THE BOYS Co-Creator Seth Rogen On The Show's Popularity And How PREACHER Set The Stage For The Series

THE BOYS Co-Creator Seth Rogen On The Show's Popularity And How PREACHER Set The Stage For The Series

The Boys co-creator and executive producer Seth Rogen has revealed that not even he's privy to viewing figures for the Amazon Prime series, while explaining how Preacher set the stage for the show...

By JoshWilding - Aug 04, 2020 10:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Boys
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

The Boys premiered on Amazon Prime last year, and there's a lot of excitement surrounding the second season of the hit series. Of course, we've been told that it was a huge hit for the streaming service (which explains why it's already been renewed for a third year), but not even co-creator and executive producer Seth Rogen has been informed of how popular the show actually is.

"They've conveyed to us that it is quite popular," Rogen revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, explaining that he's not been given access to specific viewing figures for the critically acclaimed series. "It's for sure the most popular thing we've made. I could quantify every failure I've ever had for you, but I could not give you specifics on our success."

In the same interview, Rogen acknowledged that it was Preacher that, in many ways, set the stage for The Boys to even become a reality (Preacher streamed on Amazon Prime outside of the U.S.).

"In movies, we were very known for comedies specifically," Rogen says of his Point Grey collaborators. "And in TV, Preacher was our first show, and it opened the door for us right away to do a lot more different stuff. All of a sudden, in the TV world, we are playing in levels of budgets that, if you were to transfer over to the movie world, is a much bigger arena than we are generally working in. Hopefully it will transfer over into movies. The Boys has shown us, when we make these big scope-y things, while still having our sensibilities, they can work."

It would certainly be interesting to see a major superhero movie project in Rogen's hands, especially as he's proven to be an extremely versatile talent behind the camera in recent years. Time will tell on that front, but we'll have a lot of exclusive coverage for you on The Boys later this month...

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 8/4/2020, 11:06 AM
Too bad Preacher wasn't as good as an adaptation and pretty much everyone forgot about its existence after the 1st season.
SethBullock
SethBullock - 8/4/2020, 12:14 PM
@soberchimera - Yeah, I still have to watch seasons 2 and 3,I was hugely disappointed that after so many years waiting for a Preacher movie/show, we didn't get a better and more faithful adaptation. 😕
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/4/2020, 11:08 AM
Preacher was [frick]ING TERRIBLE. After season one it went downhill fast.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 8/4/2020, 11:10 AM
I forget he's involved in this at all. This show is a million times better than Preacher.
BrothaMajor
BrothaMajor - 8/4/2020, 11:16 AM
Looks good
ThePott
ThePott - 8/4/2020, 12:06 PM
God I wish Preacher had been adapted by an Amazon or Netflix. Hated the TV adaptation and I think a lot of the blame falls on AMC and the confines of basic cable when it comes to that.

Stopped after Season 2. Would love to have seen a definitive adaptation of it.
WaffeX
WaffeX - 8/4/2020, 3:33 PM
@ThePott - season 3 was the best season

3>1>4>2
ThePott
ThePott - 8/5/2020, 1:56 AM
@IcemanX - I actually did enjoy Season 2, didn't like Season 1 all that much though. I have the first two seasons on blu-ray so I will get back to it though. Heard it gets better alright.
Kman
Kman - 8/4/2020, 1:55 PM
Such a shame too... Preacher had a lot of potential and was super weird and cool... like the comic.

But it wrote itself into oblivion
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 8/5/2020, 5:30 AM
first season of the boys is amazing
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 8/5/2020, 3:27 PM
"The Boys has shown us, when we make these big scope-y things, while still having our sensibilities, they can work"

That phrase is IMO what makes The Boys work a lot. I think he has a talent in helping bring this kind of stories while applying sensitivies of the current world.
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