Sweet Tooth producer shares a rude rejection email he received in 2017… as the hit fantasy series becomes the number one show on Netflix
One of the creative forces of Netflix‘s new hit series Sweet Tooth looked back on his doubters in a triumphant tweet posted on Sunday.
Jeremy Platt, who produces the series, got the last word in a post that featured a dismissive rejection email he received years before the series was picked up at Netflix.
His gloating was inspired by the fantasy show earning the number one spot on Netflix’s top 10 ranking for the day.
Times have changed: One of the producers of Netflix’s hit series Sweet Tooth shared a rude rejection letter on Sunday that he had received years earlier, just as the show became the number one series on the streamer; still from Sweet Tooth
Platt, 41, joined in on the popular ‘How it started/How it’s going’ meme format, which juxtaposes new and old photos for a surprising contrast.
For ‘How it started,’ he shared the top of what appeared to be a curt rejection email that had been sent to him on January 20, 2017, though he had blacked out the senders name and email address.
‘No one is going to buy a deer boy show and definitely no one is going to make it,’ read the dismissive text.
Platt didn’t add an extra commentary but simply added a screenshot of Sweet Tooth hovering at the number one spot on Netflix.
Look at him now: Platt, 41, joined in on the popular ‘How it started/How it’s going’ meme format, which juxtaposes new and old photos for a surprising contrast
Ouch! ‘No one is going to buy a deer boy show and definitely no one is going to make it,’ read the dismissive text of a rejection email whose sender had been blacked out
The last laugh: Platt didn’t add an extra commentary but simply added a screenshot of Sweet Tooth hovering at the number one spot on Netflix
Sweet Tooth has also connected with critics, and it currently holds an impressive 98 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Several critics have praised the show’s mix of a dark storyline with sweeter fantasy elements and a winning cast.
Christian Convery stars on the series as Gus, a 10-year-old human–deer hybrid boy who has lived in a secluded forest dwelling with his father all his life.
He lives in a post-apocalyptic version of America that has been devastated by a deadly virus.
Around the same time it emerged, human–animal hybrids started to be born, leading some people to fear and hunt them in the belief that they may have caused the sickness.
When Gus meets the drifter Tommy Jepperd (Nonso Anozie) — who nicknames him ‘Sweet Tooth’ — the two set off across the country in search of the boy’s long-lost mother.
Off they go: The show features a 10-year-old boy named Gus/Sweet Tooth (Christian Convery) who befriends a drifter (Nonso Anozie) and sets off to find his mother in a post-apocalyptic US
Tracked down: The country has been devastated by a deadly virus that arrived just as human–animal hybrids began to be born, leading unaffected people to hunt them in the belief that they caused the virus; still from Sweet Tooth
The series, which premiered June 4 on Netflix, originated as a DC Comics property created by the comic book writer and artist Jeff Lemire.
The story has obvious similarities to Marvel’s X-Men franchise, in which mutant superheroes are discriminated against and imprisoned by the government, and Lemire has also written X-Men comics of his own.
Sweet Tooth, which was developed by Jim Mickle, was originally set to be a Hulu original series, though the property was later bought by Netflix.
Fitting: The show, based on the DC Comics series, has thematic similarities to The X-Men, which comics creator Jeff Lemire also wrote for; still from Sweet Tooth