The success of
The Umbrella Academy proved that Netflix could get really weird with its comic book adaptations and still come out on top. That weirdness continues with the streamer s first trailer for
Sweet Tooth, a small screen translation of Jeff Lemire s hit DC/Vertigo comic book of the same name.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by what else? a novel virus, the show follows Gus (
Beautiful Boy s Christian Convery), a young deer-boy who, after living the relative safety of a secluded forest for 10 years, befriends a wandering loner named Tommy Jepperd (
Game of Thrones Nonso Anozie).
Together, the two characters set off on an adventure across what s left of America in an effort to uncover answers about their pasts and the true meaning of home. But they must be careful as many survivors of the Great Crumble see the animal/human hybrids as the cause of the virus and hunt them down out of fear. It definitely feels like