Robert Downey Jr.'s Adaptation of DC Vertigo's SWEET TOOTH Gets a Series Order For Netflix
Netflix has officially given a series order to producer Robert Downey Jr.’s adaption of DC Vertigo’s comic series Sweet Tooth. Team Downey was originally developing the series for Hulu back in 2018 before they switched over to Netflix.
The comic was created by Jeff Lemire and it follows “the adventures of Gus — part deer, part boy — who leaves his home in the forest to find the outside world ravaged by a cataclysmic event. He joins a ragtag family of humans and animal-children hybrids like himself in search of answers about this new world and the mystery behind his hybrid origins.”
The project also comes from Hap and Leonard co-creator Jim Mickle, Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz and Warner Bros. TV. It stars Christian Convery (Beautiful Boy), Nonso Anozie (The Laundromat), Adeel Akhtar (Les Misérables), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth), and James Brolin as the voice of the narrator.
The series has ordered eight, one-hour episodes and Mickle and Schwartz will write, exec produce and co-showrun, with Mickle also acting as a director.
I’m not familiar with the comic book, but it certainly sounds like it’ll make for an interesting and strange series.
Source: Deadline