It appears Rogen and Goldberg already have another another one of Garth Ennis’ comic series in the works for being adapted into a television series. With Preacher slated to air May 22 on AMC, the writing/producing duo are already working on bringing Ennis’ The Boys to the small screen. The fine folks over at Deadline reports that The Boys TV series will be coming to Cinemax. Joining Rogen and Goldberg on bringing the exceptionally dark superhero comedy to life will be Original Film’s Neil Moritz (Fast & Furious, The Green Hornet) and Sony TV. Eric Kripke, of Supernatural fame, will pen the series based on the work of Ennis and artist Darick Robertson.
The Boys revolves around the government’s decision to have the CIA monitor all superheroes using a Black Ops team called “The Boys” and what happens when a Scottish conspiracy nut named Wee Hughie, whose girlfriend was killed by a superhero, is inducted to join the group when they’re reformed to take down rogue superheroes who have gotten out of control.
Back in 2010, Adam McKay (The Big Short, Anchorman) had originally intended to direct a live-action film adaption of The Boys by way of Columbia Pictures’ adaptation of The Boys, complete with Simon Pegg (Ennis’ real life inspiration for the character) as “Wee” Hughie Campbell. A slew of script rewrites later, Columbia pictures would give a big “nay” on the project. This momentary lapse however could ultimately be for the better however, as a full on television series would give audiences a far better breadth and scope of Butcher, the Boys and the mad world in which they live.
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