Amazon Prime is stepping into the world of comic book heroes, and before you say it, no, we’re not talking about The Tick. On July 26, The Boys — an adaptation of The New York Times best-selling comic of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson — will hit the streaming service and provide a different spin on the usual superhero tales we’ve grown accustomed to from Marvel and DC.
“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,” reads the official synopsis. “It’s the powerless against the super powerful as ‘The Boys; embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about ‘The Seven.'”
To clarify, The Boys are the non-superpowered vigilantes trying to take down The Seven, a group of superpowered individuals calling themselves heroes. Check out the extremely NSFW trailer:
So, by now, you might be asking yourself: “Did I just see a tiny man jump into a woman’s vagina, a female hero sit on a man’s face and crush his skull like a watermelon as she climaxed, and a baby shoot laser beams from its eyes?” The answer to all those questions is yes.
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The Boys stars:
- Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, the leader of The Boys
- Jack Quaid as “Wee” Hughie Campbell, a member of The Boys
- Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, a member of The Boys
- Karen Fukuhara as Female, a member of The Boys
- Tomer Capon as The Frenchman, a member of The Boys
- Antony Starr as The Homelander, the leader of The Seven
- Erin Moriarty as Annie January / Starlight, a member of The Seven
- Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve, a member of The Seven
- Jessie T. Usher as A-Train, a member of The Seven
- Chace Crawford as The Deep, a member of The Seven
- Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir, a member of The Seven
- Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell, the Vice President of Hero Management for Vought, a shadowy defense contractor who “owns” The Seven
Now let’s take a look at some official photos from the series. Here’s Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher:
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Here’s Jack Quaid’s Hughie Campbell looking around a government facility. There are guards with guns. It’s serious.
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Elisabeth Shue’s Madelyn Stillwell speaks in front of a crowd:
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Below, Stillwell has some sort of press conference with the hero A-Train (Jessie Usher):
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Give us A-Train!
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Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) is dressed very on-theme:
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Starlight (Erin Moriarty) and The Deep (Chace Crawford) pandering to their fans.
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Here we have Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) and The Homelander (Antony Starr) waving and smiling at a crowd.
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The Homelander is all kinds of patriotic:
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Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso) Frenchie (Tomer Kapon) and Billy Butcher look like their about to mix it up with someone on a subway platform:
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Meet Female (Karen Fukuhara). I dunno about that name but we’ll see.
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Finally, here’s the official poster for The Boys, featuring The Homelander subjugating the populace. You know: superhero stuff.
The Boys was developed by showrunner Eric Kripke (Supernatural). Kripke also serves as writer, executive producer and even directed the season 1 finale. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver, all of whom worked on AMC’s Preacher, get executive producer credits. The series premiere was directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane).
The Boys hits Amazon Prime on July 26.
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