The showrunner and executive producer says the animated anthology series’ short stories tell stories that might take place around the world of “The Boys.”
The showrunner and executive producer says the animated anthology series’ short stories tell stories that might take place around the world of “The Boys.”
All those who are waiting for season 3 on June 3 boys Have delicious little appetizers as Boys Presents: Satanic, Anthology series of eight animated shorts, examines the world boysAccording to showrunner and executive producer, Simon Recioppa.
Speaking on a video call from Los Angeles, Recioppa says, ” demonic There isn’t a bridge in the context of the narrative. We do not continue or pick up any story. We’re showing you other stories that can happen around the seasons. Some episodes are slightly different and may exist in other dimensions. they don’t happen in the same world boys,
without a doubt
a big fan of boys, Racioppa says that when asked if he would be interested in working on a spin-off, he immediately said yes. “I was preparing for another animated superhero show, invincible, for which I was a listener. Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen were the two executive producers of the show. I have known Ivan for a few years. We did some other things together. he is also a producer boys With Eric Kripke. Evan asked me if I was interested in helping him make this new show. boys, A spin-off that we may have too soon to come out before the new season boys As a treat for fans. ,
Still from the Boys Presents: Diabolical
Screenplay and Style
Each of the eight episodes features different animation styles: from classic American animated shorts in “Laser Babies Day Out” to an homage to the original. boys Comics in “I’m Your Pusher”. “We chose different animation styles because all scripts are best expressed through a different style. If we did them all in the same fashion, they wouldn’t have come out at all. As soon as the writer started working on the script, we tried to find the best possible style to express that idea.”
series name, demonic, Recioppa says that this is a phrase that Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) uses quite often on the show, often with a slang. “That’s his phrase. We thought it would be a big title for this series.”
sufficient time
Each episode is approximately 12 minutes long. “We couldn’t make them any more because we didn’t have enough time. Our schedule limited us to eight episodes of about 11 to 12 minutes each. It also felt like a good length—enough to get an interesting idea into a story that has a beginning, middle, and end, with enough emotion but not so much that the idea becomes tiring or boring.
demonic Awkwafina, Don Cheadle and Jason Isaacs, to Elizabeth Shue, Christian Slater, Antony Starr and Simon Pegg. “It helps when you have Seth Rogen as executive producer because people want to work with him. Once we got a few actors, it started to snowball and we had to get more and more people into the project. We’ve got a great casting director, Linda Lamontagne, who is determined and aggressively pursues actors to take an interest in the project.”
Still from the Boys Presents: Diabolical
Racioppa, who has also written the episode “One Plus One Equals Two” for Diabolical, says he had an easier time with his wish list. “We started asking people, like, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we had Randall Duc Kim in this role.’ We asked him and he said yes. That’s how it worked for most of our actors.”
Terrorists attack
Each episode begins with Billy the Butcher’s dog, Terror. “Every episode is completely different and I wanted something that would tie them together. So the audience knows they’re all part of demonic, We decided to do that little opening sequence. We wanted to make it very short because our episodes are short. They are all about eight seconds long. We wanted them to pay homage to the episodes, which we do with backgrounds that have elements and props from different episodes. ,
Racioppa says they were panic-stricken trying to do something that mirrors the episode, but isn’t mad. “In each one, he does something different, but he’s still a dog and not a cartoon dog.”
happy sound
The music was one of the happiest parts of the show, says Racioppa. “Usually on a television series, you hire one musician for the entire series. On this series, we hired eight, so every episode has a different musician or a team of musicians. This one It was a huge undertaking. To find the eight musicians who were right for each episode, going through maybe 60 or 70 different musicians, finding and interviewing the right person.
The score for Andy Samberg’s “Jon and Son-hee” was a Korean instrumental-focused score, Racioppa says. Composer, Hesu Wiedman, made everyone cry with an amazing score. On the other hand, Awkwafina’s “BFF” musicians Zach Robinson and Leo Birenberg created a poppy, synth, J-pop score.
Recording Christian Slater who is in Justin Roiland’s episode was especially fun, Racioppa says. “He started showing us his toy collection on camera. He said, ‘I really like Star Wars. Let me show you a few things’ and he was pulling out Star Wars models. He has a statue of Stormtrooper in his bedroom. Was amazing because I have grown up watching his movies. When you chat with him, you realize he is just a shy person.”
no correct order
White demonic The team has chosen an order in which to watch the episodes, with Racioppa admitting that they can be watched in any order. “We tried a mix where we had a fun episode and maybe something more dramatic, some sad and some funny again, but I’m happy for people to watch them in any order.”
Still from the Boys Presents: Diabolical
animation vs live action
Recioppa says choosing between live-action and animation to tell a superhero story depends on the story. , invincible Had to be animated because of the scope of the story. We couldn’t make it live-action and make it as big and emotional as we wanted. You also have Marvel’s television shows that are live action and a little smaller in scope but still excellent, wonderful and very watchable. Some stories are naturally going to be animated because of the many things you can do in animation. Other stories are probably more naturally suited to live action because of the specifics surrounding the story or the acting.” It’s an early decision, Racioppa says. “There’s no wrong decision. It depends on how you want to tell that story.”
invincible, says Recioppa, has been selected for season two and season three. “We are making it up now. I am working on it as we speak between these meetings. You can check out all the books for reference,” he says by Robert Kirkman, Corey Walker and Ryan Oatley Colored versions of the comic books are indicated, which the show is based on.
The Boys Presents: Diabolik is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video