‘Dead Boy Detectives’: Neil Gaiman DC Comic Gets Series Order at HBO Max

DC Comics’ Dead Boy Detectives is coming to HBO Max. The streaming service has given Warner Bros. Television’s Dead Boy Detectives a series order after green-lighting the pilot in September 2021. The comic was created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. The debut season of Dead Boy Detectives will consist of eight episodes and star George Rexstrew as Edwin Payne and Jayden Revri (Fate: The Winx Saga) as Charles Rowland, according to Variety. And Kassius Nelson will star as Crystal Palace. Edwin and Charles are two dead British teenagers who rejected entry into the afterlife so they could investigate supernatural crimes on Earth. Their friend, Crystal Palace, is very much alive in this ghost story exploring the themes of “loss, grief, and death.” Also in the cast are Briana Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) as Jenny the Butcher, Ruth Connell as the Night Nurse (a reprisal of her role in an...