DC and Audible are gearing up to bring Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman to ears everywhere. Gaiman will serve as the creative director, executive producer, and narrator on the project, which will be available exclusively on Audible in summer 2020.

Dirk Maggs, who has worked on audio adaptations of Gaiman’s Neverwhere, Stardust, Good Omens, and Anansi Boys, will serve as executive producer, scriptwriter, and director for the project. In addition to his Gaiman adaptations, he has helmed the DC audio productions The Trial of Superman, Superman: To Doomsday & Beyond, and Batman: Knightfall.

“Almost 30 years ago, Dirk Maggs approached DC about adapting The Sandman into audio form” said Gaiman in a statement. “It didn’t happen (although it was how Dirk and I first crossed paths) and I’m glad it didn’t happen, because we are in a Golden Age of audio drama right now, and Dirk and I are much better at what we are doing.”

Gaiman continued: “This is a rich audio adaptation of The Sandman Graphic Novels, brilliantly crafted by Dirk Maggs, with an all-star cast. I’ve loved being there to talk casting, there to read the scripts and offer occasional advice, and there in the studios, watching magic get made and recording the narration. I can’t wait until the world hears what we’ve done.”