The first season of Neil Gaiman’s ‘Sandman Universe’ live-action series, which follows two mystery loving ghosts, will be its last.
All hauntingly good times come to an end. Netflix has cancelled the live-action Dead Boy Detectives adaptation, based on the comic by Neil Gaiman, after its first and only season. The move is confusing, as the show garnered fantastic ratings with critics and audiences alike.
The series follows Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boys Detectives Agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, the two are best friends and ghosts... who solve mysteries. They will do anything to stick together, including escaping evil witches, Hell, and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they can crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.
As part of “The Sandman Universe” for Netflix, Dead Boy Detectives was developed for television by Steve Yockey, who wrote the first episode and serves as showrunner alongside Beth Schwartz as co-showrunner. Greg Berlanti, Yockey, Schwartz, Jeremy Carver, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Gaiman executive produce the series from Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
The supernatural VFX are created by Clear Angle Studios and Encore VFX, with Jennifer Mochinski acting as visual effects producer.
Dead Boy Detectives streams now on Netflix.
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