Exclusive Interview: Vivienne Medrano Talks 'Hazbin Hotel' With Us At NYCC!

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Cosmic Cafe host Ayla Ruby is at NYCC 2023! In this episode, she has an EXCLUSIVE interview with Helluva Boss creator Vivienne Medrano about her upcoming animated series in the same universe Hazbin Hotel. The series releases on Amazon's Prime Video in January 2024, and has a lot of fans excited.

Timestamps

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:00 - How did you go from using Patreon and YouTube to finance your work to A24 picking it up?
• 02:12 - Working on a pilot vs an entire season
• 03:20 - What is the status of Hazbin Hotel season 2? (currently writing)
• 04:00 - Charlie Morningstar's story in season 1
• 05:00 - The music in Hazbin Hotel, every episode has more than one song.
• 05:37 - The delay from a release last summer to next January on Prime Video
• 06:22 - Did you ever expect the fan reaction you've had for Hazbin Hotel?
• 07:22 - Which character would you be and why?
• 07:42 - Why does this show resonate with people?
• 09:07 - What's next for the Helluva Boss / Hazbin Hotel Universe?
• 10:12 - Would you like to see a live-action version? Medrano talks about wanting a broadway musical of Hazbin Hotel.
• 11:00 - Differences between the pilot and new version
• 12:22 - Vivienne Medrano on her writing process
• 13:32 - Inspirations and influences for the series
• 14:38 - Anything else?
• 15:30 - Outro

Host: Ayla Ruby of thecosmiccircus.com

Theme: "Coffee and You" by Vladislav Kurnikov via Pixabay.

Find the companion article to this podcast on thecosmiccircus.com