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Netflix has an impressive slate of new and returning fantasy projects coming in 2024 and beyond. From live-action remakes and comic book adaptations, to both live-action and animated original shows. Here’s our list of Netflix’s upcoming fantasy TV shows!
We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all the upcoming fantasy TV shows coming to Netflix in 2024 and beyond. While the streamer doesn’t have an enormous catalogue of fantasy shows for 2024, the lineup is an exciting one. With big-budget shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender to a distinct focus on animation — this year is shaping up to be an exciting one for all viewers.
We’ve got lots more previews for Netflix’s upcoming 2024 slate here, plus we’ve also put together more genre previews like upcoming anime titles and more recently, upcoming sci-fi movies.
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Netflix has an impressive slate of new and returning fantasy projects coming in 2024 and beyond. From live-action remakes and comic book adaptations, to both live-action and animated original shows. Here’s our list of Netflix’s upcoming fantasy TV shows!
We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all the upcoming fantasy TV shows coming to Netflix in 2024 and beyond. While the streamer doesn’t have an enormous catalogue of fantasy shows for 2024, the lineup is an exciting one. With big-budget shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender to a distinct focus on animation — this year is shaping up to be an exciting one for all viewers.
We’ve got lots more previews for Netflix’s upcoming 2024 slate here, plus we’ve also put together more genre previews like upcoming anime titles and more recently, upcoming sci-fi movies.
Table of Contents Debut Fantasy Shows Coming Soon Returning Fantasy Shows Debut...
- 1/10/2024
- by Ashley Hurst
- Whats-on-Netflix
The live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2014 Vertigo Comics title "Dead Boy Detectives", as part of his "Sandman" universe, was canceled at HBO Max, but picked up by Netflix, following deceased teens 'Charles Rowland' and 'Edwin Paine', who stay on earth as spirits to investigate supernatural crimes, streaming April 2024:
"...'Edwin Paine' died at his boarding school in 1916, after which he went to 'Hell', where he was stalked by an unseen menace through a long corridor for several decades. Eventually, Hell was emptied of its residents, and as a result of this, the boarding school was overrun by the souls of its past teachers and pupils who had escaped Hell.
"'Charles Rowland' was the sole living student at the school during these events, as all the other students had gone home for the holidays. A few of the teachers who stayed behind were supervising him, but one by...
"...'Edwin Paine' died at his boarding school in 1916, after which he went to 'Hell', where he was stalked by an unseen menace through a long corridor for several decades. Eventually, Hell was emptied of its residents, and as a result of this, the boarding school was overrun by the souls of its past teachers and pupils who had escaped Hell.
"'Charles Rowland' was the sole living student at the school during these events, as all the other students had gone home for the holidays. A few of the teachers who stayed behind were supervising him, but one by...
- 12/1/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Having brought The Sandman successfully to screens (at least the initial chunk; :a[another season has been commissioned]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/the-sandman-renewed-for-season-2/' }), Netflix is staying in the Neil Gaiman business by plucking another project based on his work, Dead Boy Detectives, from the howling limbo void of turnaround. Originally developed at Warner Bros. Stateside streaming service Max (back when it was still known as HBO Max), but punted when it was determined not to fit in with James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Studios plans (the comics originated at Vertigo).
Created by Gaiman alongside artists Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III for The Sandman #25, the story follows a pair of ghostly detectives as they investigate murders related to the supernatural, exploring loss, grief, and death through the lens of Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), two dead teenagers, and their very alive friend, Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson...
Created by Gaiman alongside artists Matt Wagner and Malcolm Jones III for The Sandman #25, the story follows a pair of ghostly detectives as they investigate murders related to the supernatural, exploring loss, grief, and death through the lens of Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), two dead teenagers, and their very alive friend, Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson...
