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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg looking to adapt Garth Ennis’ The Boys as TV series

October 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Not content with bringing Preacher to ABC, it seems that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are looking to adapt another Garth Ennis comic book series, with Birth.Movies.Death reporting that the duo are shopping a TV series based upon The Boys to cable networks.

Created by Ennis and Darick Robertson and published between 2006 and 2012, The Boys follows a CIA squad tasked with monitoring the superhero community and protecting ordinary folk from the heroes.

SEE ALSO: Seth Rogen discusses the changes to Preacher for the TV adaptation

Back in 2008, Columbia Pictures optioned the series for a movie adaptation, which had Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) attached to direct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=C_zu6XuI_g4

Originally published October 14, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Evan Goldberg, Garth Ennis, Seth Rogen, The Boys

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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