Dead Boy Detectives Trivia | 35 facts about the Netflix original series

“Dead Boy Detectives” is a new supernatural – horror series that is streaming on Netflix and is part of the “Sandman Universe”.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the series.

1. Dead Boy Detectives is an American supernatural horror detective comedy-drama television series
2. The series is developed by Steve Yockey
3. It is based on the DC Comics characters of the same name
4. The were created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner
5. The series premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024
6. The series follows Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine
7. They decided not to enter the afterlife and instead stay on Earth to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural
8. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating
9. With an average rating of 7.3/10
10. Based on 32 critic reviews
11. The website’s critics consensus reads, “Dead Boy Detectives expands the Sandman universe with an addictively entertaining paranormal fantasy with excitement, romance, and young adult angst to spare”
12. Metacritic assigned a score of 65 out of 100
13. Based on 19 critics
14. Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
15. On September 3, 2021, Variety reported that HBO Max ordered a pilot for a potential Dead Boy Detectives series
16. Then-intended as a spin-off of Doom Patrol
17. With Steve Yockey as writer and executive-producer alongside Jeremy Carver, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and David Madden
18. On April 14, 2022, HBO Max gave the production a series order, with Yockey set as showrunner
19. Beth Schwartz was attached as co-showrunner that September
20. By February 24, 2023, the project was moved from HBO Max to Netflix
21. Reportedly due to being incompatible with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran’s plans to have HBO Max’s DC shows be set in the DC Universe
22. As well as due to HBO Max’s inability to air the series before 2024
23. On April 20, 2023, Neil Gaiman confirmed the series would be set in the same universe as The Sandman
24. Gaiman was announced as an additional executive-producer that November
25. While the producers had always planned for the series to be set in the same universe as The Sandman, which aired on Netflix
26. Warner Bros. did not allow them to use elements from that series when Dead Boy Detectives was still an HBO Max project
27. This to avoid licensing issues with Netflix
28. As such, the showrunners instead included broad connections between both shows that still established them as part of the same continuity while only “lightly tipto[ing] around and through the Sandman universe”
29. After the project moved to Netflix, the showrunners incorporated characters and more overt connection to The Sandman
30. At the behest of both Netflix and Sandman showrunner Allan Heinberg
31. In November 2021, George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Alexander Calvert, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura, and Jenn Lyon were cast
32. Lukas Gage replaced Calvert in September 2022
33. In October 2022, Michael Beach, Joshua Colley, and Lindsey Gort joined the cast in recurring capacities
34. A month later, Caitlin Reilly, Max Jenkins, and David Iacono were cast
35. In April 2024, Kirby Howell-Baptiste was revealed to be reprising her Sandman role as Death