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“Dead Boy Detectives” Trailer Introduces Paranormal Expansion of “The Sandman” Universe

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Netflix welcomes you to the Dead Boy Detectives agency this morning with a brand new trailer introducing the series set within “The Sandman” universe.

“Dead Boy Detectives” will be premiering globally on Netflix on April 25, 2024.

George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Jenn Lyon, Briana Cuoco, Yuyu Kitamura, Ruth Connell, Lukas Gage, and David Iacono star.

Watch the trailer below for at least one familiar face from “The Sandman” and paranormal fun, set to My Chemical Romance’s anthemic ode to the afterlife, “Welcome to the Black Parade.

In the series, “Meet Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), “the brains” and “the brawn” behind the Dead Boy Detectives agency. Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles 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 are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.”

The eight-episode series is based on the beloved comics by Neil Gaiman and brought to life by Co-Showrunners Steve Yockey (“The Flight Attendant”, “Supernatural”) and Beth Schwartz (“Sweet Tooth,” “Arrow”). The first episode of the series is executive produced and directed by Lee Toland Krieger.

Greg Berlanti, Yockey, Schwartz, Jeremy Carver, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Gaiman serve as executive producers of the series from Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.


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“Scooby-Doo” Live Action Series Reportedly in the Works at Netflix

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The second season of animated spinoff “Velma” is now streaming on Max, and it sounds like Velma and the “Scooby-Doo” gang may also be headed back into the world of live action.

Variety reports this afternoon that Netflix is planning a live action “Scooby-Doo” television series, with the streamer actively “nearing a deal” with Warner Bros. Television.

The series is being described in Variety’s report as a “one-hour drama project,” with Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg attached to write and executive produce.

Executive producers on the upcoming “Scooby-Doo” Netflix series also include André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner for Midnight Radio, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman executive producing through Berlanti Productions. Varierty’s report continues, “Jonathan Gabay of Berlanti Productions and Adrienne Erickson will co-executive produce.”

“Scooby-Doo” has mostly been an animated series over the years, but there were two live action movies in 2002 and 2004: Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

The live action cast for those two films included Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, Freddie Prinze Jr. as Fred, Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne, and Linda Cardellini as Velma.

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