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The Boys showrunner reveals the scene that was too explicit for Amazon

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Amazon’s new superhero series The Boys certainly doesn’t hold back when it comes to gratuitous sex and violence, but it seems the streaming service did lay down some boundaries, with showrunner Erik Kripke revealing on Reddit that one particular scene left Amazon executives screaming “fuck no” and ultimately ended up on the cutting room floor. […]

Karl Urban announces The Boys season two has wrapped production

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Karl Urban, who stars as Bill Butcher, has taken to Instagram to announce The Boys season two has wrapped production and has teased that audiences should expect the new season to be released in mid-2020. SEE ALSO: The Boys showrunner reveals the scene that was too explicit for Amazon https://www.instagram.com/p/B4h3XjYgQG5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link   Amazon’s The Boys, which is inspired […]

Patton Oswalt joins The Boys for season 2

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Executive producer Eric Kripke (Supernatural) has announced on Twitter that Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has joined the cast of the hit Amazon Prime series The Boys for a mystery role in the upcoming second season of the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic book adaptation. SEE ALSO: The Boys showrunner reveals the […]

Timeless’ Goran Visnjic and Claudia Doumit join The Boys for season 2

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Amazon is filling out the cast of its superhero drama series The Boys, with Deadline reporting that Timeless stars Goran Visnjic and Claudia Doumit have signed on for recurring roles in the second season of the comic book adaptation. Based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robertson and executive produced by Erik Kripke, […]

Why superhero fatigue isn’t going to become a thing

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Martin Izzard on why superhero fatigue isn’t going to become a thing… Every few years, there’s an excitement that builds around what Marvel Studios is going to announce is coming next. We’ve had that this weekend, with confirmation of what will make up Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The plans include several episodic […]

The Boys Season 1 Finale Review – ‘You Found Me’

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Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of The Boys… This is why Amazon greenlit a second season before one minute had been broadcast. Between the breakdowns, heart attacks and callous disregard for each other this moral vacuum of a finale demands your attention. From the blackmailing of high ranging government officials to revelations with […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Self-Preservation Society’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Boys season 1… In the words of Winston Wolf ‘if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better do what I say and do it fast’. Motivations, suspicions and blame should be metered out with care as recognising the enemy is getting more difficult. Hughie has gone […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Chris Lennertz discusses The Boys

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Martin Carr chats with The Boys composer Chris Lennertz… Stuck in traffic and heading back across L.A., Chris Lennertz, musical maestro behind Amazon Prime’s newest superhero serial The Boys, took time to talk composition, creative process and working with Hollywood mavericks Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg….. Was it always an early ambition to be involved […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Innocents’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Boys season 1… In amongst the revelations which continue coming there are a few emotional sledgehammers that stand out in episode six. These are not the meta moments, choreographed television specials or victim support groups, but occur with much more subtlety. They perfectly counterpoint the #MeToo movement […]