“Dead Boy Detectives” has been canceled at Netflix. The series aired its one and only season at the streamer on April 25. Thus ends the show’s twisty path to the screen.
It originally got a pilot order at Max in 2021 and then a series order at that streamer in 2022 before it was sold to Netflix in 2023. It was reported at the time that the sale took place because the show, which is based on characters created for DC by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, did not fit with the new direction for Max-DC content being spearheaded by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
At Netflix, it was a part of the “Sandman” universe, as the Dead Boy Detectives were first introduced in an issue of “The Sandman” comic book. Netflix currently airs “The Sandman” TV series, with a second season on the way. No word on if this decision is related to the emerging sexual abuse allegations levied against Gaiman by multiple women over the last few months.
via Variety
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