TV
‘What We Do In the Shadows’ Police Spinoff Retitled to “Wellington Paranormal”
While Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement have yet to script their What We Do in the Shadows spinoff, We’re Wolves, they have started to develop a television series based on the film’s police force.
Last year it was reported that the duo had moved forward on “Paranormal Event Response Unit”, a new television series that will focus on the original film’s easily-manipulable police officers, Mike Minogue and Karen O’Leary. The series will follow the duo, as well as Cori Gonzalez-Macuer’s Nick, as they try to keep Wellington safe from spooky beasties.
In a new report, the show has been retitled to “Wellington Paranormal” for it’s planned six 30-minute episodes that will be hitting New Zealand channel TVNZ 2 in 2018.
In a new interview, Clement explained how Wellington is plagued with paranormal activity.
“It’s surprising how many demonic possessions there are,” he told Stuff. “There was a very tense situation at the Bucket Fountain – I can tell you it involved a possible Gateway from Hell. We’re very concerned about this kind of stuff.”We had an incident with some zombies which got pretty tense there,” he added. “So luckily they’re taken care of. A couple of crew members were turned into zombies – I think. It’s hard to tell sometimes.
“Also, some very worrying things have happened in Lower Hutt as well. There was a party in Khandallah that got a bit out of hand, too, with some undead member of the Wellington public.”
After seeing Waititi’s awesome Thor: Ragnarok, how can you now be excited for anything these two comedians put their hands on?
Netflix announced today that the fan-favorite series “Devil May Cry” has been renewed for a third and final season following the recent debut of season two.
Created by “Castlevania” showrunner Adi Shankar, the animated adaptation of the popular Capcom game introduces a world where sinister forces seek to open a portal between the human and demon realms.
Caught in the middle is orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire Dante, unaware that the fate of the balance falls to him.
Across its two seasons, the series has appeared on the Netflix Global Top 10 for four weeks, with season one accumulating 21.7M views in 2025, and season two already off to a strong start, accumulating 6.4M views in just two weeks. All of which to say that the rapid renewal for the third and final season doesn’t come as a surprise.
“For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time. This was always Dante’s Divine Comedy with guns and a red coat. Season 1 was Inferno. Season 2 was Purgatorio. Season 3 will be Paradiso. These three seasons make up ‘The Force Edge Saga.‘ Since its inception, ‘The Force Edge Saga‘ was designed as a movie trilogy disguised as a television series,” Shankar said of the announcement.
The voice cast for “Devil May Cry” Season 2 is led by Johnny Yong Bosch (“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”) as Dante, Robbie Daymond (“Critical Role”) as Vergil, and Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween) as Lady.
Daniel Kurland wrote in his second season review for BD, “Winning chemistry between Dante and Vergil, as well as a narrative that isn’t afraid to put other characters in the spotlight, helps this season overcome some of the past season’s hurdles. This is a tight, economical season that doesn’t overstay its welcome, but part of the charm and impact is weakened the second time around. “
Created by Hideki Kamiya, the first Devil May Cry game was released in 2001. There are now five main games in addition to several reboots, spin-offs, special editions, and mobile games.
Catch up on the first two seasons now streaming on Netflix.
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