The Boys universe will expand at Amazon Prime. According to The Wrap, Amazon Prime Video has ordered a new animated series set in the universe of the hit superhero series.
Titled Diabolical, the eight-episode series will tell unseen stories within the world of The Boys. Showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and executive producers Evan Goldberg (This is the End) and Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express). The writing team will include Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), original comic writer Garth Ennis, Eliot Glazer (An American Pickle) and Ilana Glazer (Broad City), Simon Ricoppa (Spliced), Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty), Ben Bayouth (Freaks of Nature), Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and Aisha Tyler (Balls of Fury).
A voice cast will be announced at a later date.
“Surprise! We’re almost finished with eight episodes of our animated series, ‘Diabolical.’ We gathered together some incredible creators and we gave them one rule…just kidding, there’s no rules,” Kripke told The Wrap. “They blew the doors off it, delivering eight completely unexpected, funny, shocking, gory, moist, emotional episodes. You think ‘The Boys’ is nuts? Wait till you see this.”
Rogen and Goldberg added, via The Wrap, “Ever since we saw the animated film ‘The Animatrix,’ a series of short animated films set in the universe of ‘The Matrix,’ we’ve wanted to rip it off. Today that dream has come true.”
Diabolical is the second spin-off ordered from Amazon after a college-focused series was announced earlier this year.
The Boys can be streamed, and a third season is in the works.