- 11/12/2023
- by James White
- Empire - TV
The live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2014 Vertigo Comics title "Dead Boy Detectives", as part of his "Sandman" universe, was canceled at HBO Max, but picked up by Netflix, following deceased teens 'Charles Rowland' and 'Edwin Paine', who stay on earth as spirits to investigate supernatural crimes, streaming April 2024:
"...'Edwin Paine' died at his boarding school in 1916, after which he went to 'Hell', where he was stalked by an unseen menace through a long corridor for several decades. Eventually, Hell was emptied of its residents, and as a result of this, the boarding school was overrun by the souls of its past teachers and pupils who had escaped Hell.
"'Charles Rowland' was the sole living student at the school during these events, as all the other students had gone home for the holidays. A few of the teachers who stayed behind were supervising him, but one by...
"...'Edwin Paine' died at his boarding school in 1916, after which he went to 'Hell', where he was stalked by an unseen menace through a long corridor for several decades. Eventually, Hell was emptied of its residents, and as a result of this, the boarding school was overrun by the souls of its past teachers and pupils who had escaped Hell.
"'Charles Rowland' was the sole living student at the school during these events, as all the other students had gone home for the holidays. A few of the teachers who stayed behind were supervising him, but one by...
- 11/12/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Things at Warner Bros. Discovery are unstable right now, as their recent shelving of "Coyote Vs. Acme" for the quick boost of a tax write-off shows. As a result, Steve Yockey ("The Flight Attendant") might be breathing a sigh of relief that his series, "Dead Boy Detectives," was shopped around to Netflix.
The series is a DC Comics property, however, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but didn't fit with James Gunn and Peter Safran's new plans at DC Studios. Originally intended to be a spin-off of the Max original series "Doom Patrol," it will instead be set in the same universe as Netflix's "The Sandman," the live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Vertigo comic. The Dead Boy Detectives, Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, first appeared in "The Sandman" issue #25. True to their name, they're a pair of dead boys who decided to stay on Earth investigating crimes instead of leaving for the afterlife.
The series is a DC Comics property, however, according to the Hollywood Reporter, but didn't fit with James Gunn and Peter Safran's new plans at DC Studios. Originally intended to be a spin-off of the Max original series "Doom Patrol," it will instead be set in the same universe as Netflix's "The Sandman," the live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Vertigo comic. The Dead Boy Detectives, Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine, first appeared in "The Sandman" issue #25. True to their name, they're a pair of dead boys who decided to stay on Earth investigating crimes instead of leaving for the afterlife.
- 11/11/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Fans may be waiting a while for The Sandman Season 2, but a new TV series in the Sandman Universe is coming soon. As part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, the streaming service summoned a teaser for Dead Boy Detectives, an eight-episode series based on the DC Comics characters of the same name created by Matt Wagner and The Sandman mastermind Neil Gaiman. Dead Boy Detectives stars George Rexstrew as Edwin Payne and Jayden Revri as Charles Rowland, the titular detective agency’s brains and brawn, respectively. “Teenagers born decades apart who find each other only in death, Edwin and Charles are best friends and ghosts… who solve mysteries,” Netflix explains. “They will do anything to stick together — including escaping evil witches, Hell and Death herself. With the help of a clairvoyant named Crystal (Kassius Nelson) and her friend Niko (Yuyu Kitamura), they are able to crack some of the mortal...
- 11/11/2023
- TV Insider
Netflix has offered up the first peeks at its upcoming Dead Boy Detectives series.
The show, based on the Vertigo comics by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, stars George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri as Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland, best friends — and ghosts — who help solve paranormal cases in the mortal realm.
At Netflix, Dead Boy Detectives will be part of the Sandman universe (the characters were introduced in Gaiman’s Sandman comics in the early 1990s) — but the series took a winding road to get there. It was initially developed for Max as part of the streamer’s former plans for its DC Universe, with Edwin and Charles making an appearance (although played by different actors) in season three of Doom Patrol.
Max (then HBO Max) ordered it to series in April 2022, but after Warner Bros. Discovery decided to reset the DC universe under James Gunn and Peter Safran,...
The show, based on the Vertigo comics by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, stars George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri as Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland, best friends — and ghosts — who help solve paranormal cases in the mortal realm.
