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The First Teaser Trailer For Robert Kirkman’s ‘Invincible’ Has Arrived

Tony Schaab - Senior Editor — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 19:39:25 +0000

Robert Kirkman is known to many pop-culture fans as the man who created ‘The Walking Dead’ (technically co-created with artist and longtime collaborator Tony Moore), the Image Comics comic-book series that spawned a hugely successful TV show that is still running into its eleventh season on AMC – and which, in turn, has spawned several other series spin-offs as well. Before ‘The Walking Dead,’ however, Kirkman and artist Cory Walker co-created another title for Image: the son-of-a-famous-superhero-gets-powers-of-his-own tale ‘Invincible,’ and it was a massive hit. Praised as a more realistic take on a superhero story, the series ran for 144 issues from 2003 to 2018. Once set to be adapted into a feature film, ‘Invincible’ finds life as an adult-oriented animated series on Amazon’s Prime Video, coming to audiences next year in what’s reported to be an hour-long each, 8-episode first season. The voice cast for the new series is impressively long, and reads as a “who’s who” of genre stalwarts mixed with several mainstays of ‘The Walking Dead’ TV series. Ranging from recurring roles to one-off appearances, the announced cast includes Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson/Invincible, J. K. Simmons as Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man, Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson, Mark Hamill […]

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‘The Expanse’ Season 5 Trailer And Release Date Announced

Tony Schaab - Senior Editor — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:02:43 +0000

‘The Expanse,’ arguably the best science fiction show on television right now, is returning to the airwaves for its fifth season this year, it was officially announced at the virtual New York Comic Con going on right now. Based on the show’s production schedule and release history, it was assumed by most that the show was always going to hit the airwaves before the end of 2020, but the date was confirmed as December 16th during the show’s virtual panel. Here’s the official description of the show, it’s upcoming season, and a brief recap of all seasons so far: The future of The Belt has begun as Marco Inaros wages Armageddon against the Inners for a lifetime of oppression and injustice. About The Expanse: The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist Julie Mao links the lives of Ceres detective Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), accidental ship captain James Holden (Steven Strait) and U.N. politician Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the single greatest conspiracy of all time. About The Expanse Season 2: In this noir thriller set two hundred years in the future, the case of a missing young woman leads a washed-up detective across […]

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Jensen Ackles Joins Season 3 Of ‘The Boys’ (Updated)

Jax Motes — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:04:03 +0000

Jensen Ackles has landed his first post-‘Supernatural’ gig. He will portray Soldier Boy on Season 3 of ‘The Boys’, Amazon Prime Video’s darkly hilarious superhero spoof. Amazon announced that the series had been renewed for a third season during the show’s SDCC@Home virtual panel. The second season premiers on September 4. Ackles made the announcement via a video on Instagram: View this post on Instagram I keep wondering what I’ll do….when @cw_supernatural finally ends this year. Then it hit me. *volume ⬆️ A post shared by Jensen Ackles (@jensenackles) on Aug 17, 2020 at 9:04am PDT ‘The Boys’ is based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and was developed for television by ‘Supernatural’ creator Eric Kripke. In a statement, Kripke announced: “When I was a child, I had a crazy, impossible dream — to provide Jensen Ackles with gainful employmen. 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 […]

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Shawn Ashmore Appears As Lamplighter In ‘The Boys’ Season 2

Jax Motes — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:20:03 +0000

Shawn Ashmore is going from ice to fire. The Iceman from the ‘X-Men’ movies will portray the pyrokinetic Lamplighter in ‘The Boys’ Season 2. The former member of The Seven was mentioned in S1 as having retired under mysterious circumstances, opening the door for Starlight (Erin Moriarty) to join in his place. Former FBI agent, Grace Mallory (Laila Robins) informed Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) that Lamplighter had incinerated her grandchildren due to her investigation into Vought. It appears that on the show, Lamplighter was the reason The Boys broke up years ago eight years prior to the start of the series, driving a wedge between Mallory and Butcher, and between Frenchie (Tomer Kapon) and Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso). According to Amazon, “So when he enters their lives again, he dredges up painful memories, pokes at their raw nerves, and changes everything.” In the image above, Ashmore is shown to be in The Seven’s headquarters, but it’s possible this is a flashback. In the comic books, Lamplighter (in yellow) was turned over to The Boys by The Seven after he killed Mallory’s grandchildren. The Boys killed him, but he was somehow reanimated although he was nearly braindead and constantly soiled himself. […]

