Eric Kripke
‘The Boys’ Star on How Finale Assassination Changes Everything for Season 5
[This story contains major spoilers to the season four finale of The Boys, “Season Four Finale.”] “We will make America strong again… we will make America Super again.” The Boys has always been about Trumpism. Creator/showrunner Eric Kripke explained as much to The Hollywood Reporter at the start of season four when discussing how he […]
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Amazon Says ‘The Boys’ Assassination Episode Filmed Long Before Trump Shooting, Finale Similarities “Unintentional”
Amazon Prime Video has added a disclaimer to the season four finale of The Boys, which released on Thursday and contains similarities to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend that left two people dead, including the gunman. “The season finale of The Boys contains scenes of fictional political violence, which […]
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‘The Boys’ Star on Black Noir and How Season 4 Sets Up a Perilous Final Season
[This episode contains spoilers from season four, episode seven of The Boys.] The penultimate episode of The Boys season four could be seen as a coming out for some of the key characters. Viewers finally saw A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) reveal himself to the Seven to be the supe traitor they’ve all been searching for. […]
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Rosemarie DeWitt on Her Key ‘The Boys’ Role and What She Wasn’t Prepared For
[This story contains spoilers from episode five, season four of The Boys, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son.”] From the first episode of The Boys, audiences knew life would be tough to the nerdish and somewhat awkward child-like protagonist Hughie Campbell (played by Jack Quaid). Devoted followers of the Amazon Prime series know that Hughie’s girlfriend […]
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‘The Boys’ Boss on Landing That Surprise A-List Cameo
[This story contains spoilers from episode five, season four of The Boys, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son.”] Leave it to The Boys to tug on viewer heartstrings while horrifying them at the same time. That’s exactly how episode five of season four, “Beware the Jabberwork, My Son,” was supposed to hit, says Eric Kripke, creator […]
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A Lesbian Actress Playing an Anti-Gay, Anti-Trans Superhero on ‘The Boys’? Count Her In!
Valorie Curry has played a lot of characters over the years with whom she had almost nothing in common — a murderous cult member in Fox’s The Following, a paramedic who moonlights for the mob in Amazon’s The Tick, a cryptid researcher in 2016’s Blair Witch sequel — but few have been quite as starkly […]
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Every Season 4 Episode of ‘The Boys’ Has “At Least One Totally F***ing Bananas Moment”
[This story contains spoilers from the first three episodes of season four of The Boys.] In the great nation of the United States of America — in The Boys‘ parallel universe where satirical humans and superhero characters coincide — the most powerful “supe” in the world, Homelander, is on trial. In season four’s three-episode opener, […]
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‘The Boys’ Refresher: What to Remember Before Season 4
In the current political climate — which some say is stranger than fiction — you have under 150 days before votes will be cast in the 2024 Election, where the onslaught of a media blitz can tantalize your cerebral cortex. But if you can’t wait that long, June 13 is promising to entangle you with […]
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Eric Kripke on Why ‘The Boys’ Is Ending With Season 5
It’s the beginning of the end for The Boys. The adult superhero universe of humans vs. supes (as superheroes are called in the series) will soon come to end after season five, showrunner Eric Kripke announced on Tuesday, just two days before the hit Amazon series prepares to launch its fourth season with a three-episode […]
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‘The Boys’ to End With Season 5 at Amazon
The Boys will have their final fight in the near future. Eric Kripke, the showrunner of Prime Video’s super(anti)hero series, said on social media Tuesday that the show’s fifth season — which the streamer ordered in May — will be its last. “Season 4 premiere week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the […]
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‘Gen V’ Reveals Bloody First Look at ‘The Boys’ College Spinoff
The first look at Gen V, Prime Video’s The Boys spinoff, is here — and it’s bloody. The series, according to the streamer, is set at America’s only college exclusively for young adult superheroes (run by Vought International, which plays a big part in the original show). It will explore the lives of hormonal, competitive […]
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‘The Boys’ Spinoff Series a Go at Amazon With New Showrunners
The Boys spinoff is moving forward at Amazon. The retail giant/streamer has handed out a series order for its college-set spinoff from Eric Kripke’s breakout superhero drama. As part of the pickup, Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters — who previously oversaw ABC Marvel drama Agent Carter — have boarded the untitled series as showrunners. The […]
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