David Farnor | On 02, Jul 2019

What does it take to turn the superhero genre on its head? Find out with this new behind-the-scenes video for Amazon’s The Boys.

Based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson (Happy!), the series promises a dark, irrelevant take on the genre. As popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods – what happens when superheroes abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good? It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven, and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages this team of famous heroes and covers up all of their dirty secrets.
 
The Seven are led by Homelander (Antony Starr, Banshee) who is joined by Starlight (Erin Moriarty, Captain Fantastic), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott, House of Cards), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher, Independence Day: Resurgence), The Deep (Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell, Supernatural). Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) stars as Madelyn Stillwell, Vought’s Senior VP of Hero Management. 
 
The Boys are Billy Butcher (Karl Urban, Star Trek), Hughie (Jack Quaid, The Hunger Games), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso, Detroit), Frenchie (Tomer Capon, Hostages), and The Female (Karen Fukuhara, Suicide Squad). Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) guest stars as Hughie’s father.

The Boys was developed by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), who also serves as writer, executive producer and directed the season finale. The pilot episode was directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane). You can see the end result of all their behind-the-scenes work on 26th July, when the series premiered on Amazon Prime Video.

 

Watch: New trailer for Amazon’s The Boys

19th June 2019

With just over a month until The Boys hits Amazon Prime Video, the marketing machine is stepping up a gear with the new trailer for the series.

The video gives us a better taste of the show’s fun and irreverent take on superheroes. As popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods – what happens when they abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good? It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven, and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes and covers up all of their dirty secrets.

The Boys are Billy Butcher (Karl Urban, Star Trek), Hughie (Jack Quaid, The Hunger Games), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso, Detroit), Frenchie (Tomer Capon, Hostages), and The Female (Karen Fukuhara, Suicide Squad). Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) guest stars as Hughie’s father.
 
The Seven are led by Homelander (Antony Starr, Banshee) who is joined by Starlight (Erin Moriarty, Captain Fantastic), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott, House of Cards), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher, Independence Day: Resurgence), The Deep (Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell, Supernatural).
 
Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) stars as Madelyn Stillwell, Vought’s Senior VP of Hero Management. 
 
Based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson (Happy!), The Boys was developed by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), who also serves as writer, executive producer and directed the season finale. The pilot episode was directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane).
 
The eight-episode Amazon Original series premieres all at once on Friday 26th July. Read on for the trailer, which, naturally, is very NSFW:

 

 

Trailer: Amazon’s The Boys gets July release date

17th April 2019

Amazon’s The Boys has finally got a confirmed release date – and a new trailer to go with it.

The subversive series is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes – who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods – abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven, and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages these superheroes and covers up all of their dirty secrets.

The Boys are Hughie (Jack Quaid, The Hunger Games), Billy Butcher (Karl Urban, Star Trek), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso, Detroit), Frenchie (Tomer Capon, Hostages), and The Female (Karen Fukuhara, Suicide Squad).  Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) guest stars as Hughie’s father.
 
The Supes of The Seven are led by Homelander (Antony Starr, Banshee) who is joined by Starlight (Erin Moriarty, Captain Fantastic), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott, House of Cards), A-Train (Jessie T. Usher, Independence Day: Resurgence), The Deep (Chace Crawford, Gossip Girl) and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell, Supernatural).
 
Academy Award nominee Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) stars as Madelyn Stillwell, Vought’s Senior VP of Hero Management. 
 
Based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys was developed by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), who also serves as writer, executive producer and directed the season finale. Joining Kripke as executive producers are Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen (Preacher), Evan Goldberg (Preacher), James Weaver (Preacher), Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz (Prison Break), Pavun Shetty (New Girl) and Ori Marmur (Preacher), as well as Ken Levin (Preacher) and Jason Netter (Preacher). Ennis and Robertson also co-executive produce. The pilot episode was directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane).
 
The eight-episode Amazon Prime Video original series will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Monday 29th April. It will then be released worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on Friday 26th July. Here’s the new video:

 

 

Trailer: Amazon’s The Boys arrives set for summer release

26th January 2019

Amazon’s The Boys finally arrive on our screens this summer, and the first full trailer gives us a proper look at what to expect – and the mood is firmly set to dark.

Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, the story is set in a world where superheroes embrace their massive celebrity and fame. It centres on a group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys”, who set out to take down corrupt superheroes “The Seven”, with no more than their blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes – who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods – abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven and Vought – the multi-billion dollar conglomerate that manages them.