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Check Out 15 Photos From ‘The Boys’ Season 2

Jax Motes — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000

We’ve still got about a month to go before ‘The Boys’ returns to Amazon Prime Video for its sophomore season, but the streaming service is steadily cranking out promotional material. The latest release is a set of 15 photos from upcoming episodes! The even more intense, more insane Season 2 finds The Boys on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and desperately trying to regroup and fight back against Vought. In hiding, Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon), and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) try to adjust to a new normal, with Butcher (Karl Urban) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander (Antony Starr) sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social-media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda of her own. On top of that, the Supervillain threat takes center stage and makes waves as Vought seeks to capitalize on the nation’s paranoia. Of all the new pics, this is the one I find most shocking and possibly disturbing! What’s going on here?! Why is Starlight holding hands with Homelander? And why does […]

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Amazon’s ‘Utopia’ Will Be Much Less Violent Than The British Original

Jax Motes — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 13:00:27 +0000

The original British series ‘Utopia’ lasted for two six-episode seasons, airing in 2013 and ’14. The story revolved around four comic book nerds who find themselves being pursued by a mysterious organization called The Network after they obtain a copy of the unpublished sequel to their favorite graphic novel, ‘The Utopia Experiments’. It seems the sequel contains information that The Network doesn’t want anyone else to learn. Dennis Kelly created the series, which was directed by Marc Munden. ‘Utopia’ was generally favorably received, with high praise going to Munden’s eye-popping visual style and use of bold colors. However, the show was widely criticized for excessive violence, with members of the viewing audience going so far as to make official complaints, particularly about a scene that depicted a school shooting. After a failed attempt by HBO, Amazon Prime Video picked up the rights to make a US adaptation, and novelist/screenwriter/producer Gillian Flynn (‘Gone Girl’, ‘Sharp Objects’) was selected to act as showrunner. And while it seems the US version borrows some of the vibrant visuals of the original, Flynn says that it will be much less violent. At the Television Critics Association annual fall press tour (held virtually this year), Flynn […]

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The Cast Of ‘The Boys’ Urge You To “Wear A F***ing Mask!”

Jax Motes — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:00:05 +0000

It seems a truce has been called between The Boys and The Seven… or at least the actors that play them. From quarantine, they have teamed-up– Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Jack Quaid (Hughie Campbell), Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk), Aya Cash (Stormfront), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), Tomer Kapon (Frenchie), Erin Moriarty (Starlight), Antony Starr (Homelander), and Jessie T. Usher (A-Train)– to record a message urging viewers to “Wear a f***ing mask,” so that, as Urban says, “you will help stop the transmission of this nasty f***ing disease.” As Quaid stated: “You want a ‘Boys’ Season 3? They’re not gonna let us shoot unless we get the numbers down. So please…” Karen Fukuhara also has a special message for all those other Karens out there. Check out the PSA courtesy of Collider‘s Twitter account: An important message from @TheBoysTV#WearAMask pic.twitter.com/LljaQVkcUa — Collider (@Collider) August 6, 2020 Considering that pretty much everything about ‘The Boys’ is pretty profane, it makes sense that a PSA would be too. Technically, Amazon has already renewed ‘The Boys’ for a third season, but there was already a gap of over a year between Seasons 1 and 2. Hopefully, this shutdown won’t result in a two-year gap between 2 […]

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Final ‘The Boys’ S2 Trailer May Introduce The Deadliest Supe Yet + Posters

Jax Motes — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:00:19 +0000

The anticipation for the sophomore installment of ‘The Boys’ is only increasing. (Is it really STILL a month away?!) Hopefully, this final trailer will be enough to tide fans over until then. We already know that The Seven, down a couple of members after S1, will induct a new member who may be a bigger pain in Homelander‘s ass than Billy Butcher! Stormfront (Aya Cash) is an electricity slinging superhuman who is very adept at using social media to stir up a rabid fanbase, by playing into fear of super terrorists, such as Naquib (or “The Captain,” Krishan Dutt), the explosive Arabian Supe whose secret origin was tied to Homelander himself. If Stormfront’s personality plays out the way it did in the comics, viewers should expect the new season to frighteningly reflect some of the conflicts we’re experiencing in the real world right now. But beyond, Stormfront and Homelander, the new trailer offers a glimpse of another new Supe that may be the deadliest yet. It is a Caucasian male with blond hair, but not much is known about him yet. But he is seen spilling a lot of blood. Then again, there’s plenty of blood to go around. The […]

