HBO Max Orders ‘Detective Dead Boys’ Series Based on DC Comics Property
thewrap.comHBO Max is expanding its DC Comics footprint with a series order for “Detective Dead Boys,” based on characters created by writer Neil Gaiman and illustrators Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones.
The show follows a pair of ghostly detectives as they investigate murders related to the supernatural. They first appeared in the pages of Gaiman’s hugely influential “Sandman” comics (to be exact “The Sandman,” Issue #25, from April 1991).The eight-episode series hails from Emmy nominee Steve Yockey (“The Flight Attendant”), who wrote the pilot and will direct, “Doom Patrol’s” Jeremy Carver, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros.
Television.In the official release, HBO describes the new series as “a fresh take on a ghost story that explores loss, grief, and death through the lens of Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland, two dead British teenagers, and their very alive friend, Crystal Palace.” George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri star as Dead Boy Detectives Edwin Payne (Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Revri), and Kassius Nelson (“Last Night in Soho”) stars as Crystal Palace. (Sebastian Croft and Ty Tennant portray Rowland and Paine in the third season of “Doom Patrol.”)As envisioned by Gaiman, Rowland and Paine were children who were murdered; instead of going to the other side they hung around to solve otherworldly mysteries.
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