The series stars Karl Urban as The Boys’ leader, Billy Butcher, alongside Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, their second-in-command, Jesse T. Usher as a superhero known as “A-Train”, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group. The team’s unpredictable wild card is Frenchie (Tomer Capon). The cast also includes Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Antony Starr (Banshee), Nathan Mitchell (iZombie), Dominique McElligott (House of Cards), Erin Moriarty (Captain Fantastic) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) as Hughie.

We don’t have an exact release date yet, but we now know that it will premiere on Amazon Prime Video this summer. Here’s the trailer:

 

Amazon’s The Boys unveils Simon Pegg and first teaser

7th October 2018

Netflix’s Daredevil and Star Trek: Discovery May have been front and centre of New York Comic-Con this weekend, but Amazon has its own surprise to unveil for its upcoming adaptation of The Boys: Comic-Con royalty Simon Pegg.

Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, the show is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity. The Boys are a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The series stars Karl Urban as The Boys’ leader, Billy Butcher, alongside Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, their second-in-command, Jesse T. Usher as a superhero known as “A-Train”, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group. The team’s unpredictable wild card is Frenchie (Tomer Capon). The cast also includes Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Antony Starr (Banshee), Nathan Mitchell (iZombie), Dominique McElligott (House of Cards), Erin Moriarty (Captain Fantastic) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) as Hughie.

Now, they’ve officially been joined by Simon Pegg. He will play Hughie’s father, a character he inspired in the original graphic novels.

Pegg joined Quaid, Kripke and Robertson onstage to announce his involvement, alongside other members of the cast.

“We have a competition to see who can be in the most franchises,” Urban joked.

Kripke, meanwhile, called The Boys “the most topical show on television”, adding: “The world now reflects the world of The Boys way more than when Garth wrote it.”

Moriarty also compared the series to “America today” and the success of those failing upwards.

A teaser for the series was also unveiled, taking the form of a Vought corporate promo, featuring Elizabeth Shue as VP of Hero Management Madelyn Stillwell. Here’s the video:

 

Jennifer Esposito joins Amazon’s The Boys

4th September 2018

Jennifer Esposito has joined the cast of Amazon’s superhero series The Boys.

Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, the show is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity. The Boys are a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The series stars Karl Urban as The Boys’ leader, Billy Butcher, alongside Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, their second-in-command, Jesse T. Usher as a superhero known as “A-Train”, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group. The team’s unpredictable wild card is Frenchie (Tomer Capon). The cast also includes Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Antony Starr (Banshee), Nathan Mitchell (iZombie), Dominique McElligott (House of Cards), Erin Moriarty (Captain Fantastic) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games).

Now, the ensemble has added another key role to its growing roster. NCIS veteran Esposito will play CIA Agent Susan Raynor. The actress, who has also appeared in Blue Bloods and ABC’s Mistresses, will appear in five of the first season’s eight episodes. 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg will direct the first instalment.

 

Tomer Capon joins Amazon’s The Boys

27th June 2018

Tomer Capon has become the latest name to join Amazon’s comic book drama The Boys.

The series, which is based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity. The Boys are a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The series stars Karl Urban as The Boys’ leader, Billy Butcher, alongside Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, their second-in-command, Jesse T. Usher as a superhero known as “A-Train”, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group.

The team’s unpredictable wild card is Frenchie and now, Amazon has found the man to bring him to life: Tomer Capon. The actor, who stars in Israeli hit series When Heroes Fly, will play the series regular role, described as “a brutal warrior when the situation calls for it” who is “living a life of no attachments or responsibilities”.

Capon, who also starred in Netflix’s Fauda, joins an ensemble that includes Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), Antony Starr (Banshee), Nathan Mitchell (iZombie), Dominique McElligott (House of Cards), Erin Moriarty (Captain Fantastic) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games).

 

Elisabeth Shue joins Amazon’s The Boys

19th May 2018

Elisabeth Shue has joined Amazon’s comic book drama The Boys.

The series, which is based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity. The Boys are a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The series stars Karl Urban as The Boys’ leader, Billy Butcher, alongside Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, their second-in-command, Jesse T. Usher as a superhero known as “A-Train”, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group. The cast also includes Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Antony Starr (Banshee), Nathan Mitchell (iZombie), Dominique McElligott (House of Cards), Erin Moriarty (Captain Fantastic) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games).

Now, the Oscar nominated Shue has joined the ensemble. The Leaving Las Vegas and CSI veteran will play Madelyn Stillwell, the Vice President of Hero Management for Vought, the US corporation responsible for the creation of most of the superheroes. She’s a tough negotiator, who has seen out such PR disasters as when A-Train accidentally killed an innocent bystander.

Co-produced with Sony Pictures Television Studios and written by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), the series is exec-produced by Preacher duo Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, with 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg to helm the first episode.

