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  • ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Begins Filming

    ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Begins Filming

    As popularity for The Boys reaches an all-time high, it’s only apt that the latest season would commence filming. Showrunner Erik Kripke took to Twitter to announce the start of Season 4’s production.

    If the announcement isn’t enough to get fans excited, maybe the name Phil Sgriccia might. Sgriccia directed Season 3’s insane first episode, which includes one of the most violent sex scene put to screen, and the second episode.

    Not much is known about what this latest season could be like but we know that some of the players on the table won’t be on it for long. With Butcher facing his own mortality and Ryan finally being groomed by his biological dad, Homelander, this upcoming season might be the craziest yet.

  • First ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Set Video Leaks as Production Seemingly Starts

    First ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Set Video Leaks as Production Seemingly Starts

    Not too long ago, the official The Boys‘ official Twitter account shared that some of the cast were already heading to Toronto to start filming on the fourth season. The Amazon Prime Video series saw a spike in popularity with its recent third season, excitement has been quite high for what the next entry might have to offer.

    While we still have to wait a bit longer for any official information, it does seem like they may have started work already on the production. Twitter user @Justin3ric has taken to Twitter to share what seems like it is part of the set at a restaurant. On the side we can clearly see posters for A-train and potentially other heroes.

    https://twitter.com/Justin3ric/status/1558856146596904961

    It should be noted that there’s a chance this set is also used for the upcoming spinoff Gen-V. There’s no cast on location which makes it difficult to say for sure, but the timing does hint at it potentially being part of the fourth season, especially with the upcoming spinoff taking place mostly in a college setting.

    There’s a lot of hope for many characters to return and see how it potentially builds upon the previous season. Jensen Ackles became a season favorite with his performance as Soldier Boy and it’ll be interesting to see how they continue to add elements that pull from the genre it’s also technically mocking. We’ll have to see but it’s great to know they wasted no time tackling the next season.

    Source: Twitter (The Boys Account), Twitter

  • ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Adds Valorie Curry, Susan Heyward, Ups Cameron Crovetti

    ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Adds Valorie Curry, Susan Heyward, Ups Cameron Crovetti

    The fourth season of The Boys has added a couple of new faces to its cast, while also upping another actor’s role in the series. The Emmy-nominated series has upped Cameron Crovetti, who plays Homelander’s son Ryan, to a season regular for Season 4. While Valorie Curry and Susan Heyward have joined the series as Firecracker and Sister Sage, respectively. Both will be series regulars in the upcoming season.

    Curry has starred in The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn, as well as shows like The Tick, The Following, Veronica Mars and House of Lies. While Heyward has starred in shows like Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, and the short-lived Playstation live-action take on Powers based on the graphic novels by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.

    The Boys is based on the bestselling comic series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The TV series hails from Eric Kripke who works as a showrunner, writer and executive producer on the series. He produces the hit series alongside Point Grey Pictures’ Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver. Season 4 of The Boys does not yet have a release date, although production is expected to begin soon.

    Source: Deadline.

  • ‘The Boys’ Will Crossover With ‘Varsity’ Spinoff Series

    ‘The Boys’ Will Crossover With ‘Varsity’ Spinoff Series

    The Boys’ third season may have come to a close, but the series’ universe is just getting started. Amazon Prime is currently gearing up for the release of the franchise’s first live-action spin-off, The Boys Presents: Varsity, which is set to debut on the streaming service before the main show gets a chance to return. Set parallel to the events of The Boys Season 3, Varsity will examine the world of Supes from the perspective of young characters attending the Vought-run Godolkin University School of Crimefighting. Described as “part college show, part Hunger Games—with all the heart, satire, and raunch of The Boys”, the series will shine a light on the next generation of “superheroes”, with a focus on the X-Men parody team – the G-Men.

    Varsity will be helmed by Agent Carter’s Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, but it’s an interview with The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke that’s dropped an interesting new tidbit about the project. The creative spoke with Deadline about the future of the growing franchise and revealed that the new series will feature crossovers with his own. He explained that major moments from the latest batch of The Boys episodes will have a direct impact on Varsity, with the latter show doing the same to its flagship heading into Season 4:

    There’s definitely crossover, and we’re doing our best to design a universe that sees some of the issues and storylines in Season 3 hand off to the first season in Varsity. Like there’s a presidential campaign happening in the background of that season, and there’s certain things that are happening at that school that are both in reaction to Season 3 of The Boys. There’s Soldier Boy, etcetera, but also some new storylines that are happening in that season of the spinoff that we have to pick up and take into Season 4 of the show.

