Summary
- Screen Rant is offering L.A. readers a chance to attend a special early screening of Hazbin Hotel before its premiere. Enter the giveaway by emailing your name and email for up to three guests.
- Hazbin Hotel is a unique venture for Prime Video, as it marks a rare foray into adult animation. The show could potentially be the start of a lasting relationship with creator Vivienne Medrano, with season 2 already ordered.
- Despite animated shows typically being associated with younger viewers, there is a growing demand for R-rated content in the same format, and the show taps into this audience and could be a success for Prime Video.
As anticipation grows for the show’s premiere, Screen Rant is offering L.A. readers a chance to attend a special early screening of Hazbin Hotel. Produced by A24 and acting as an expansion of a pilot released on YouTube, the animated show revolves around a demon who opens the eponymous hotel in the hopes of rehabilitating souls in Hell to be accepted into Heaven in order to avoid the annual purging carried out by angels. Created by Vivienne Medrano, the ensemble Hazbin Hotel cast includes Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Keith David, Alex Brightman, Kimiko Glenn, Joel Perez and Christian Borle.
With just a week remaining until its premiere, Screen Rant‘s L.A. readers can enter a giveaway to attend a special Hazbin Hotel screening. The event is being held at The Culver Theater in Culver City, CA on Wednesday, January 17, with the theater doors opening at 6 p.m. PST and the screening of the first three episodes beginning at 7 p.m. PST, followed by a 30-min Q&A with showrunner Vivienne Medrano and stars Erika Henningsen, Stephanie Beatriz and Amir Talai. Readers can enter Screen Rant‘s giveaway by emailing their full names and emails for them and up to three guests to screenings@screenrant.com!
Hazbin Hotel Is A Unique Venture For Prime Video
Across its near-10 years of producing original shows, Hazbin Hotel stands out as a unique step for Prime Video by venturing into the world of adult animation. Aside from producing continuations of Gary and His Demons and Pantheon, the streamer has only occasionally tackled said genre, with the few examples being the Critical Role-based The Legend of Vox Machina and acclaimed adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s Invincible. The latter also came on the heels of Prime Video’s success with The Boys, which itself got an animated expansion in The Boys Presents: Diabolical.
With Hazbin Hotel, however, Prime Video can look to mark their own stamp on the growing field of adult animated shows by being behind an original project. Adult Swim has been reaping the rewards of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s vision for Rick and Morty for the past decade, while FX has found success with the likes of Archer, Hulu with Solar Opposites and Netflix with the Big Mouth franchise. Though animated shows are often associated with younger viewers, it’s become clear that audiences are just as keen for something that leans into R-rated territory in the same format.
While much of their previous output in the field has come from adaptations of prior works, should Hazbin Hotel prove to be a success, it could very well be the start of a lasting relationship with creator/director Vivienne Medrano. Season 2 has already been ordered for the show by the streamer, but with the unique world she’s created in the show, it would be interesting to see if she sets up potential spinoffs that Prime Video would be keen to capitalize on.
Hazbin Hotel begins streaming on Prime Video on January 19!
Hazbin Hotel
Hazbin Hotel is an adult animation series created and directed by Vivienne Medrano. Hazbin Hotel centers on Lucifer’s daughter, who opens a hotel for misfit demons she thinks can be redeemed in order to reduce Hell’s overpopulation. The first season of Hazbin Hotel premiered on Prime Video on January 19, 2024.
- Release Date
- January 19, 2024
- Cast
- Erika Henningsen , Stephanie Beatriz , Blake Roman , Amir Talai , Keith David , Alex Brightman , Kimiko Glenn , Joel Perez , Christian Borle , Jeremy Jordan
- Seasons
- 1
- Creator(s)
- Vivienne Medrano
- Writers
- Dave Capdevielle , Kendraw Cook , Raymond T. Hernandez , Vivienne Medrano , Daniel MacDonald , Maritza Medrano
- Directors
- Vivienne Medrano
