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The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Venom, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Watchmen and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Venom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Fist, Runaways, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants, Justice League, Justice League Dark, Aquaman, The Batman, Man of Steel 2, Shazam, Gotham City Sirens, Deathstroke, Arrow, The Question, Krypton, […]

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s adaptation of The Boys picked up by Cinemax

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Back in October of last year it was announced that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are to follow up their adaptation of Preacher by bringing another of Garth Ennis’ comic books to the small screen, teaming up with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke for a TV series based upon The Boys. Well, Deadline is now reporting […]

Comic book adaptation The Boys lands at Amazon

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Back in 2015 it was announced that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were looking to follow up Preacher with another Garth Ennis adaptation in The Boys, and now comes word that Amazon has placed a script order. The Boys is being written by Eric Kripke (Supernatural) with Rogen and Goldberg set to direct. According to […]

The Boys TV series casts the rest of The Seven

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Last month it was announced that Erin Moriarty (True Detective) had secured the role of Starlight in Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of the Garth Ennis / Darick Robertson comic book series The Boys, and now Deadline is reporting that the show has found the rest of its superhero team, The Seven. According to the site, Antony Starr (American Gothic) […]

Suicide Squad’s Karen Fukuhara joins Amazon’s superhero drama The Boys

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After starring as Katana in 2016’s Suicide Squad, Karen Fukuhara has signed on for another comic book role, with Deadline reporting that the actress has joined Amazon’s The Boys as a series regular. Fukuhara will portray Female, “a young Asian assassin with blistering fighting skills who happens to have superpowers, and uses them for explosive […]

Erin Moriarty to play Starlight in Amazon’s The Boys

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Casting is underway on Amazon’s adaptation of the Garth Ennis / Darick Robertson comic book series The Boys, with Deadline reporting that Erin Moriarty (True Detective) has joined the project. Moriarty is set to portray Starlight, “a young woman with superhero powers who can make lightning bolts flash from her eyes. Her dream is to […]

Amazon acquires The Boys adaptation from Seth Rogen

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Seth Rogen is developing yet another comic book series to television, this time over at Amazon Studios. He and his partner Evan Goldberg are developing the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson series The Boys for an eight-episode season in 2019. The TV adaptation has been created and written by Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke with Sony Pictures Television producing. […]