day to start the Tweet campaign.Increase our numbers by recruiting on other social media platforms dedicated to Sense8.Coordinate days to tweet at specific celebrities. We should make those who have connections to the Wachowskis and/or have already tweeted support for Sense8 in the past our biggest priority, but please post your own suggestions as well and let the Cluster decide. The list is reprinted below, and as the evening and next day goes on, I will be adding dates next to the names. Edit 1: Sensates, I am setting the tentative start date for 6/8. Each day will have one person from the Wachowski/JMS list and one person from the LGBT-friendly list from Phase I. This is to express our wish that any show revival be directed by the original creators only in order to preserve its original social and artistic vision. Please feel free to comment! From /u/StariNight69's suggestion, please repost this thread and the one before it throughout the interwebs to increase our numbers. Again, thank you so very much for all the interest! Feel free to suggest more names as well, although since we have a long list already, these will be added into the schedule for the following thirty days. ------------------------------------------------Note: Those who don't have an official page on Twitter (does not tweet) may have Twitter fanpages or other social media. Feel free to add those in as well. Sense8 Pages Twitter: @Sense8Tumblr: sense8.tumblr.comFacebook: @Sense8TV Sense8 Main Cast Miguel Angel-Silvestre: @ma_silvestreDoona Bae: (does not tweet)Jamie Clayton: @MsJamieClaytonTina Desai: @tinadesai07Tuppence Middleton: @TuppenceToby Onwumere: @toby_onwumereMax Riemelt: @MaxRiemeltBrian J. Smith: @BrianJacobSmith Twitter Campaign Calendar (Preliminary) Thank you for the suggestion, /u/simkaspruce. First item: Actors and actresses who worked with the Wachowskis or J. Michael Straczynski Second item: LGBT-friendly influencers 6/8: Tom Hanks: @TomHanks, Laverne Cox: @Lavernecox 6/9: Keanu Reeves: @keanureeves, Marc Jacobs: @themarcjacobs 6/10: Carrie-Anne Moss: @annapurnaliving, Jean-Claude Van Damme: @RealJeanClaude 6/11: Channing Tatum: @channingtatum, Melissa Etheridge: @metheridge 6/12: Halle Berry: @halleberry, Lady Gaga: @ladygaga 6/13: Chris Hemsworth: @chrishemsworth, Ellen Degeneres: @TheEllenShow 6/14: Bruce Boxleitner: @boxleitnerbruce, Kirk Hammett: @kirkhammett 6/15: Naomie Harris: @NaomieHarris, Troy Sivan: @troysivan 6/16: Christina Ricci: @ChristinaRicci, Matt Bomer: @mattbomer 6/17: Roger Allam: @All_Allam, Wentworth Miller: @WenthworthM 6/18: Hugo Weaving: (does not tweet), JK Rowling: @jk_rowling 6/19: Stephen Fry: @stephenfry, Nyle DiMarco: @NyleDiMarco 6/20: RAIN: @29rain, Andy Cohen: @Andy 6/21: Keith David: @ImKeithDavid, RuPaul: @rupaul 6/22: Jim Broadbent: (does not tweet), Ian McKellan: @IanMcKellan 6/23: Hugh Grant: @hackedoffhugh, Misha Collins: @mishacollins 6/24: Laurence Fishburne: (does not tweet), Cheyenne Jackson: @cheyennejackson 6/25: Monica Bellucci: (does not tweet), Andy Dick: @andydick 6/26: Eddie Redmayne: (does not tweet), George Takei: @GeorgeTakei 6/27: Sean Bean: (does not tweet), Lauren Jauregui: @LaurenJauregui 6/28: , Joss Whedon: @joss 6/29: ,Tyler Oakley: @tyleroakley 19 Comments 62 Best Write a comment 404GravitasNotFound • 11h Thank you for making this thread!! If this works, this could be a big pain in the butt for Netflix, and, it'll work in true Sense8 style--by leveraging social connections! 10 newthrooawayyy • 9h Thanks! :) 2 LordAnubis10 • 8h Gotta exploit us virts! 2 AnnaAvery • 10h I think adding more LGBT friendly Youtubers would be great, they are communicating with the target audience of the show. I first watched this show because the diversity and cultural aspects seemed amazing, but stayed for the awesome sensates and plot! Here's some good Youtubers that may be good to reach out to: Bria and Chrissy: @BriaAndChrissy Gay Women Channel: @GayWomenChannel , @AgeDilonardo , @Srotella Stephanie Frosch: @ElloSteph Hart Beat: @iHartBeat @IISuperwomanII Hope this helps! 6 newthrooawayyy • 9h It definitely does! Thanks! 2 rangerpax • 9h This article compares Sense8 with Star Trek in terms of diversity and breaking down barriers (it was the first white/black kiss on television iirc). This could help with tweets to George Takei @GeorgeTakei (and could open up other Star Trek avenues as well!) 5 newthrooawayyy • 9h I'll save this post for when we tweet at him and I'll mention it in the OP later. Thank you! 3 kanda_92 • 12h Nice schedule, P.S. I noticed a lot of people are already tweeting Ellen & Gaga. 5 newthrooawayyy • 11h Great stuff! Hopefully if they retweet, it will encourage their own influencer friends to retweet in kind! 1 jayellteee • 10h Might I suggest adding Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) to the list? He's an openly gay Broadway actor (known best for the original cast and film adaptation of RENT) and will be playing a gay scientist in the new Star Trek series on CBS! I've already tweeted him about Sense8 and he said he hasn't seen the show but applauds its diversity. Hopefully he could retweet some stuff. 3 newthrooawayyy • 9h Great suggestion! Let's add him in! 1 Dlexx • 10h You should add Linda Perry@RealLindaPerry to that list. With her song playing such an important role in the series. Maybe add her wife Sara Gilbert @THEsaragilbert, too. 2 newthrooawayyy • 9h Yes, let's do that! 1 rangerpax • 9h Another thought: do check the time of day they tend to post/retweet. Tweeting during those times may yield better results... 2 newthrooawayyy • 9h Very valuable suggestion! 1 cm880 • 9h Hi guys! This sounds fantastic and thanks so much for compiling. I'll share this with our Twitter crew. Is there a specific hashtag we want to include when we Tweet them? 1 newthrooawayyy • 9h BringBackSense8 1 cm880 • 9h Got it. I'll pass along! 1 PiezStivi • 5h https://twitter.com/sense8/status/865582690786983939 looks that actors are really enjoining Sense8, they will probably help. 1

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