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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Boys' final season Comic-Con footage shows a safer nation under Homelander
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Every journey has an end, but chances are we won't encounter one as sweary as the final season of The Boys. Amazon's Emmy-winning series, which has mastered turning superheroes into villains, is set to conclude next year, and fans at this year's San Diego Comic-Con were fortunate enough to get a sneak peek of what's coming. Naturally, things don't look promising in this world filled with corrupt crimefighters after members of The Boys were snatched up last season, and Homelander (Antony Starr) seemingly seized complete control of the country, using the U.S. president as his puppet. What will it take to stop the star-spangled psychopath and his plans? Well, help from the younger generation might do the trick, or maybe something supernatural as well. According to a breakdown from Variety, the teaser trailer revealed the usual mix of blood, guts, and questionable liquids, along with some new and familiar faces sprinkled throughout. You know the drill by now, surely? A bloody hairball being thrown up here, a violently unhealthy bathroom trip there. One detail that will excite Supernatural fans, though, is Jared Padalecki showing his loveable mug in the preview, continuing the trend of cast members from showrunner Eric Kripke's previous 15-season show appearing in the Vought-ruled world. Kripke himself confirmed back in May that we would see Padalecki alongside Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy and Misha Collins "all in the same frame together" at some point; we just don't know in what capacity, since Padalecki and Collins' roles still haven't been confirmed. The teaser also hinted at the ongoing crossover between The Boys and its spin-off super-school show, Gen V (whose second season is honestly looking like The Boys season 4.5), thanks to the appearance of one of its model students, Jordan Li (London Thor). Last we saw, they were trapped in an off-the-books facility along with the rest of the rebels in the show's first season, suggesting that they might be helping in the fight back against Vought and its unhinged poster boy here. Speaking of that milk-loving madman, it sounds like Homelander got the real mic drop moment of the teaser, having now taken his new unofficial role as ruler of the country. Declaring the United States as "a safer, more god-fearing nation," we can only expect that things will be anything but by the time the final episode airs. We'll be able to see who gets their cape crumpled and their body in a broken and bloody state when The Boys return to town for the last time in 2026. For more info on the highly anticipated anti-hero show, head here for everything we know about The Boys Season 5. Solve the daily Crossword
Geek Tyrant
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
THE BOYS Final Season Comic-Con Footage Reveals Homelander's 'Safer, God-Fearing Nation' — GeekTyrant
The Boys made sure to leave its mark at San Diego Comic-Con, capping off the Gen V panel with the very first teaser for its fifth and final season. Shown to fans in Ballroom 20, the teaser didn't waste a second serving up bloody chaos, shocking moments, and some big surprises that the fans loved. The footage was a rapid-fire glimpse into the carnage we've come to expect. Among the standout moments: a mysterious new supe vomiting what looked like a bloody hairball onto someone else, and a gruesome scene involving a violent explosion inside a bathroom stall. So, it's still very much The Boys we know and love, unapologetically brutal and darkly hilarious. One of the more crazier moments came from Antony Starr's Homelander. In the teaser's most chilling line, he declares, 'This is a safer, more god-fearing nation,' his voice echoing like a sermon to an unseen crowd. After the events of Season 4, Homelander's grip on America has only tightened. He's essentially the power behind the White House now, the country is under martial law, and those who refuse to 'make America super again' are being hunted, including Butcher and his crew. Fans also got a few unexpected cameos. Seth Rogen, an executive producer on the series, pops up once again. Then Supernatural 's Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins also both make appearances in quick shots. This marks yet another reunion for showrunner Eric Kripke, who previously brought Jensen Ackles ( Soldier Boy ) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe Kessler) into the fold. Longtime Supernatural fans have been begging for more of their favorites to join The Boys, and Kripke delivered. At least one familiar face from Gen V makes the leap, with London Thor's Jordan Li spotted in the footage. That crossover shouldn't surprise anyone, given that Gen V characters Maddie Phillips and Asa Germann showed up in Season 4's finale as Homelander loyalists. The synergy between the two shows continues this fall when The Boys stars Erin Moriarty and Chace Crawford appear in Gen V Season 2. Returning cast members for this final chapter include Jack Quaid, Karl Urban, Jessie T. Usher, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Laz Alonso, Nathan Mitchell, Colby Minifie, Cameron Crovetti, Susan Heyward, and Valorie Curry. New faces joining the chaos are Daveed Diggs and Paul Reiser. As for Seth Rogen's role? That remains to be seen, but given his track record of stealing scenes, fans are ready for whatever he brings. The endgame for The Boys is coming, but it's not arriving tomorrow. The fifth and final season will premiere sometime in 2026 on Prime Video.