At Netflix, Dead Boy Detectives will be part of the Sandman universe (the characters were introduced in Gaiman’s Sandman comics in the early 1990s) — but the series took a winding road to get there. It was initially developed for Max as part of the streamer’s former plans for its DC Universe, with Edwin and Charles making an appearance (although played by different actors) in season three of Doom Patrol.
Max (then HBO Max) ordered it to series in April 2022, but after Warner Bros. Discovery decided to reset the DC universe under James Gunn and Peter Safran,...
- 11/11/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The new live-action, supernatural TV series "Dead Boy Detectives", adapting Neil Gaiman's 2014 Vertigo Comics title, streams Fall 2023 on HBO Max:
"...'Edwin Paine' died at his boarding school in 1916, after which he went to 'Hell', where he was stalked by an unseen menace through a long corridor for several decades. Eventually, Hell was emptied of its residents, and as a result of this, the boarding school was overrun by the souls of its past teachers and pupils who had escaped Hell.
"'Charles Rowland' was the sole living student at the school during these events, as all the other students had gone home for the holidays. A few of the teachers who stayed behind were supervising him, but one by one they fell victim to various deaths.
"Ultimately Rowland did not survive. He next appeared as a ghost and decided to forego going to the afterlife in preference for prospective future adventures with Paine.
"...'Edwin Paine' died at his boarding school in 1916, after which he went to 'Hell', where he was stalked by an unseen menace through a long corridor for several decades. Eventually, Hell was emptied of its residents, and as a result of this, the boarding school was overrun by the souls of its past teachers and pupils who had escaped Hell.
"'Charles Rowland' was the sole living student at the school during these events, as all the other students had gone home for the holidays. A few of the teachers who stayed behind were supervising him, but one by one they fell victim to various deaths.
"Ultimately Rowland did not survive. He next appeared as a ghost and decided to forego going to the afterlife in preference for prospective future adventures with Paine.
- 1/10/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Last November, it was announced that Alexander Calvert (Supernatural) would be playing Thomas the Cat King in the pilot for the HBO Max series based on Dead Boy Detectives, characters Neil Gaiman created for DC Comics in the pages of The Sandman issue #25. Back in April, HBO Max ordered eight episodes of the series. But today, Variety has broken the news that we won’t be seeing Calvert as Thomas the Cat King when the series reaches the streaming service. Calvert has been replaced by Lukas Gage, whose previous credits include Euphoria, The White Lotus, Into the Dark: Midnight Kiss, and Love, Victor.
Thomas the Cat King will be a series regular on Dead Boy Detectives. The character has the following description: “When Thomas doesn’t hold the appearance of a handsome man full of entitlement or holding court with his subjects he can be seen strutting around town as an attractive Siamese cat.
Thomas the Cat King will be a series regular on Dead Boy Detectives. The character has the following description: “When Thomas doesn’t hold the appearance of a handsome man full of entitlement or holding court with his subjects he can be seen strutting around town as an attractive Siamese cat.
- 9/23/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Lukas Gage has joined the cast of the “Dead Boy Detectives” series at HBO Max, Variety has learned.
The eight-episode series was ordered at HBO Max back in April. It is based on the DC comics of the same name as well as “The Sandman,” from characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner.
The official series description states, “It’s a fresh take on a ghost story that explores loss, grief, and death through the lens of Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), two dead British teenagers, and their very alive friend, Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson). So, it’s a lot like a vintage detective series — only darker and on acid.”
Gage will play the recurring role of the Cat King, described as a charming trickster and itinerant cat spirit, who takes keen interest in Edwin.” Gage takes over the role from Alexander Calvert.
Gage broke...
The eight-episode series was ordered at HBO Max back in April. It is based on the DC comics of the same name as well as “The Sandman,” from characters created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner.
The official series description states, “It’s a fresh take on a ghost story that explores loss, grief, and death through the lens of Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri), two dead British teenagers, and their very alive friend, Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson). So, it’s a lot like a vintage detective series — only darker and on acid.”
Gage will play the recurring role of the Cat King, described as a charming trickster and itinerant cat spirit, who takes keen interest in Edwin.” Gage takes over the role from Alexander Calvert.
Gage broke...
- 9/22/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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