Netflix today revealed a trailer for its upcoming slate of shows that will feature as part of next month’s Geeked Week, and along with a host of quick cut images of Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy, and The Gray Man, fans of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman were given a first look at Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer in the upcoming series. Of course, until now, the character of Lucifer has become best known for being played by Tom Ellis in the eponymous series, and while that version was a very loose interpretation of Gaiman’s Sandman character, this time around, we are going to meet a whole new type of Lucifer.
The Sandman is set to premiere sometime on Netflix later this year and is one of the most ambitious and highly anticipated shows on the streaming platform’s slate. With a trailer expected to arrive during Geeked Week, fans have been given a good first look at the central character of Lucifer and will certainly have plenty to say about the reveal. Of course, we have seen the poster featuring Christie as the character, but this is a much better idea of how she will look in the series itself. Check out the images below:
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Lucifer in The Sandman will be a more faithful depiction of the character’s demeanor and stylistically, Christie’s interpretation is much closer to the comics than Tom Ellis’s previous version or the one played by Peter Stormare in 2005’s Constantine. While bringing The Sandman comics to life in a faithful way has until recently seemed like an impossible task, Netflix has spared no expense on making sure this will be a feast for the eyes and hopefully live up to expectations.
A Female Lucifer in The Sandman is Still an Issue for Some Fans
Despite being announced almost a year ago, Gwendoline Christie’s casting as Lucifer has still drawn comments from fans of Ellis’ version of the character who believe it was wrong to swap the character’s gender in this adaptation. However, in a previous interview last year, Gaiman explained why this time around, it was right to change the character from what some people expected and perhaps wanted. He said:
While there is no doubt that Lucifer has been a hugely popular series in its own right, to the point it was “saved” by Netflix after being canceled at Fox, which allowed the show to get a proper ending, as Gaiman said, it is as far removed from the Lucifer seen in The Sandman comics as you can possibly get. For that reason, it is clear to see that casting a completely new Lucifer to tell the story The Sandman has to tell was always going to be the best way to ensure the two iterations are kept separate from each other.
“The theology and cosmogony of Lucifer is a long way from Sandman’s. It’s ‘inspired by’ Sandman, but you can’t easily retrofit the Lucifer version to get back to Sandman, if you see what I mean. It seemed easier and more fun to have the Sandman version of Lucifer be, well, much closer to the Sandman version of Lucifer.”
