HBO Max Orders DEAD BOY DETECTIVES to Series

HBO Max has ordered DEAD BOY DETECTIVES, a DOOM PATROL spinoff, to series. The series, an eight-episode horror detective series, is inspired by “The Sandman” and “Dead Boy Detectives” comics.

According to the streamer, the series is “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. So, it’s a lot like a vintage detective series — only darker and on acid.” THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT showrunner Steve Yockey is adapting the series and will run the show.

The series stars George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri “as Dead Boy Detectives Edwin Payne (Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Revri), and Kassius Nelson (“Last Night in Soho,” “Hollyoaks”) stars as Crystal Palace. Additional series stars include Briana Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant,” “Harley Quinn”) as Jenny the Butcher, Ruth Connell (“Supernatural”) as the Night Nurse (reprising her role from the “Dead Patrol” episode of “Doom Patrol”), Yuyu Kitamura (“The Expatriates”) as Niko, and Jenn Lyon (“Claws,” “Justified”) as Esther.”

“We are excited to be expanding further into the DC Universe with Steve, Jeremy [Carver] and the Berlanti team with this thrilling new spin on a detective series,” Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content, HBO Max, said in a statement. “We were fascinated by the world of the Dead Boy Detectives that Steve and Jeremy first introduced in DOOM PATROL and cannot wait to follow the supernatural sleuths in the lurid mysteries to come.”

Added Yockey: “I’ve been obsessed with this comic for a long time, so it’s a true passion project. And Jeremy, Berlanti Productions, DC, WBTV, HBO Max — they’re all encouraging me to run with every wild, bizarre, and unsettling choice. The result is going to be really dark fun.”

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