Adam McKay attempted to direct 'The Boys' as a trilogy of movies in 2008 but faced challenges in getting it greenlit in a pre-MCU Hollywood. The project eventually transitioned into the successful TV series 'The Boys' on Prime Video.
The Amazon Prime series “The Boys” started as a fantastical, darkly funny sendup of the superhero genre. Now it’s set in a political landscape that looks distressingly like our own. https://t.co/o5r4pr2Fot
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Adam McKay Wrote a ‘The Boys’ Screenplay in 2008: Comic Book Creator Says Hollywood Wasn’t ‘Ready’ for Satirical Superheroes https://t.co/e6FzM3Vv6Z
‘The Boys’: Adam McKay Originally Developed The Project As A Trilogy Of Films & Had The First One Already Written https://t.co/PySd9SDKgo https://t.co/kmO6xrQ4zX
The Boys co-creator reveals that Stepbrothers director Adam McKay tried to make a Boys movie trilogy 16 years ago and it was “really cool” https://t.co/6bIPVCWrvt
Anchorman director tried to adapt The Boys into a movie trilogy 16 years ago, but pre-MCU Hollywood wasn't into it https://t.co/ohZ50cLfkQ
"The Boys" co-creator and illustrator Darick Robertson reveals a failed attempt at making a film trilogy with Adam McKay: "He was doing really cool stuff. It just came down to it being 2008, not 2018. I just don’t think they were ready for it yet." https://t.co/1w2TNI5aOb
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Long before "The Boys" was a Prime Video series, a film trilogy version of the comic books was planned with Adam McKay. A first movie was fully written. “I wouldn’t change how it worked out because the show is amazing. But [McKay] was doing really cool stuff," says co-creator… https://t.co/tXJTMLAuem
Adam McKay was developing a ‘THE BOYS’ film trilogy in 2008 but the project didn’t end up getting greenlit. (https://t.co/veBDXN9Jv5) https://t.co/Z6c4ZzQnjx
'The Boys' Co-Creator Says Film Trilogy Version from Adam McKay Got Axed in Pre-MCU Hollywood, First Movie Was Fully Written: It Was 'Really Cool Stuff' https://t.co/1w2TNI5aOb
The Boys was almost a trilogy of films directed by Adam McKay before becoming a TV series. https://t.co/qLzSarlad9 https://t.co/qLzSarlad9
Adam McKay tried to direct ‘THE BOYS’ in a trilogy of movies but couldn’t get it greenlit in a pre-MCU Hollywood. “It just came down to it being 2008, not 2018. I just don’t think they were ready for it yet” (Source: https://t.co/aqOre0ggOO) https://t.co/ZRJVhVyPaT
#TheBoys creator Eric Kripke is a lifelong #StarWars fan and hopes to make his own project one day. (via https://t.co/ITZxQOLMQn) https://t.co/1WqhZOwW47