Final yr, Brady Roberts and Mike Howorun had been simply launching the second season of their smash-hit pop-culture-mystery podcast, Escaping Denver. The setup is perhaps a bit unlikely for a few guys working from Vancouver, contemplating how Denver the storyline is: Howorun narrates the adventures of two characters, Noah and Sara (voiced by Roberts and Supergirl‘s Greta Carew-Johns), who get up within the depths of Denver Worldwide Airport and delve into all of the extraordinary myths which have surrounded DIA since its building, to not point out conjure a few of their very own.

And now the podcast is about to hit the small display: It was not too long ago licensed for tv.

“We’ve been procuring it round for a bit bit,” says Roberts. The podcast was hitting some vital numbers — greater than 1.5 million downloads and counting for the primary season, “so we had been searching for the fitting companion.” That companion turned out to be a Toronto firm known as Raven Banner Leisure, which does lots of work within the “horror-thriller-fun-genre stuff,” Roberts says.

“We’ve truly been working with them for about six months,” he provides, “and we’re asserting now as a result of we’re achieved with all of the pitch packaging and beginning to store it to networks and streamers.”

Given the state of TV right now, Roberts and Howorun agree that they’re open to no matter outlet is taken with Escaping Denver, however they suppose it will do finest on a streaming service. “It simply appears to suit higher,” explains Howorun. “Our content material doesn’t observe conventional narrative. Having to place in advert beats adjustments the construction of the story. For those who’re getting back from business and having to remind viewers that we left off being chased by a chupacabra, that’s a unique mode of storytelling than simply being within the second.”

Followers of the podcast needn’t fear that the addition of a TV presence will in a roundabout way degrade the audio-only model that they’ve come to like. “We’re nonetheless on observe for our five-season arc,” says Howorun. “We’re amping issues up season by season; issues will get a bit extra ludicrous, a bit extra loopy as we dive deeper beneath Denver Worldwide Airport.”

The truth is, the one change that followers will see is a constructive one. “We’ll be popping out weekly this season,” Howorun guarantees. “It’s why there was a bigger hole between the seasons. We needed to have all the pieces achieved by the point it premieres so we will be sure you carry on that schedule.”

Particulars on the upcoming season of Escaping Denver are being stored below wraps for now, apart from an estimated launch date in late September. However a number of visitor stars for season three have been introduced, together with Sachin Sahel (The 100), Paul Lazenby (Doomsday from Superman & Lois) and Chelsea Inexperienced and Lance Storm (each from the WWE).

Whereas the podcast’s storyline will proceed to deal with Noah and Sara, the TV manufacturing received’t simply regurgitate the identical story. “We all the time mentioned from the onset of this addition of the TV present that we didn’t need to punish our present podcast viewers,” Howorun insists. “We needed to reward followers of the podcast with a extra fulfilling expertise, however didn’t need to inform them the very same story. We needed the 2 tales to work in tandem.”

Howorun beams as he talks in regards to the setup for the TV narrative: “It’s going to deal with a motley crew of followers of the podcast from round North America — this various group of Goonies who break into Denver Worldwide Airport to get to the ability that Noah and Sarah have been trapped in. They really use the podcast as certainly one of their many sources to dive into the conspiracy theories surrounding [DIA]. For those who’re a listener of the podcast, wow, you’re going to seek out Easter eggs in every single place. However on the similar time, you don’t want the podcast with a view to perceive what you’ll see on TV.” Slightly, every storyline will function the opposite’s bonus content material.

The flip to TV shall be a really totally different expertise for Roberts and Howorun on a manufacturing degree, as properly. “We come from a movie background,” says Howorun. “Our manufacturing companions are all the time nice in telling us, ‘Hey, this scene is nice visually, however how do you intend to do it within the audio model?’ It’s been this excellent studying expertise. I believe we’ve positively discovered our rhythm.”

A lot in order that Howorun claims that he’s recognized among the many crew for pushing a stage adaptation of the present sooner or later, as properly — taking Escaping Denver to theaters in main cities, doing what quantities to an old-time radio manufacturing on stage. “Brady and Matthew are burdened by how usually I convey it up,” laughs Howorun. “We’d love to do this. Sooner or later, that can come from us if everybody will indulge me.”

When final we talked with Roberts and Howorun, regardless of the recognition of Escaping Denver, neither one had but visited both the Mile Excessive Metropolis or DIA itself. That’s since modified: Each had been company at FAN EXPO Denver final yr. “We obtained to satisfy lots of our Denver followers, which was improbable,” says Howorun. They obtained to see DIA as they handed by way of on their inbound and outbound flights, however didn’t get a tour, as they needed.

“They’ve since reached out on Instagram, and we’re making an attempt to plan some form of tour. They’ve provided to point out us at the very least a part of the ability,” Howorun says with a sly smile. “As you may think…we’re extremely skeptical. It looks like the world’s most evident lure.”

Escaping Denver is launching the third season of its podcast in late September and shall be coming to TV screens within the close to future.