KARL URBAN TO LEAD AMAZON'S 'THE BOYS' SUPERHERO SERIES WITH CHACE CRAWFORD AS AQUATIC HERO, JACK QUAID, ANTONY STARR, NATHAN MITCHELL, ELISABETH SHUE

Karl Urban will lead the rebellion against superheroes

I must admit I was very sad a few years ago when Fox cancelled Karl Urban's sf series Almost Human, but it seems he is finally getting back to the small screens! He will lead the cast of Amazon's superhero series THE BOYS from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson!  

THE BOYS is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame. The story follows a group of vigilantes known informally as THE BOYS who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

The cast is led by Karl Urban as Billy Butcher: Mysterious, brutal and with a personal but secret agenda, he approaches Hughie (Jack Quaid), claiming to be a shadowy government operative. Butcher capitalizes on Hughie’s rage

Antony Starr and Jack Quaid

over his girlfriend Robin’s accidental death at the hands of superhero A-Train (Jesse T. Usher) and enlists Hughie as part of his plan to bring down the Superhero franchise. The cast also has Chace Crawford (as The Seven member The Deep, an aquatic hero), Antony Starr (as Homelander, leader

Chace Crawford and Jessie T. Usher

of the main superhero team, The Seven), Nathan Mitchell (as Black Noir, a masked superhero with fighting and martial arts skills), Dominique McElligott (as Queen Maeve, member of The Seven), Erin Moriarty  (as Starlight who can make lightning bolts flash from her eyes) and Karen

Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell and Dominique McElligott

Fukuhara (as Female, a young Asian assassin with blistering fighting skills who happens to have superpowers, and uses them for explosive evisceration. When The Boys find her, she’s savage, doesn’t speak and is a complete mystery). Elisabeth Shue will play the PR of the Superheroes!