While Ennis in particular noted that the popularity of superhero media would make it easier for modern audiences to recognize the many superhero analogues populating The Boys, Rogen offered his own interest in the concept, apart from Preacher: The idea of doing something in the world of superheroes, in a more traditional sense, was very appealing to us.
Set up at Cinemax, Rogen, Goldberg and Neal Moritz will adapt Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys to pilot, as written by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg may have succeeded against odds in bringing Garth Ennis classic Preacher to life on AMC, but can lightning strike twice to bring the artist’s superhero-smashing The Boys to Cinemax?
A new interview sees Rogen on the decision to attack the superhero world (with or without Simon Pegg’s help), while Ennis says “Sick of superheroes?