Amazon Prime Video seems to be feeling quite bullish about
The Boys as they've just announced an early season two renewal for the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic, which has Seth Rogen (
Long Shot;
Preacher) and Eric Kripke (
Supernatural;
Timeless) attached as executive producers.
Additionally, Amazon has also announced that
You're the Worst star Aya Cash will join the cast of season two as the superhero Stormfront, who, in the comics, is a male character known for being an unrepentant bigot, an alumnus of the Hitler Youth, and one of the most powerful superhumans on earth.
The eight-episode first season is set to premiere next Friday and will follow The Boys - Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid), Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Kapon) & The Female (Karen Fukuhara) - as they embark on a mission to expose the powerful superhero team known as The Seven, and Vought, the mega-corporation that manages their careers.
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 their formidable Vought backing.
The Boys features:
Karl Urban as Billy Butcher
Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell
Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk
Jack Quaid as "Wee" Hughie Campbell
Karen Fukuhara as Female
Tomer Kapon as Frenchie
Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight
Antony Starr as The Homelander
Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve
Jessie Usher as A-Train
Chace Crawford as The Deep
Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir
Jennifer Esposito as CIA Agent Susan Raynor
Simon Pegg as Hughie's father
The Boys premieres July 26