Eric Kripke
The Boys Gets Even More Political in Season 4 (Still Just as Gruesome, Though): Review
The state of the world today plays a big role in the anarchic Prime Video series's return. The Boys Gets Even More Political in Season 4 (Still Just as Gruesome, Though): Review Liz Shannon Miller
The Boys Creator and Cast on Other Superhero Stories: “There Is No Us Without Them”
Antony Starr, Chase Crawford and more still get a lot out of other franchises, even after four brutal seasons of satire. The Boys Creator and Cast on Other Superhero Stories: “There Is No Us Without Them” Liz Shannon Miller
The Boys Showrunner Confirms Homelander Is a “Trump Analogue”
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has clarified what more discerning viewers of Season 3 of the superhero parody series already figured out: the evil Superman character Homelander is a stand-in for former president Donald Trump. “He’s always been a Trump analogue for me,” Kripke said in a recent Rolling Stone profile. “I’ll admit to being a little more bald this season than I have in past seasons. But the world is getting more coarse and less elegant. The urgency of our team’s writing reflects that. We’re angrier and more scared as the years go on, so that is just being reflected in our writing. But part of it is where Homelander’s story naturally goes. He has this really combustible mix of complete weakness and insecurity, and just horrible power and ambition, and it’s just such a dead...
Sex and Explosions Ignite The Boys Season 3 Teaser Trailer: Watch
Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys adds some edgy flair to the good versus evil core of superhero stories, and Season 3 of the satire is set to lean into this craziness. Check out the first teaser trailer for the upcoming season below. Set to a new song by Imagine Dragons called “Bones,” the first look at The Boys Season 3 puts action over words. Without a hint of dialogue, we see The Boys and The Seven engage in a lot of sex, a lot of explosions, and a lot of … barfing? Despite all the chaos between the vigilantes and Vought International, however, it all comes down to Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher and his enemy, Antony Starr’s Homelander, who flashes that unnerving grin. For those who need a refresher, Season 2 of The Boys ended with the defeat of neo-Nazi superhero Stormfron...
Aisha Tyler on Getting to Join The Boys Universe With Her Diabolical Animated Short
Despite a long career as a voice actress, Aisha Tyler swears that she didn’t write one of the lead roles in her animated short for The Boys for herself. Yet she’s flawless casting as Nubia, one of the two superheroes featured in “Nubian vs Nubian,” the sixth short in the new animated anthology designed to keep The Boys fans happy until Season 3 premieres this June. All of the shorts in The Boys Presents: Diabolical take on unique aspects of life in this surreal universe overseen by executive producer Eric Kripke, utilizing different animation styles and some star-studded casts. In “Nubian vs Nubian,” Don Cheadle voices Nubian Prince, a superhero whose initial connection with fellow supe Nubia (Tyler) leads to marriage and a young daughter… and also the sorts of marriage issues that affect ...
Showrunner of the Year Eric Kripke on The Boys: “We Should Always Be Punching Up”
Eric Kripke is anxious. It’s two days before Thanksgiving and the veteran showrunner is already hard at work on the third season of The Boys. He’s three episodes into scripting, things are moving, but something is gnawing at him from deep inside. “It’s become really fun and breezy to write again,” Kripke admits over Zoom. “That worries me. It’s feeling enjoyable. I should be in intense, deep introspection for this.” Kripke has every reason to be precarious. In less than a year, he’s given Amazon a critical and commercial smash, and they’re running with it. They gave the early green light for Season 3, and they’ve even commissioned a spinoff series. Opportunity is expanding right before Kripke’s eyes — and fast. Fortunately for him, Kripke thrives amidst this kind of aggressive expansion, s...
#ThankYouSupernatural: Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, and Crew Reflect on Last Day of Shooting
Emotions are high for the Supernatural family. Today, The CW series reached its final day of shooting, concluding an epic run that spans 15 years and 15 seasons. Not surprisingly, the cast, the crew, and the fans reflected on the momentous occasion, so much so that #ThankYouSupernatural became the No. 1 trend on Twitter. Series creator Eric Kripke, who served as showrunner for the first five seasons, more or less kicked off the odes early Thursday morning. He shared a GIF of stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, adding: “This was the first #Supernatural scene we shot. Today will be the last. I’m grateful & love you all beyond words. But it’s only over when you say it is, #SPNFamily. In the words of Kim Manners (RIP): Kick It In The Ass.” Ackles later followed with a few photos on In...
The Boys Season 2 Premiere Date Announced, First Three Minutes Revealed: Watch
Amazon Prime has announced the Season 2 premiere of The Boys. The superhero deconstruction from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke returns September 4th with three new episodes. Future episodes will then be released weekly through October 9th. The release date was announced during a virtual reunion of the show’s cast hosted by Patton Oswalt, who joins the new season as Tek Knight, a superhero who can only fly in space. The teaser clip features a boardroom pitch to The Seven that hopes to excite them with phrases like, “rousing music,” and “Haaaaaaans Zimmeeer.” Check that out at the 45:25 mark in the video below. You’ll notice another new face in that clip: Aya Cash, who joins The Seven as new member Stormfront. Earlier in the livestream, her character was ...
