HBO Max has ordered a new Max Original DC drama series ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ from Emmy nominee Steve Yockey (‘The Flight Attendant’), ‘Doom Patrol’s’ Jeremy Carver, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television.
Based on DC comics ‘The Sandman’ and ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ this latest Max original series is an eight-episode horror detective show that is very much like a vintage detective series — only darker and on acid.
As per HBO Max, ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ is based on the characters created for DC by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner and will 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.
‘Dead Boy Detectives’ on HBO Max stars George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri (‘The Lodge’) as Dead Boy Detectives Edwin Payne (Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Revri), and Kassius Nelson (‘Last Night in Soho’, ‘Hollyoaks’) 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.
The pilot episode for ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ is written by Steve Yockey (‘The Flight Attendant’, ‘Supernatural’, ‘Doom Patrol’) who also serves as the show runner and executive producer for the series. Lee Toland Krieger (‘Superman & Lois’, upcoming ‘Green Lantern’) will direct the pilot episode also executive produce it alongside David Madden (‘Superman & Lois’).
Jeremy Carver (‘Doom Patrol’, ‘Supernatural’), Greg Berlanti (‘You’, ‘The Flash’), and Sarah Schechter (‘The Flight Attendant’, ‘You’) are the other executive producers on the series. ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Yockey, Carver, Berlanti Productions, and Krieger are all under overall deals with WBTV.