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Developed by | Steve Yockey |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Production location | Langley, Canada |
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Running time | 52–56 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | April 25, 2024 |
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The Sandman |
Dead Boy Detectives is an American supernatural horror detective comedy-drama television series developed by Steve Yockey based on the DC Comics characters of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. [1] It premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024. [2] [3]
The series follows Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, who decided not to enter the afterlife and stay on Earth to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural.
Reprising their roles from The Sandman (2022–present):
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
Prod. code |
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1 | "The Case of Crystal Palace" | Lee Toland Krieger | Steve Yockey | April 25, 2024 | T11.10148 |
2 | "The Case of the Dandelion Shrine" | Glen Winter | Shoshana Sachi & Cheech Manohar | April 25, 2024 | T12.17652 |
3 | "The Case of the Devlin House" | Cheryl Dunye | Ian Weinreich & Kristy Lowrey | April 25, 2024 | T12.17653 |
4 | "The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers" | Andi Armaganian | Joshua Conkel & Kristin Layne Tucker | April 25, 2024 | T12.17654 |
5 | "The Case of the Two Dead Dragons" | Amanda Tapping | Kelli Breslin & Jeremy Kaufman | April 25, 2024 | T12.17655 |
6 | "The Case of the Creeping Forest" | Glen Winter | Beth Schwartz & Oscar Balderrama | April 25, 2024 | T12.17656 |
7 | "The Case of the Very Long Stairway" | Richard Speight Jr. | Steve Yockey | April 25, 2024 | T12.17657 |
8 | "The Case of the Hungry Snake" | Pete Chatmon | Ross Maxwell | April 25, 2024 | T12.17658 |
On September 3, 2021, Variety reported that HBO Max ordered a pilot for a potential Dead Boy Detectives series, then-intended as a spin-off of Doom Patrol, with Steve Yockey as writer and executive-producer alongside Jeremy Carver, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden. [6] On April 14, 2022, HBO Max gave the production a series order, with Yockey set as showrunner; [7] Beth Schwartz was attached as co-showrunner that September. [8] By February 24, 2023, the project was moved from HBO Max to Netflix, reportedly due to being incompatible with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran's plans to have HBO Max's DC shows be set in the DC Universe, as well as due to HBO Max's inability to air the series before 2024. [9]
On April 20, 2023, Neil Gaiman confirmed the series would be set in the same universe as The Sandman; [10] Gaiman was announced as an additional executive-producer that November. [11] While the producers had always planned for the series to be set in the same universe as The Sandman, which aired on Netflix, Warner Bros. did not allow them to use elements from that series when Dead Boy Detectives was still an HBO Max project, to avoid licensing issues with Netflix. [12] As such, the showrunners instead included broad connections between both shows that still established them as part of the same continuity while only "lightly tipto[ing] around and through the Sandman universe". After the project moved to Netflix, the showrunners incorporated characters and more overt connection to The Sandman at the behest of both Netflix and Sandman showrunner Allan Heinberg. [13] [14]
In November 2021, George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Alexander Calvert, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura, and Jenn Lyon were cast. [15] [16] Lukas Gage replaced Calvert in September 2022. [8] In October 2022, Michael Beach, Joshua Colley, and Lindsey Gort joined the cast in recurring capacities. [17] A month later, Caitlin Reilly, Max Jenkins, and David Iacono were cast. [18] [19] In April 2024, Kirby Howell-Baptiste was revealed to be reprising her Sandman role as Death. [5]
The pilot episode was filmed between December 2021 and January 2022, with Lee Toland Krieger directing and executive-producing. [20] [9] Filming for the series began on November 7, 2022, in Langley, British Columbia, and concluded on April 5, 2023. [21]
Dead Boy Detectives was released on Netflix on April 25, 2024. [3]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 32 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Dead Boy Detectives expands the Sandman universe with an addictively entertaining paranormal fantasy with excitement, romance, and young adult angst to spare." [22] Metacritic assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [23]
Dead Boy Detectives | |
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Genre | |
Based on | |
Developed by | Steve Yockey |
Showrunners |
|
Starring |
|
Music by |
|
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producers |
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Production location | Langley, Canada |
Cinematography |
|
Editors |
|
Running time | 52–56 minutes |
Production companies |
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Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | April 25, 2024 |
Related | |
The Sandman |
Dead Boy Detectives is an American supernatural horror detective comedy-drama television series developed by Steve Yockey based on the DC Comics characters of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. [1] It premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024. [2] [3]
The series follows Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, who decided not to enter the afterlife and stay on Earth to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural.
