Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg on ‘Diabolical’s’ Adorably Gory Looney Tunes Tribute, More ‘The Boys’ Spinoffs
variety.comJennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” the first episode of Amazon Prime Video’s “The Boys Presents: Diabolical.”Longtime buddies and producing partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have been “obsessed” with Buster Keaton and Jackie Chan for the past few years, and the idea of “doing something that had no words, no dialogue and purely physical humor.” Enter the offshoot of “The Boys,” which they executive produce, Amazon’s animated shorts anthology series, “The Boys Presents: Diabolical,” which launched Friday with all eight-episodes: the first being the Rogen and Goldberg-written “Laser Baby’s Day Out.”“We’d been messing around with some live-action movie ideas,” Goldberg told Variety. “And then when the idea to make the ‘Diabolical’ show came around, we were like, this is perfect.
And then we kind of ripped off ‘Baby’s Day Out.'” Rogen added: “We were inspired a lot by the opening of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,’ as well.
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