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‘The Boys’ S2 Will Go Deeper Into Homelander’s Twisted Psyche Says Antony Starr

Jax Motes — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:00:26 +0000

While he’s not part of the titular ‘Boys’, Antony Starr’s twisted Homelander is one of the main attractions to ‘The Boys’, Amazon Prime Video’s breakout hit superhero satire. This demented love child of Captain America and Superman formed an incest-adjacent bond with Madeline Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue) in Season 1, and we’ve already seen footage of him drinking her breast milk in S2. How much more disturbing will Homelander become? Starr revealed: “Of course he is always gonna be looking for a new mommy, or maybe daddy who knows? It’s life without Stillwell and what does that mean? What do you do when you’re on your own? And you’re seeing in the clips, you’ve seen some interesting feeding habits that he developed and, you know I don’t think I’m spoiling anything there. I’ve seen a lot on social media. People are kind of interested in what’s going on with that, but now it’s a really fun season and I’m really excited for people to see where we took the character.” Viewers have also seen that while these Supes have sterling reputations in the public eye, most of them are the sleaziest individuals imaginable. But don’t expect more heroes behaving badly simply […]

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SDCC: ‘The Boys” Laz Alonso On How His Mother’s Milk Is Different From The Comics’

Jax Motes — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 13:00:38 +0000

The cast and creators of Amazon Prime Video’s hit superhero spoof ‘The Boys’ turned up for a virtual panel during Comic-Con@Home, and among the topics discussed was the difference between the show’s version of Mother’s Milk and the version in the comics. If you aren’t familiar with the books, written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Darick Robertson, it was revealed that the reason Mother’s Milk goes by that name, is that his mother worked in a Vought American plant that produced Compound V, the serum that gives the Supes their powers. Due to the factory’s poor sanitation, she unknowingly inhaled V and when Mother’s Milk was born, he was addicted to the substance and required constant breastfeeding, otherwise, he would wither up, and potentially die. The show’s version doesn’t have the same origin. (Not sure why. It was actually very powerful in the book.) As Alonso explained: “Garth [Ennis] had taken this character and molded him after — in theory — after the crack babies, of the ’80s, where he was physically infected with an addiction to V. That’s not the case [on the show], so what is he infected with? [Showrunner Eric Kripke] kind of beautifully created this […]

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A Host Of ‘The Walking Dead’ Cast Members Lend Their Voices To Amazon’s ‘Invincible’

Jax Motes — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:00:48 +0000

In a bit of a *wink*wink*nudge*nudge* maneuver, cast members of ‘The Walking Dead’, past and present, will be lending their voices to the animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s other long-running Image Comic book series, ‘Invincible’. They join fellow former cast member Steven Yeun (he played Glen), who voices the show’s lead character, Mark Grayson, a teenager who discovers that his father is the Superman-like alien Omni-Man. It was announced this past week that Khary Payton, who plays Ezekiel on ‘TWD’ would appear as the superhero Black Samson. The adult animated series is due to arrive on Amazon Prime Video at an undisclosed point. The latest ‘Walking Dead’ recruits will voice the Justice League pastiche The Guardians of the Globe. Lauren Cohan, who plays Maggie on ‘TWD’, will voice War Woman with Chad Coleman (Tyreese) as Martian Man, Michael Cudlitz (Abraham) as Red Rush, Lennie James (Morgan) as Darkwing, Ross Marquand (Aaron) as The Immortal and Aquarius, and Sonequa Martin-Green as Green Ghost. If you’ve read the comic book, you know these are guest roles. *ahem* This isn’t the first time that ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Invincible’ have semi-crossed over, as ‘Invincible’ comic books, posters, and toys have popped up on ‘TWD’ […]

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SDCC: Amazon Renews ‘The Boys’ For A Third Season, Adds An Aftershow Hosted By Aisha Tyler, And Releases A Clip Featuring The Deep