 

Dan Trachtenberg to direct Amazon’s The Boys

2nd May 2018

10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg will helm the first episode of Amazon’s superhero series The Boys.

The eight-episode series, which is based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity. The Boys are a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Co-produced with Sony Pictures Television Studios and written by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), the series is exec-produced by Preacher duo Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. While they were set to direct the first episode, though, scheduling conflicts has led them to step down from the helm – and Dan Trachtenberg has readily stepped up.

“Dan’s a massive fan of the comic like us, and we’re massive fans of his, so we’re excited to have his more talented skill set brought to the show,” said Rogen and Goldberg.

The series stars Karl Urban as The Boys’ leader, Billy Butcher, alongside Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, their second-in-command, Jesse T. Usher as a superhero known as “A-Train”, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group. The cast also includes Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Antony Starr (Banshee), Nathan Mitchell (iZombie), Dominique McElligott (House of Cards), Erin Moriarty (Captain Fantastic) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games).

Filming will begin this spring for 2019 release on Amazon Prime Video.

 

Karl Urban to lead The Boys for Amazon

6th April 2018

Karl Urban will lead The Boys in Amazon’s new superhero drama.

The eight-episode series, which is co-produced with Sony Pictures Television Studios, is written by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), with Preacher duo Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen on board to direct.

Set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity, The Boys centres on a group of vigilantes known informally as “the boys”, who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Urban will lead the pack as Billy Butcher, described as “mysterious, brutal” and having his own “secret agenda”. He approaches Hughie (Jack Quaid), claiming to be a government agent and recruiting him into a covert war against a group of superheroes who aren’t who people think they are. Butcher capitalises on Hughie’s rage over his girlfriend Robin’s accidental death at the hands of the superhero known as “A-Train” (played by Jesse T. Usher).

Urban joins Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, the second-in-command of The Boys, and Karen Fukuhara as Female, a young assassin in the group.

The series is scheduled to begin filming in the spring of 2018 for a 2019 release.

 

Karen Fukuhara joins Amazon superhero drama The Boys

22nd March 2018

Suicide Squad’s Karen Fukuhara is the latest to join Amazon’s superhero drama The Boys.

The eight-episode series, which is co-produced with Sony Pictures Television Studios, is written by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), with Preacher duo Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen on board to direct.

Set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity, The Boys centres on a group of vigilantes known informally as “the boys”, who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) will play the lead role of Hughie, who is approached by Billy Butcher after the death of his girlfriend by a fast-moving superhero, A-Train (Jessie Usher). Butcher says he is a government agent and recruits Hughie into a covert war against a group of superheroes who aren’t who people think they are.

Laz Alonso (NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura) has already signed on to play Mother’s Milk, the second-in-command of The Boys, described by Deadline as “a great detective, highly intelligent and observant and an intuitive investigator”.

Fukuhara is the latest to join the ensemble. She will play Female, a young assassin with impressive fighting skills and superpowers to boot. Deadline, who broke the news of her casting, describes her role: “When The Boys find her, she’s savage, doesn’t speak and is a complete mystery. She later learns what it means to be human through her relationship with Frenchie.”

The series is scheduled to begin filming in the spring of 2018 for a 2019 release.

 

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg bring Garth Ennis’ The Boys to Amazon

19th November 2017

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are reuniting to bring The Boys to Amazon.

Amazon Studios has greenlit an original series based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The eight-episode drama is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television Studios and will be written by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural), with Goldberg and Rogen on board to direct.

Set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their celebrity, The Boys centres on a group of vigilantes known informally as “the boys”, who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

“In a landscape saturated with superhero shows, The Boys is the next evolution in this popular genre,” says Sharon Tal Yguado, Head of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. “With Eric, Evan, Seth and Original Film all behind this series, we are excited to adapt this popular comic, from the visionary minds of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, for television.”

The project marks a reunion for Sony too, with Goldberg and Rogen working with them to bring Ennis’ Preacher to the small screen. With two successful seasons at AMC under its belt, the show has also been snapped up by Amazon as a UK exclusive for its Prime Video subscription service. With The Boys, Amazon is now stepping up its involvement to produce the show directly with Sony.

“We are very happy to have the unique opportunity to produce a second series based on the subversive and innovative world of Garth Ennis,” comments Chris Parnell, Co-President of Sony Pictures Television Studios. “And we are thankful to Sharon and her team at Amazon for their vision, partnership, and support.”

The series will be executive produced by Kripke, Goldberg, Rogen, Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz (Prison Break), Ori Marmur (Preacher) and Pavun Shetty (New Girl), as well as Point Grey Pictures’ James Weaver (Preacher). Ennis and Robertson are also slated to co-exec produce.

The series is scheduled to begin filming in the spring of 2018 for a 2019 release.

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