The Boys returns to Amazon for its second season on September 4th with three episodes, while new instalments will then be released over the following five weeks. After the show’s critically acclaimed first year, there’s a huge amount of excitement surrounding this next batch of episodes, and after watching the first few chapters, we promise you that you’re in for a real treat. 

You can check out our review next week, but in the meantime, we’re sharing some excerpts from our recent conversations with the cast and crew of The Boys after participating in a series of roundtable interviews last month. Among them were series standouts Karl Urban and Laz Alonso, and after talking about that whale scene, we now have more from the enigmatic actors. 

When season two begins, Billy Butcher has only just returned to the team and there’s a very clear divide between him and Mother’s Milk as they clash with how best to handle Hughie. So, can get they back on the same page and can The Boys make things right moving forward? 

“I think that fracture within The Boys is generated from the events of season one and how everyone was left at the end of season one,” Urban explains. “Season two, especially at the beginning, not only do we have to deal with The Seven and taking them down, but we have to deal with this internal conflict within the group. That very much perceived act of Butcher turning against The Boys needs to be dealt with because he needs them and I guess they all need each other as wanted felons on the run.”

“They have to learn to rely on each other for their very survival, otherwise they’re going to end up incarcerated,” he continues. “Thematically, this season is every bit as much about ripping away the most important thing from every character as it is uniting these characters with what is most important.”

Alonso, meanwhile, has his own way of viewing the unique dynamic his and Urban’s characters share in season two. “You know, Mother’s Milk and Butcher are very much good cop, bad cop when it comes to Hughie. Mother’s Milk tries to bring him along with love, despite what may happen in the first episode, obviously, but then Butcher is the tough parent. He’s the disciplinarian. I love what gets revealed later on in the season. You understand that there’s a method to both of our madnesses in how we approach things, especially with Hughie.”

It sounds like there are definitely some big surprises on the way this year, and that conflict at the heart of this team promises to be a huge part of those early episodes. If The Boys can’t get their sh*t together, they’re going to be in serious trouble, especially with The Seven hunting them down. 

Check out the trailer for season two below:
 

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Scream 5 has added its first new cast member in the form of Vida and In The Heights actress Melissa Barrera. No details on her role have been revealed, but her character is excepted to be key to the plot.

Barrera joins returning franchise vets Courtney Cox as Gale Weathers and David Arquette as Dewey Riley. Neve Campbell is said to be in talks to reprise the lead role of Sidney Prescott, but she has not been confirmed to return.

Paramount Pictures will team with Spyglass Media to co-produce and distribute the fifth installment in the iconic horror series, which has Ready or Not duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett on board to direct. James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick are co-writing the screenplay. Producers for the film are James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak, with Kevin Williamson executive producing.

Plot details are still under wraps, but it’s probably safe to assume the story will revolve around the main characters being stalked by a knife-wielding maniac in a Ghostface mask.

Principal photography is expected to begin late summer in Wilmington NC, and Paramount hopes to release the movie at some point next year.

We also have an awesome fan-made poster from Creepy Duck Design which you can check out below. Honestly, we don’t see any of the official one-sheets topping this!

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When AT&T bought WarnerMedia, there was a lot of speculation that DC Comics could be sold off. Rumour had it they were looking to get out of the comic book business, a move that’s not overly surprising considering the fact it’s not an overly profitable business compared to merchandising and movies/TV shows adapting those stories. 

Joker proved that Warner Bros. doesn’t need the source material to tell an effective story with characters from that world, so could we be nearing the end of DC Comics? No, according to Jim Lee.

“I don’t think they want to stop us from publishing comics,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Comics serve a lot of different purposes and one of them is it’s a great way to incubate ideas and creating the next great franchises. We want to continue that. Why would you want to stop that? Why would you want to stop creating great content that could be used across the greater enterprise?”

The trade later put one particularly silly question to the publisher when they asked about the rumour DC Comics will start only selling trades and original graphic novels, making a deal with Marvel Comics to take charge of characters like Batman and Superman. “There is nothing further from the truth in that,” Lee laughed. “I don’t know where you would even connect those dots. Why would we ever do that?”

Lee would later prove that work will continue as normal at DC Comics, but pointed out that those titles which haven’t been selling well or have made a loss are going to be scrapped. However, there’s lots to still look forward too, including a Batman miniseries from Oscar-winning writer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave). He says that, “It will have a huge impact on the rest of the line.”

So, big changes are taking place at DC Comics, but they’re perhaps not as big as some believe…

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After several release delays relating to the ongoing pandemic, Disney recently decided to send Niki Caro’s live-action Mulan adaptation straight to the Disney+ streaming service – with an additional $29.99 cost attached!

The price-tag has come in for some backlash, but many feel it’s worth forking out to watch the movie in the comfort of their own home rather than risk a trip to the cinema in the current climate. Mulan will also receive a theatrical release in territories (including China) where cinemas are open, but Disney+ is not currently available.

Now, Disney has followed up that recent 60-second promo for the movie with another TV spot featuring even more new footage. Here, we see Liu Yifei’s fearless warrior facing off with Gong Li’s villainous Xianniang, Commander Tung (Donnie Ye) leading his army into battle, and more. We also get a look at that mysterious CG phoenix which is believed to have replaced Mushu the dragon.

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father. “Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor. The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem ‘The Ballad of Mulan.’

Do you plan on purchasing Mulan when it hits Disney+ next month? Let us know in the comments.

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