Bat Boy Live-Action YA Series In Works At Netflix From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Joe Tracz
Exclusive: Everyone’s favorite tabloid anomaly, Bat Boy, is poised to be the star of his own live-action TV series. Netflix is developing Bat Boy, a YA horror-comedy from Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Joe Tracz, sources tell Deadline.
The character of Bat Boy — the half-bat, half-boy who became infamous for his cover stories in the supermarket publication Weekly World News in the ’90s — previously was brought to life in the Off-Broadway show Bat Boy: The Musical which premiered in Los Angeles in 1997. That stage production has no connection to the contemporary TV reimagination, we understand.
Reps for Netflix and Warner Bros.Television declined comment.
In the coming-of-age series adaptation, the titular character is a teen named Bobby Bates. With the help of fellow teens Charisma and her weird sister Olive, Bobby re-enters mainstream society after living in seclusion on the outskirts...
The character of Bat Boy — the half-bat, half-boy who became infamous for his cover stories in the supermarket publication Weekly World News in the ’90s — previously was brought to life in the Off-Broadway show Bat Boy: The Musical which premiered in Los Angeles in 1997. That stage production has no connection to the contemporary TV reimagination, we understand.
Reps for Netflix and Warner Bros.Television declined comment.
In the coming-of-age series adaptation, the titular character is a teen named Bobby Bates. With the help of fellow teens Charisma and her weird sister Olive, Bobby re-enters mainstream society after living in seclusion on the outskirts...
- 7/31/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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