Garth Ennis‘ “Preacher” is one of my all-time favorite comics. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Neal Moritz saved it from development hell, and has allegedly delivered a one-two punch with the pilot that’s set to air on AMC this summer.
While already heroes, they are on the verge of becoming television titans.
After years of false starts, 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, Deadline reports.
“The Boys” is being 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.
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. Rogen, Goldberg and Moritz had previously worked on it before it went into turnaround back in 2012.
At Cinemax, “The Boys” joins another drama adaptation of a dark comic, Robert Kirkman’s “Outcast,” which was picked up to series from director Adam Wingard (V/H/S, V/H/S/2, You’re Next, The Guest, The Woods).
“The Boys” ran for 72 issues from 2008-2012, published initially by Wildstorm (#1-6) and then by Dynamite Entertainment.
