Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives TV Series Gets Pilot Order At HBO Max
Vertigo By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 3, 2021 5:09 pm EST
Several of Neil Gaiman’s written works are making it to the screen these days, and it looks like there will be one more to add to that list. HBO Max has ordered a pilot for “Dead Boy Detectives,” a series based on DC Comics characters Gaiman created.
Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives TV Series Gets Pilot Order At HBO Max
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By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 3, 2021 5:09 pm EST
Several of Neil Gaiman’s written works are making it to the screen these days, and it looks like there will be one more to add to that list. HBO Max has ordered a pilot for “Dead Boy Detectives,” a series based on DC Comics characters Gaiman created.
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Speaking of “Doom Patrol,” Berlanti Productions via Sarah Schechter, David Madden, and Greg Berlanti himself will executive produce the pilot. Berlanti is also behind “Doom Patrol” and other HBO Max shows including the DC series “Titans” and critically-acclaimed “The Flight Attendant.” Steve Yockey, whose previous writing credits include “Supernatural,” “The Flight Attendant,” and “Doom Patrol,” is on board to write the script as well as executive produce. “Doom Patrol” showrunner Jeremy Carver is also executive producing the “Dead Boy Detectives” pilot. There’s no news yet on who will direct, though Variety reports that shooting will begin in November.
Based on what we know so far, it doesn’t look like Gaiman is involved in the adaptation of “Dead Boy Detectives.” Given the creative team’s overlap with “Doom Patrol,” this feels more like a spinoff of that show than anything else. Whether we’ll ever see it on HBO Max, however, remains to be seen — they have to shoot the pilot before the streaming service decides to move forward with a full series order. In the meantime, we can watch one of Gaiman’s many other adaptations or check out “Doom Patrol” on HBO Max.