Jax Motes — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:09:16 +0000

Not only has Amazon Prime Video renewed ‘The Boys’ for a third season, ahead of its S2 premiere, it’s adding an aftershow to be hosted by superfan Aisha Tyler. The show will be named ‘Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys’, and Tyler will also executive produce. Tyler currently hosts ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’, and formerly hosted E!’s ‘The Soup’ and co-hosted the roundtable ‘The Talk’. She may be best known as the voice of Lana Kane on ‘Archer’, although she has also enjoyed runs on shows like ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘The Ghost Whisperer’, and ‘Friends’. ‘The Boys’ was a knockout hit when it debuted last year. Amazon actually renewed it for a second season before its premiere, which they have done once again. In January, showrunner Eric Kripke made a pact to write in a role for ‘The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan. We’ll have to wait and see how that goes, or if they can make it happen, considering the current COVID-19 shutdowns and Morgan’s ‘TWD’ commitments. With the announcement of ‘The Boys” renewal, Kripke announced: “Amazon, in a bold and historic push to expand their ‘weirdo’ demographic, has greenlit Season 3 of ‘The Boys’. The writers and I are […]

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SDCC: Amazon Releases The Trailer, Poster, And Photos For Miniseries ‘Utopia’

Jax Motes — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:45:20 +0000

Amazon Prime Video used SDCC@Home to unveil the trailer for its ambitious new eight-episode miniseries ‘Utopia’, based on the British series of the same name, adapted by Gillian Flynn, writer of ‘Gone Girl’ (both the novel and the screenplay), and ‘Sharp Objects’ (same). She also wrote the film ‘Widows’. “[‘Utopia’] centers on a group of young comic fans who discover the conspiracy in their favorite graphic novel is real, and they must embark on an adventure to save humanity from the end of the world. They eventually come face-to-face with Utopia’s famed central character (Sasha Lane), who joins them on their mission hile harboring secrets of her own.” ‘Utopia’ boasts a sizeable cast of Desmin Borges as Wilson Wilson, Dan Byrd as Ian, John Cusack as Dr. Kevin Christie, Christopher Denham as Arby, Crystal Fox in an unknown role, Sasha Lane as Jessica Hyde, Ashleigh LaThrop as Becky, Farrah Mackenzie as Alice, Jessica Rothe as Samantha, Jeanine Serralles as Colleen, Cory Michael Smith as Thomas Christie, Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton as Grant, and Rainn Wilson as Michael Stearns. Check out the trailer below: Amazon also presented the poster and two photos from the series: A specific release date was not announced, […]

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SDCC: Nick Frost And Simon Pegg Reunite In The Trailer For ‘Truth Seekers’

Jax Motes — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:05:39 +0000

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are back in Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Truth Seekers. The duo co-wrote the series with Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz, who worked with Frost on ‘Sick Note’. Emma D’Arcy, Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma, and Malcolm McDowell co-star. As the first trailer declares: “Can you feel it? Ancient magic resides all around us. Ours is not the only universe. There are realms beyond it. Underneath it, a myriad of parallel dimensions.” The series follows a team of amateur paranormal investigators who investigate supposed ghost-sightings across the UK and post their exploits online. But something strange happens as their encounters with the paranormal grow increasingly frequent, “more terrifying, and even deadly.” They stumble upon a conspiracy that may bring about Armageddon! Frost stars as Gus and Pegg plays Dave, with Kayo as Elton, McDowell as Richard, D’Arcy as Astrid, and Wokoma as Helen. Jim Field Smith directed and executive produces with Pegg, Frost, Saunders, Serafinowicz, and Miles Ketley. Its release date was not announced beyond “coming soon,” but it looks to be ready for release later this year. There are eight episodes in the first season. Source: Deadline

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Amazon Officially Orders ‘Paper Girls’ To Series Based On Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang’s Image Comic

Jax Motes — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:30:36 +0000

Amazon Prime Video has officially greenlit ‘Paper Girls’, a sci-fi adventure series based on the Image Comic book by written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang. The TV adaptation will be produced by Amazon Studios and Legendary Television, in association with Brad Pitt’s Plan B shingle. Stephany Folsom will write and executive produce. Among her credits are ‘Toy Story 4’, ‘Star Wars: Resistance’, and another upcoming Amazon series, ‘Lord of the Rings’. Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers will serve as co-showrunners, as well as EPs. Cantwell and Rogers previously created AMC’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ and served as producers of ‘Lodge 49’. Vaughan and Chiang also serve as EPs. In a joint statement, Folsom, Cantwell, and Rogers said (via Variety): “As huge fans of what Brian and Cliff created in ‘Paper Girls,’ we couldn’t be more excited by the opportunity to bring this incredible adventure to life. This is a story with so much heart, and so many unique colors and dimensions — our sincere hope is not only to do justice to the source material, but to make ‘Paper Girls’ unlike anything else currently on TV.” Amazon’s Albert Cheng added: “We love bringing ‘Paper Girls’ […]

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