‘The Boys’ Animated Spinoff Series ‘Diabolical’ Coming to Prime Video

Are you ready for a spinoff of Amazon’s Prime Video series The Boys that’s downright diabolical? Well get ready, because as just announced at CCXP Worlds 2021 in Brazil, the streamer has picked up an eight-episode animated anthology series, titled Diabolical, set in the world of the cheeky superhero hit. And unlike the mothership series, which is guided by showrunner Eric Kripke, Diabolical will have a bevy of stars tackling the stories, including: Awkwafina, Garth Ennis, Eliot Glazer and Ilana Glazer, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, Simon Racioppa, Justin Roiland and Ben Bayouth, Andy Samberg, and Aisha Tyler.

“Surprise! We’re almost finished with eight episodes of our animated series, Diabolical,” Kripke said via a statement provided to Decider. “We gathered together some incredible creators and we gave them one rule… just kidding, there’s no rules. They blew the doors off it, delivering eight completely unexpected, funny, shocking, gory, moist, emotional episodes. You think The Boys is nuts? Wait till you see this.”

Added executive producers and writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, “Ever since we saw the animated film The Animatrix, a series of short animated films set in the universe of The Matrix, we’ve wanted to rip it off. Today that dream has come true.”

The new spinoff was announced via a pre-recorded message from The Boys star Karl Urban, which you can watch above, as well as revealing a title treatment showing Urban’s character Billy Butcher’s dog Terror licking his own testicles. The dog, not Urban. To be clear.

This is actually the second spinoff in the rapidly expanding The Boys universe, based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. In addition to the third season of The Boys, which finished filming back in September, there’s an as-yet-untitled spinoff set in a college run by the series mega-corporation Vought which is being sold as, “Part college show, part Hunger Games.” In addition, a web series called Vought News Network has been premiering monthly online, and teasing upcoming events in the world of The Boys. A The Boys after-show called Prime Rewind: The Boys premiered after the second season of the series, though there’s been no announcement about whether it will return for Season 3.

This all comes hot on the heels of Prime Video amping up its “geeky” content, thanks to the success of fellow comic book based series Invincible (which has been picked up for a second and third season), and the currently running The Wheel of Time, which looks like an early hit for Amazon’s service. Oh, and there’s this whole The Lord of the Rings series premiering late 2022 to look forward to, as well as a bevy of other comic book based projects in development.

“Expanding the universe of The Boys has been an amazing journey. Fans will get all-new stories, with all the fun and outrageous humor of The Boys that they know and love—plus some great surprises,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television at Amazon Studios. “Eric, Seth, and Evan have assembled incredible talent to bring Diabolical to life, and we can’t wait for our Prime Video customers to see this new, wild ride.”

“Eric, Seth, and Evan continue to flip the superhero genre on its head, and Diabolical is another fun and disruptive example,” Jeff Frost, president, Sony Pictures Television Studios, added. “We are excited for audiences to experience The Boys universe in this new medium.”

Diabolical is executive produced by Simon Racioppa, Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, Ken F. Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Michaela Starr, Loreli Alanís, Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, and Ben Kalina. Diabolical is produced by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television Studios, with Titmouse, Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures.