The Boys is an American superhero television series developed by Eric Kripke for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals who abuse their abilities.
Originally intended to be a feature-length film, the comic book series adaptation began its development in 2008 with Adam McKay set to direct the film. Due to creative differences between the crew and the studios that picked up the film, the project was left in development hell. The development for the project was revived in 2016 by Cinemax, which announced that it would be reworked as a television series. Kripke was recruited to be the showrunner of the series, while Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg would be the executive producers. Amazon Prime Video obtained the rights for the series in November 2017, with production starting in May 2018 in Toronto.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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William "Billy" Butcher
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Karl Urban | |
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John / Homelander
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Antony Starr | |
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Hugh "Hughie" Campbell
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Jack Quaid | |
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Annie January / Starlight
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Erin Moriarty | |
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Maggie Shaw / Queen Maeve
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Dominique McElligott | |
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Marvin T. "Mother's" Milk / M.M.
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Laz Alonso | |
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Serge / Frenchie
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Tomer Capone | |
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Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female
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Karen Fukuhara | |
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Reggie Franklin / A-Train
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Jessie T. Usher | |
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Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep
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Chace Crawford | |
International versions[]
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Polish | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video |
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Russian (Good People) |
Пацаны | Kinopoisk (formerly) |
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Russian (Kubik v Kube) |
Пацаны | Kinopoisk (formerly) HDRezka |
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Russian (LostFilm) |
Пацаны | TVOË |
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Russian (TVShows) |
Пацаны | Flex |
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Ukrainian (Dniprofilm) |
Хлопаки | HDrezka Hurtom |
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Ukrainian (Dzuski) |
Хлопаки | Dzuski.com Hurtom HDrezka |
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Ukrainian (HDrezka) |
Хлопаки | HDrezka Hurtom |
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Ukrainian (Цікава Ідея) |
Хлопаки | HDrezka Hurtom |
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Basque | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video |
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Chinese (Simplified) | 英雄克星 | Amazon Prime Video |
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Chinese (Traditional) | 黑袍糾察隊 | Amazon Prime Video |
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Danish | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video |
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Finnish | The Boys Pojat |
Amazon Prime Video |
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Galician | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video |
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Korean | 더 보이즈 | Amazon Prime Video |
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Norwegian | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video |
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Russian | Парни | Amazon Prime Video |
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Swedish | Grabbarna | Amazon Prime Video |
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Ukrainian | The Boys | Amazon Prime Video |
See also[]
- Gen V