    Eric Kripke

    There is not currently a release date set for Varsity, but with filming underway, it’s likely it will arrive on Amazon sometime in 2023. Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jaz Sinclair, Marco Pigossi, Chance Perdomo, and Shelley Conn are set to star, among others.

    Source: Deadline

  • Major ‘The Boys’ Actor Will Play New Character in Season 4

    Major ‘The Boys’ Actor Will Play New Character in Season 4

    The latest season finale for The Boys was all sorts of messed up, but there was one moment in particular that likely shocked viewers more than others. After spending the majority of Season 3 in hiding from Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy, fan favorite baddie Black Noir finally worked up the courage to confront his demons and return to Vought Tower. Unfortunately, his reunion with Toni Starr’s Homelander didn’t go exactly as planned, and the silent menace instead found himself violently gutted on the tower floor. Black Noir’s sudden death was as surprising as it was gruesome, with the move coming as soon as the show had finally begun to reveal the character’s tragic backstory. The decision to kill Noir off also deprived fans of their chance to see him face off against his former Payback captain in an epic final showdown.

    Luckily for Nate Mitchell, the stunt man who spent three seasons behind the mask, Noir’s death will apparently not be the end of his time on the show. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Eric Kripke revealed that Mitchell would return as an entirely new version of Black Noir for The Boys’ upcoming fourth batch of episodes. After teasing playfully that a character who “is completely silent and in a black mask can be recast”, the former Supernatural creative explained that Season 4 will feature a brand new character donning the infamous all-black ensemble:

    It’s definitely not the last we’ve seen of Black Noir as a hero. It’s just that the guy who was inside [the Noir suit] in season 3, he’s gone. But we have Nathan playing a really interesting and hilarious character who wears the suit next season. We’ll explore it as the season goes on, but Nathan plays a whole new character.

    Eric Kripke

    Kripke says he broke the news to Mitchell before filming on Season 3 began, hoping it would ease his pain of losing the original Noir interpretation. This decision was also why a different actor, Fritzy-Klevans Destine, was brought in for flashback scenes involving a speaking, maskless Noir. This way, things will be less confusing when Mitchell’s face is shown as someone else in Season 4.

    The entirety of The Boys is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

    Source: Entertainment Weekly

  • ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Eyeing Production Start Soon

    ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Eyeing Production Start Soon

    The Boys latest season has been quite the hit with viewers, as the newly introduced Jensen Ackles‘ Soldier Boy has become quite the fan favorite. The group is once again falling apart due to their own egos while trying to avoid the superpowered heroes taking them down. While we still have two episodes left in this season, it seems that plans are already made to start work on Season 4 according to Karl Urban.

    Yeah, we’re starting I think August the 22nd, we’re going to be starting season four. So I’m getting back, getting my Butcher back on, and I can’t wait. It’s a fun gang to play with, we work hard and play hard, and I can’t wait to see where they take the characters from where we leave them at the end of this season.

    Karl Urban

    He highlights that he hasn’t seen the scripts yet. Urban is just as excited as we are about how they’ll continue to surprise audiences with some clever commentary.

    We’re about two months away from filming, and I have no idea. So that’ll tell you something, but yeah, not too far away. I mean, I expect that we’ll… I’m actually going to be seeing Kripke next week and I expect conversations will start to happen about what he’s got in store. I like to give them the respect of being able to do their writing process and not be harassed by actors going, “What are we doing?” But I can’t wait. They always come up with insane stuff, so yeah, it’s going to be fun.

    Karl Urban

    It’ll also be interesting to see how the third season wraps up, especially if some of the newly introduced characters are here to stay or who might not make it beyond the latest season. Homelander is seemingly about to meet his breaking point, which opens up a very dangerous future for our boys and everyone involved in the takedown of Vought Industries.

