Great news for fans of The Sandman, as a bonus two-parter episode has now landed on Netflix. Meaning that audiences can already delve back into author Neil Gaiman’s dreamworld of Morpheus and The Endless. A trailer for the episode, which adapts A Dream of a Thousand Cats from The Sandman #18 and Calliope from The Sandman #17, has now been released via the official Twitter account for The Sandman. See what’s in store by checking out the trailer below.

A Dream of a Thousand Cats follows a kitten who, after being left alone when its owners fall asleep, is taken to a gathering of cats led by a purebred Blue-Point Siamese. There, the Siamese cat regales the group with her tale of exploring the Dreaming and her meeting with the Cat of Dreams.

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Unlike the rest of The Sandman, A Dream of a Thousand Cats has been imagined through stunning animation, and has been directed by Hisko Hulsing. Featuring Tom Sturridge as Dream, the feline tale has amassed a stellar cast to bring the cats to life, including Sandra Oh as “The Prophet,” Rosie Day as “The Tabby Kitten,” David Gyasi as “The Grey Cat,” Joe Lycett as “The Black Cat,” Neil Gaiman as “Crow/Skull Bird,” James McAvoy as “Golden-Haired Man,” David Tennant as “Don,” Georgia Tennant as “Laura Lynn,” Michael Sheen as “Paul,” Anna Lundberg as “Marion,” Nonso Anozie as “Wyvern,” Diane Morgan as “Gryphon,” and Tom Wu as “Hippogriff.”

The Two-Parter Episode of The Sandman is Now Available to Stream on Netflix

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The second part of this surprise new episode of The Sandman is titled Calliope, and tells the story of a muse who has a mysterious history with Morpheus. Directed by Louise Hooper, the episode stars Melissanthi Mahut as “Calliope,” Arthur Darvill as “Richard Madoc,” Nina Wadia as “Fate Mother,” Souad Faress as “Fate Crone,” Dinita Gohil as “Fate Maiden,” Kevin Harvey as “Larry,” Amita Suman as “Nora,” and Derek Jacobi as “Erasmus Fry.”

The Sandman brings seminal author Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel to the screen for the first time, introducing another world that waits for all of us when we close our eyes and sleep — a place called the Dreaming, where The Sandman, Master of Dreams (Tom Sturridge), gives shape to all of our deepest fears and fantasies. But when Dream is unexpectedly captured and held prisoner for a century, his absence sets off a series of events that will change both the dreaming and waking worlds forever.

Starring Tom Sturridge, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Mason Alexander Park, Donna Preston, Gwendoline Christie, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman, Vivienne Acheampong, David Thewlis, Sanjeev Bhaskar, and Asim Chaudhry, The Sandman has proven to be hugely popular since release earlier this month.

The two-part bonus episode of The Sandman is now streaming only on Netflix.