The Boys - Season 3 - Jensen Ackles Joins Cast

[Sunday]

www.spoilertv.com/2020/08/the-boys-season-3-jensen-ackles-joins.html

Press Release
CULVER CITY, Ca. August 17, 2020 - Amazon Prime Video has announced that Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) will be joining the cast of the hit series The Boys for Season 3. The casting news was made on Ackles' social media account. (Video can be found HERE Ackles will portray Soldier Boy - the original Superhero After Soldier Boy fought in World War I, he became the first super celebrity, and a mainstay of American culture for decades.

Showrunner and Executive Producer of The Bays Eric Kripke stated, "When I was a child, I had a crazy, impossible dream – to provide Jensen Ackles with gainful employment. I'm happy to say that dream has come true Jensen is an amazing actor, an even better person, smells like warm chocolate chip cookies, and I consider him a brother. As Soldier Boy, the very first Superhero, he'll bring so much humor, pathos, and danger to the role. I can't wait to be on set with him again, and bring a bit of Supernatural to The Boys."

The pick-up of Season 3 of The Boys was announced during their SDCC panel on July 23rd Season 2 will premiere on Friday, September 4th, with new episodes available weekly through October 9th.

SOURCE:
Amazon

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[Dark Avenger]

Jensen and Eric Kripke reunited. Good on him. He's been in the running for a comic book show or movie so many times. It finally has come.

I've never seen this show, can you download it or buy it off Amazon Prime the episodes (this is different than a streaming service right), otherwise I'll just download it.

[Melinda Halliwell]

Yeah, a lot of people have seen him either as Captain America or Hawkeye from Marvel and even done fan artwork showcasing that then.

So like Jared Jensen already has something lined up post Supernatural of course. I wonder if Misha or Alexander or any other cast members have also?

[Tim]

Never heard of this show myself.

[Trinity]

Never seen this show, but think I've heard of the comics, but I might check it out. Good to see Jensen is getting new work. I'm surprised he is willing to still do a show in Canada, but since this show I checked does only eight episodes a season, I guess he loves the shorter seasons, which means half the year he is with his family in Texas.

[Tim]

If it works for him.

[Katie]

Good for him. Never heard of the show though.

[Tim]

Me neither.  This show is unknown to me.

[Melinda Halliwell]

My friend saw the first two seasons and says it was okay then.

He knew I'd not watched it either.

[Dark Avenger]

I might check it out one time. Too be honest never heard of the comic books either. And I read comics.

[Tim]

It was based on a comic?

[Trinity]

Aug 20, 2020 17:43:40 GMT -5 Tim said:

It was based on a comic?

Yes. I've heard of it but never read them.

The Boys is an American comic book series, written by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed, and illustrated by Darick Robertson. It was originally published by Wildstorm (DC Comics) before moving to Dynamite Entertainment.

The series is set between 2006–2008[1] in a world where superheroes exist. However, most of the superheroes in the series' universe are corrupted by their celebrity status and often engage in reckless behavior, compromising the safety of the world. The story follows a small clandestine CIA squad, informally known as "The Boys", led by Butcher and also consisting of Mother's Milk, the Frenchman, the Female, and new addition "Wee" Hughie Campbell, who are charged with monitoring the superhero community, often leading to gruesome confrontations and dreadful results; in parallel, a key subplot follows Annie "Starlight" January, a young and naive superhero who joins the Seven, the most prestigious – and corrupted – superhero group in the world and The Boys' most powerful enemies.


The first six issues of The Boys were published by Wildstorm, starting in 2006. On January 24, 2007, the series was abruptly canceled with issue 6. Ennis later explained that this was because DC Comics (of which Wildstorm was an imprint before it was disbanded) were uneasy with the anti-superhero tone of the work.[4] The planned collection of said issues was also canceled. Co-creator Darick Robertson said that "DC is being good about reverting our rights so we can find a new publisher and we're in the process of doing that now".[5] Ennis then released a statement that some other publishers had expressed interest, and that issue 7 and a trade of the first six issues would be available. While Robertson was on exclusive contract to DC, he was given special dispensation to continue working on The Boys.[6] In February 2007 the series was picked up by Dynamite Entertainment[7] and it resumed in May. A collected edition of the first six issues was also published by Dynamite, with a foreword by Simon Pegg. Pegg was the model on whom the character Hughie was based on in the way he was drawn in the comics by Robertson.[8].

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)

[Tim]

That explains why I never heard of said comic.  I haven't been an active comic reader in over thirty years.

[Trinity]

Ah yes, that really makes so much sense now. I'll have to see this show, but likely I might see the Youtube videos of Jensen and decide if I like it to check it out.

[DC Fanatic]

Never heard of the show or comics, and I read comics. But, I guess since I'm more DC, and this series moved to Dynamite Entertainment, I never caught them.

Good for Jensen, I'm sure it will be different to see him playing someone, not Dean. But, I'm sure Jensen is going to change his appearance, so he doesn't look exactly like Dean did. Most actors do that after a long-running role and cut their hair or change their appearance.