Reprising their roles from The Sandman (2022–present):
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
Prod. code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "The Case of Crystal Palace" | Lee Toland Krieger | Steve Yockey | April 25, 2024 | T11.10148 |
2 | "The Case of the Dandelion Shrine" | Glen Winter | Shoshana Sachi & Cheech Manohar | April 25, 2024 | T12.17652 |
3 | "The Case of the Devlin House" | Cheryl Dunye | Ian Weinreich & Kristy Lowrey | April 25, 2024 | T12.17653 |
4 | "The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers" | Andi Armaganian | Joshua Conkel & Kristin Layne Tucker | April 25, 2024 | T12.17654 |
5 | "The Case of the Two Dead Dragons" | Amanda Tapping | Kelli Breslin & Jeremy Kaufman | April 25, 2024 | T12.17655 |
6 | "The Case of the Creeping Forest" | Glen Winter | Beth Schwartz & Oscar Balderrama | April 25, 2024 | T12.17656 |
7 | "The Case of the Very Long Stairway" | Richard Speight Jr. | Steve Yockey | April 25, 2024 | T12.17657 |
8 | "The Case of the Hungry Snake" | Pete Chatmon | Ross Maxwell | April 25, 2024 | T12.17658 |
On September 3, 2021, Variety reported that HBO Max ordered a pilot for a potential Dead Boy Detectives series, then-intended as a spin-off of Doom Patrol, with Steve Yockey as writer and executive-producer alongside Jeremy Carver, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden. [6] On April 14, 2022, HBO Max gave the production a series order, with Yockey set as showrunner; [7] Beth Schwartz was attached as co-showrunner that September. [8] By February 24, 2023, the project was moved from HBO Max to Netflix, reportedly due to being incompatible with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran's plans to have HBO Max's DC shows be set in the DC Universe, as well as due to HBO Max's inability to air the series before 2024. [9]
On April 20, 2023, Neil Gaiman confirmed the series would be set in the same universe as The Sandman; [10] Gaiman was announced as an additional executive-producer that November. [11] While the producers had always planned for the series to be set in the same universe as The Sandman, which aired on Netflix, Warner Bros. did not allow them to use elements from that series when Dead Boy Detectives was still an HBO Max project, to avoid licensing issues with Netflix. [12] As such, the showrunners instead included broad connections between both shows that still established them as part of the same continuity while only "lightly tipto[ing] around and through the Sandman universe". After the project moved to Netflix, the showrunners incorporated characters and more overt connection to The Sandman at the behest of both Netflix and Sandman showrunner Allan Heinberg. [13] [14]
In November 2021, George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Alexander Calvert, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura, and Jenn Lyon were cast. [15] [16] Lukas Gage replaced Calvert in September 2022. [8] In October 2022, Michael Beach, Joshua Colley, and Lindsey Gort joined the cast in recurring capacities. [17] A month later, Caitlin Reilly, Max Jenkins, and David Iacono were cast. [18] [19] In April 2024, Kirby Howell-Baptiste was revealed to be reprising her Sandman role as Death. [5]
The pilot episode was filmed between December 2021 and January 2022, with Lee Toland Krieger directing and executive-producing. [20] [9] Filming for the series began on November 7, 2022, in Langley, British Columbia, and concluded on April 5, 2023. [21]
Dead Boy Detectives was released on Netflix on April 25, 2024. [3]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.3/10, based on 32 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Dead Boy Detectives expands the Sandman universe with an addictively entertaining paranormal fantasy with excitement, romance, and young adult angst to spare." [22] Metacritic assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [23]