Underplayed Gems

Dead Boy Detectives (2024)

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Genre
comedy drama, occult detective fiction, superhero television program, supernatural thriller
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 318 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two dead boys decide to stay on Earth as ghost detectives solving supernatural crimes. They help other ghosts while dealing with their own unfinished business.

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What happens

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. The series stars George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura and Jenn Lyon, and follows Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne, who decided not to enter the afterlife and instead stay on Earth to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural. Plans for a television series began in September 2021, when a pilot was ordered by HBO Max for a series based on the Dead Boy Detectives comics. The series was given greenlight by April 2022. However, it was moved to Netflix in February 2023. Gaiman later confirmed the series is set in the same continuity as The Sandman, with Kirby and Donna Preston reprising their respective roles as Death and Despair in the series. Dead Boy Detectives premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024. The series received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its writing, directing and tone, as well as the performances of the cast and visuals. In August 2024, the series was canceled after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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