Geek Tyrant
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
THE BOYS Wraps Filming on Final Season as Eric Kripke Shares Emotional Set Photo and Teases the End — GeekTyrant
Filming has wrapped on the fifth and final season of The Boys , and showrunner Eric Kripke is already feeling the weight of goodbye. To mark the occasion, Kripke posted a behind the scenes photo from the Vought Tower set, specifically The Seven's iconic Action Room, with a mural of Homelander looming overhead. 'This is the last time I'll ever be on this set,' Kripke wrote. 'It'll be torn down soon. It's bittersweet, but my primary feeling is gratitude. We have the best cast, the best crew, the most fun story to write, and something that is impossible to predict: the right timing. 'You wait your whole career to have maybe two of those things, if you're lucky. We got all of them. To #TheBoys family: thank you, I love you all. To the fans: thanks for watching, can't wait for you to see the grand finale. That's a wrap.' The end of Season 4 left things in a pressure cooker. Homelander, the patriotic psychopath, got disturbingly close to the White House while launching a campaign to imprison anyone protesting the Supes. Meanwhile, Hughie, MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko were captured. Starlight's on the run, and Butcher's gone full Butcher. Kripke has already hinted that the body count could be brutal. 'There will probably be lots of deaths,' he said. 'There's no guarantee of who's gonna survive.' Nathan Mitchell (Black Noir 2.0) ominously added: 'There are some things that are coming in Season 5 that you're not going to have in your bingo card.' Antony Starr (Homelander) likened the show's pacing to an accordion: 'One piece of the accordion is going out and then this is the compression going back in. There was a lot of setup in Season 4 for Season 5. Everything is gunning towards that climactic end.' Spoilers ahead! While comic book readers know that things get very dark in Garth Ennis' original story with Butcher turning on his own and nearly wiping out everyone but Hughie, the show has never been a 1:1 adaptation. That said, it's safe to assume Homelander and Butcher are barreling toward mutually assured destruction… maybe with a touch of redemption before the curtain falls. So here we are. The final season is locked. The cast has said their goodbyes, and all that's left is for the fans to buckle in and prepare for whatever explosive, nihilistic, and hopefully satisfying finale Kripke and company have cooked up.
Hindustan Times
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
The Boys' Antony Starr reveals knocking down fans glorifying Homelander: ‘This guy is not the hero of any story'
Kiwi actor Antony Starr has spent four seasons embodying one of television's most chillingly narcissistic villains, Homelander, in The Boys — a man so twisted he once engaged with a shapeshifter impersonating himself, only to murder them in a bizarre act of self-affirmation. During a roundtable conversation with Entertainment Weekly's Awardist series, the 49-year-old actor revealed that even after all this time, he still finds himself shocked by how much affection some fans express for the character played by him. "We had a bunch of guys that we all kind of knocked them down a little bit on social media to say, 'This guy is not the hero of any story,'" he said alongside actors and fellow Emmy contenders Aimee Lou Wood, Tramell Tillman, Bradley Whitford, Marisa Abela and Sharon Horgan. He also recounted how unsettling it is to see audiences glorify the character. "They were really glorifying him, they loved him. Which is surreal," he added. For Antony, the most unexpected part is the moral ambivalence some fans feel toward the character. "What I didn't expect was that people would be so conflicted around it and, you know, finding themselves finding empathy for this monster," he reflects. That nuance—and Antony's ability to balance terrifying volatility with moments of eerie vulnerability—has earned him a long-overdue Emmy nomination this year for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. It marks his first nod from the Television Academy, and recognition for a performance that's long been praised by critics and fans alike. Season 5 of The Boys, currently in production, will mark the end of the boundary-pushing series that first premiered in 2019 and quickly became a flagship title. While The Boys is approaching its conclusion, the universe it spawned will live on. The spinoff Gen V, set in a superhero college, is already gearing up for its second season. Additionally, Vought Rising, a prequel featuring Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy and Aya Cash's Stormfront, was officially announced earlier this year.
Geek Tyrant
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
THE BOYS Season 5 Showrunner Eric Kripke Warns 'There Will Probably Be Lots of Deaths' — GeekTyrant
It's almost time to say goodbye to The Boys , and if recent comments from showrunner Eric Kripke are anything to go by, the final season is shaping up to be a brutal farewell. Spotted at the Prime Experience event, the first poster for Season 5 sets the tone with Homelander coldly confident, standing in front of the White House, glancing back at the camera like he knows exactly what's coming… and we won't like it. Season 4 ended in a dark place. Homelander escalated his power grab by moving to detain anti-Supe protestors in prison camps. Hughie, Frenchie, Kimiko, and MM were taken. Starlight remains on the run. And Butcher? Whatever scraps of his moral compass were left are hanging by a thread. Speaking with Deadline, Kripke teased fans with an ominous promise: 'There will probably be lots of deaths. There's no guarantee of who's gonna survive.' Nathan Mitchell, who plays Black Noir (or at least a version of him), didn't help soothe nerves either: 'There are some things that are coming in Season 5 that you're not going to have in your bingo card.' Even Antony Starr, who continues to deliver one of TV's most terrifying performances as Homelander, framed the final season as a climactic payoff: 'I look at the last two seasons … like an accordion. One piece of the accordion is going out and then this is the compression going back in. There was a lot of setup in Season 4 for Season 5. Everything is gunning towards that climactic end. So it's exciting at the moment because we're filming all that.' So what does this all mean? If you haven't read the comic, don't keep reading. Spoilers ahead! In the original Boys comics, nearly every major character ends up dead, including most of Butcher's team. Butcher himself becomes a full-on villain. Only Hughie and Starlight really make it out alive. But Kripke's version has always taken its own path, remixing and reimagining Garth Ennis' source material in unexpected ways. That said… the odds of both Butcher and Homelander surviving this? Slim to none. And if either of them do go out, we know it won't be quietly. What do you want to see in the final season? Who do you think makes it out alive?
