A movie trilogy based on The Boys comics with Adam McKay as director almost came to be before Sony canceled it in the late 2000s.
, the popular comic book series was nearly turned into a movie trilogy. It turns out that the MCU, and R-rated superhero movies such as Deadpool and Watchmen, could have been competing with The Boys in theaters if the idea hadn’t been dropped by Sony.A recent report on The Boys reveals showrunner Eric Kripke’s plans for The Boys’s finale with Season 5. But it also reveals the canceled movie trilogy adapted from The Boys comics which almost came to be in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
As a result, Sony acquired the rights to the comics, and multiple iterations of its script came to be. Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay helmed the project and had multiple ideas to incorporate into it, having a finished screenplay and animatics. However, it wasn’t meant to be as Sony pulled the plug on McKay’s take on The Boys.According to The Boys comics co-creator Darick Robertson, McKay’s film wasn’t approved because of the era it was pitched in.
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