EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Phang's Good Neighbors Media has secured the film and television rights to the upcoming Todd Mitchell YA novel, The Naming Girl. The story centers on Ash Narro, who is known in her village for her peculiar knack for naming sticks, rocks, carpet bags, and anything else that catches her fancy. But…

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its slate of TV offerings, including world premieres of HBO’s Chernobyl and Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys. The lineup also includes an event marking the final season of USA’s Mr. Robot, including a screening and a farewell conversation with the show’s star, newly minted Oscar…

In Garth Ennis’ comic book series The Boys, there’s some really risque events involving women that goes down, scenes in this #MeToo era which would be hard to argue as apropos. In what sounds like a similar dystopian world that DC’s Watchmen would dwell in, The Boys takes place during a time when superheros have an Ame…

A member of Comic Con royalty joined Amazon's The Boys today onstage in New York as Simon Pegg made a surprise visit to announce he is joining the Amazon series. Walking out with a “hello everybody,” the Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible alum said he will play the father of Hughie, the character he…

A pair of upcoming drama series highlight Amazon Prime Video’s New York Comic Con slate announced today. The supernatural Good Omens, starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant, and superhero tale The Boys, with Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty and Jennifer Esposito, are headed to confab for the first time…

NCIS alum Jennifer Esposito has been cast in a key role on Amazon's straight-to-series superhero drama The Boys. Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson and created by Supernatural creator and Timeless co-creator Eric Kripke, The Boys is set in a world where superheroes embrace the…

Fresh from the success of A Very English Scandal, writer Russell T Davies is focusing on AIDs in the 1980s for his next British drama project. The Doctor Who writer (above) has created The Boys, a five-part series for Channel 4. The series is produced by Studiocanal-owned Red Production Company, which recently made…

Tomer Capon (When Heroes Fly) has been cast in the series regular role of Frenchie in Amazon's straight-to-series superhero drama The Boys. Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson and created by Supernatural creator and Timeless co-creator Eric Kripke, The Boys is set in a world where…

EXCLUSIVE: Former CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Elisabeth Shue is set as a series regular in Amazon's straight-to-series drama The Boys, from Supernatural creator and Timeless co-creator Eric Kripke, Preacher's Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen and Sony Pictures TV. Written by Kripke based on the comic book by Garth…

10 Cloverfield Lane helmer Dan Trachtenberg has been tapped to direct the first episode of Amazon's straight-to-series superhero drama The Boys. He’s stepping in for executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who were set to direct the first episode but had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. Based on the…

Karl Urban has been tapped to star in Amazon's straight-to-series superhero drama The Boys. Written by Eric Kripke based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson, The Boys is set in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame. It revolves around a group…

Suicide Squad‘s Karen Fukuhara has been cast as a series regular Amazon's straight-to-series superhero drama The Boys. Based on the comic book by Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson and created by Supernatural creator and Timeless co-creator Eric Kripke, The Boys is set in a world where superheroes embrace the…