Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Delivering The Boys to Cinemax
Steve Barton
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Not content with just bringing the comic “Preacher” to life, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Neal Moritz are tackling another dark and violent comic book by Ennis on cable television. Deadline is reporting that Cinemax has put in development “The Boys” from the “Preacher” team of Rogen and Goldberg’s Point Grey, Moritz’s Original Film, and Sony TV.
Developed by Rogen, Goldberg, and “Supernatural” creator Eric Kripke, and to be written by Kripke based on the graphic novel written by Ennis and illustrated by Darick Robertson, the series is set in a time where most of the superheroes are corrupted by their celebrity status and often engage in reckless behavior, compromising the safety of the world. It centers on a CIA squad, known informally as “The Boys,” whose job is to keep watch on the proliferation of superheroes and, if necessary, eliminate some of them. Rogen and Goldberg, who helmed the “Preacher” pilot, are set to direct.
Executive producing “The Boys” are Original Film’s Moritz, Pavun Shetty, and Ori Marmur; Point Grey’s Rogen, Goldberg, and James Weaver; Kripke; as well as Ken Levin and Kickstart’s Jason Netter (“Preacher”). Ennis and Robertson will serve as co-executive producers.
Like with “Preacher,” which had gone though numerous TV and feature incarnations over 16 years until it was finally made by AMC, “The Boys” also has had a long development history. Over the past eight years, it had been in the works as a movie at Columbia Pictures and Paramount.
At Cinemax “The Boys” joins another drama adaptation of a dark comic, Robert Kirkman’s “Outcast,” which was picked up to series.
The Boys ran for 72 issues from 2008-2012, published initially by Wildstorm (#1-6) and then by Dynamite Entertainment.
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