    Source: Collider

  • Paul Reiser Joins ‘The Boys’ as Stan Lee Parody

    Paul Reiser Joins ‘The Boys’ as Stan Lee Parody

    The Boys isn’t done surprising fans with major guest stars.

    It was revealed today that veteran actor Paul Reiser has joined the series’ cast as “The Legend,” a parody of real-life icon Stan “The Man” Lee. The character originates from the Garth Ennis comic books, where he is a former employee of Vought-American’s Victory Comics who is now living underneath a comic book store. “The Legend” was responsible for writing many of the stories that made Supes famous, and as a result, possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of Vought’s superhuman roster. This proves to be helpful when he later becomes an unofficial member of The Boys.

    Viewers won’t have to wait long to see Reiser take over the role. Amazon teased yesterday that the character would appear in this week’s episode of the hit series, titled ‘The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies.’ It’s currently unknown if the former Mad About You star will play a version of “The Legend” recognizable from the comics, or if his live-action take will be something new for streaming audiences. Amazon’s press release for the announcement does refer to “The Legend” as “an iconic fan-favorite character from the original comic book series”, so perhaps there is hope that this iteration will stay true to his graphic origins. Either way, the role marks another big step in Reiser‘s recent return to the spotlight. The actor is also currently starring as Dr. Sam Owens on Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things.

    The Boys Season 3 is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

    Source: Variety

  • Amazon Renews ‘The Boys’ For Season 4

    Amazon Renews ‘The Boys’ For Season 4

    A week after Season 3 debuted, Prime Video has renewed The Boys for Season 4. The Emmy-nominated series based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson has been a huge hit for the streaming service. Vernon Sanders, who serves as the head of global television for Amazon Studios, expressed excitement over the return of the hit series. “From our first conversation with Eric Kripke and the creative team about Season Three of The Boys, we knew the show was continuing to get even bolder—an impressive feat considering the wild success of the Emmy-nominated second season.”

    Sanders continued, “The Boys continues to push boundaries in storytelling while also being relentlessly entertaining and threading the needle on social satire that feels all too real. This stylized world of the series has incredible global reach and the viewership for opening weekend is proof of that. We are immensely proud of the cast and crew that has spawned a franchise for Prime Video, and we look forward to bringing more of The Boys to our customers.”

    While Prime Video, much like some of the other streamers, does not release official ratings, the streaming service did note that Season 3’s debut saw the worldwide viewership for the series grow by 17% from Season 2 and an astounding 234% from Season 1.

    The streaming service is putting a lot of faith into The Boys, having already commissioned the animated series Diabolical and the still untitled college spinoff series. While no news has been announced regarding a potential second season of Diabolical, Sanders didn’t shut it down. “We thought there was a two-fold opportunity with Diabolical. One was to get The Boys fans excited about and get it out early. But we also wanted to see if there was another bite of the apple once the mothership show returned, and we are seeing real engagement and growth of the show there. We’ve definitely had conversations with the producers about what the next installment would look like.”

    As for the untitled college spinoff, Sanders couldn’t say too much. Since it was announced, the spinoff series has seen plenty of changes from both behind-the-scenes and in front of the camera – from new showrunners to big casting changes. Sanders did call it “different” from The Boys, but with the spirit of the hit series. Production on the untitled college spinoff is currently underway for a projected 2023 release.

    The fourth episode of The Boys Season 3 is now live on Prime Video.

    Source: Deadline

  • ‘The Boys’ Showrunner on That Marvelous Cameo

    ‘The Boys’ Showrunner on That Marvelous Cameo

    The Boys Season 3 premiere features plenty of noteworthy moments. And while there’s a particular moment that is keeping many talking, there’s also a pretty impressive cameo by a Marvel-ous actor.

    In a new interview with Variety, The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke explained how Charlize Theron became involved with the project. According to Kripke, Theron was approached about The Boys by producer Seth Rogen, who she had just worked with on The Long Shot. Despite the cameo being small, the scene still required Theron to come in for a costume fitting.

