Netflix dropped the official trailer for Dead Boy Detectives, based on Neil Gaiman’s comics, just weeks ahead of its April 25, 2024 premiere. The three-minute trailer, backed by My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade,” introduces the key players and the world in which they operate the Dead Boy Detective Agency.
The eight-episode season stars George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Jenn Lyon, Briana Cuoco, Yuyu Kitamura, Ruth Connell, Lukas Gage, and David Iacono. Steve Yockey (Supernatural) and Beth Schwartz (Sweet Tooth) serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Additional executive producers include Neil Gaiman, Greg Berlanti, Jeremy Carver, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman.
Lee Toland Krieger directed and executive produced the first episode.
“Meet Edwin Payne (Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (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,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “They will do anything to stick together – including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Nelson) and her friend Niko (Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal realm’s most mystifying paranormal cases.”
The ghostly detectives were introduced in Gaiman’s fourth book of The Sandman series, Season of Mists, and then took on a life of their own. “Who amongst us can honestly say that if we were hanging around the Earth as a ghost we wouldn’t want to start a detective agency?” asked Gaiman in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “I think what fans responded to the most was their good-heartedness and dedication.”
