The Boys Is Getting An Animated Anthology Spin-Off Called Diabolical
By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 6, 2021 9:47 am EST
New The Boys Spin-Off Announced
According to Variety, this series will run for a total of 8 episodes and promises to push the limits even further than “The Boys” has to this point … which is saying a lot, coming from the series that blew up a beached whale and featured the Superman-analogue Homelander falling head over heels for his white supremacist girlfriend, Stormfront. Announced personally by “The Boys” star Karl Urban, who plays jaded tough-guy Billy Butcher, executive producer Eric Kripke also released a statement, saying:
The big appeal for this series will be the addition of quite a few big names who will be contributing stories for these episodes, running the gamut from Awkwafina, Garth Ennis, Eliot and Ilana Glazer, Simon Racioppa, Justin Roiland and Ben Bayouth, Andy Samberg, and Aisha Tyler. “The Boys” producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will also be writers on this spin-off show, revealing their inspiration for “Diabolical” with their wry statement that, “Ever since we saw the animated film ‘The Animatrix,’ a series of short animated films set in the universe of ‘The Matrix,’ we’ve wanted to rip it off. Today that dream has come true.”
“Surprise! We’re almost finished with eight episodes of our animated series, ‘Diabolical.’ We gathered together some incredible creators and we gave them one rule… just kidding, there’s no rules. They blew the doors off it, delivering eight completely unexpected, funny, shocking, gory, moist, emotional episodes. You think ‘The Boys’ is nuts? Wait till you see this.”