    “I actually feel kind of bad about it, because I’m sure he positioned it like, ‘Hey, do us a favor, pop on camera and it’s a cameo.’ Then the next call is our costume designer, ‘OK, you need to come in and we need to design this super suit.’ She shows up on a whole big day of shooting with several camera crews and everything. But she was such an immensely great sport and is so funny. I mean, obviously she’s in comedies, but watching her work up close and in person, the level with which she commits to the most ridiculous dialogue that anyone has ever said, it’s absurd. The heart and soul with which she delivers it is so funny and stunning. We were really lucky to have her.”

    Eric Kripke

    Interestingly enough, Kripke wasn’t aware of her appearance as Clea in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. While he believes the show approached the actress first regarding the cameo, Kripke was thrilled to see Theron pop up while watching Multiverse of Madness. “I was in the theater watching ‘Doctor Strange’ with my kids and then that cameo came up and I was like, ‘Yes!’ Anything we can do to draw a line between us and Marvel is a good day.”

    While her role in The Boys was a minor one, Theron looks to have an exciting future within the Marvel Cinematic Universe following Multiverse of Madness. For now, fans can watch Theron’s cameo as Stormfront in The Boys on Prime Video, with Multiverse of Madness set to hit Disney+ later this month.

    Source: Variety.

  • REVIEW: Season 3 of ‘The Boys’ is a Chaotic Ride Worth the Trip

    REVIEW: Season 3 of ‘The Boys’ is a Chaotic Ride Worth the Trip

    Over the course of two seasons, Prime Video’s The Boys has quickly become one of the best superhero series on the small screen. It achieved this not only due to its stellar cast, which is led by Karl Urban‘s Butcher, but also the willingness to play into campiness and gore. So, it’s not entirely surprising that Season 3 of The Boys decided to push the limits even more. Perhaps there are no moments nearly as memorable as a self-pleasuring Homelander as seen at the end of Season 2, but the series manages to successfully make use of its eight episodes in ways most shows could only hope to do.

    Following the events of Season 2, The Boys kicks off its third season still dealing with the aftershock of Stormfront. Naturally, her true nature has divided fans of the Seven – those that agree with her, aka Nazis, are upset over what happened to her. While others are glad to see her go. The person struggling the most, however, isn’t Stormfront. It is evident he loved her, but as this is Homelander, there’s also a sense of arrogance as he struggles to deal with his feelings. He’s very much still the unpredictable man-child we’ve seen before, and it seems Stormfront’s predicament has only made him worse. He’s more volatile than usual, and is no longer keen to be the poster boy of Vought.

    As entertaining as his shenanigans can be, they do quickly become tiresome, though. Thankfully, the creatives seemed to understand it was time to introduce a new character to focus on because as great as it is to see the boys eager to takedown Homelander, the story can become stale at times: Enter Jensen Ackles‘ Soldier Boy. Perhaps the most developed character in the series, Soldier Boy brings with him a much-needed energy boost to the latest season.

    His story is set up perfectly to weave a new and exciting tale that ultimately ties together with the Boys and their original mission with ease. More importantly, though, Ackles‘ Soldier Boy plays off of Urban‘s Butcher perfectly. When the two are together on screen, it’s hard to look away, which is saying something given Urban‘s onscreen chemistry with his team members. These two are dynamite.

    Those that are eager to see the series move away from trying to takedown Vought should be excited to know that The Boys Season 3 finally gives its secondary characters time to shine. This isn’t just a story about Butcher and his journey of revenge anymore. It’s not all about Robin and Becca. And while Ryan is an essential character this season, this isn’t a story that’s centered around him either. The overall theme seems to be that of family and self-discovery, and it’s the best dang decision the writers made this go-round. Heroes that viewers might’ve hated before? They’re given the chance to flourish. While others that the audience might’ve liked before? Well, there’s a good chance viewers will be rethinking their favorites by season’s end.

    One of the most exciting parts of The Boys has always been its willingness to poke fun at other comic book properties. Yes, there are moments of predictability, but Season 3 has largely moved away from those moments. It’s chaotic in the best type of ways and is a hell of a ride that’ll leave viewers smiling by the season’s end. As for what lies in store for Season 4, it’s clear the writers still have plenty of stories left to explore, and it seems likely the crazy train is a ways off from stopping.

    Overall: The Boys Season 3 is a bumpy ride full of chaotic twists and turns and a hell of a performance by series newbie Jensen Ackles.