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The Boys TV series - Karl Urban cast as Butcher

Started by Steve Green, 06 April, 2018, 09:51:31 AM

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Quote from: sheridan on 06 April, 2018, 01:13:42 PM
Quote from: Steve Green on 06 April, 2018, 09:51:31 AM
Karl Urban hasn't found any heroes yet...

http://deadline.com/2018/04/the-boys-karl-urban-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-billy-butcher-1202359273/

I'm not familiar with The Boys so had a quick google - is Butcher the one who looks like Simon Pegg?


Beahahahaha, no!! That's Wee Hughie, Butcher's the big white tough looking sociopathic Co-founder & leader of the Boys.
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 Haven't read Gareth Ennis's The Boys so will check up on it. Good news for Amazon but possibly bad news for Dredd fans.
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Quote from: Steve Green on 06 April, 2018, 09:51:31 AM
Karl Urban hasn't found any heroes yet...
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Simon Pegg has been announce as Wee Hugie's Fatherin this

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Quote from: rogue69 on 07 October, 2018, 09:48:51 AM
Simon Pegg has been announce as Wee Hugie's Fatherin this

Brilliant!  Hopefully this means they'll incorporate the Wee Hughie smuggler spin-off miniseries at some point,  which I loved. The Boys is one of my favourite Ennis works (far more so than the gauche machismo of Preacher), and if they can get the tone right it could make great TV.

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Quote from: TordelBack on 07 October, 2018, 10:18:10 AM
Quote from: rogue69 on 07 October, 2018, 09:48:51 AM
Simon Pegg has been announce as Wee Hugie's Fatherin this

The Boys is one of my favourite Ennis works (far more so than the gauche machismo of Preacher), and if they can get the tone right it could make great TV.

With you all the way there, TB.  For all the sick humour and censor-baiting anti-PC sex and violence, The Boys has a far more sophisticated and engaging plot than Preacher does, and Wee Hughie, Butcher and the gang are much more likeable than Jesse (at least Butcher's macho-man bullyboy bastardy isn't presented as some kind of all-American, clean-cut, old-time heroism).

Really looking forward to this. Hopefully they'll keep it close to the comics.

EDIT - just looked at the teaser; looks absolutely perfect so far.  Just hope Karl isn't too busy being Butcher to be Dredd too.
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Quote from: Steve Green on 07 October, 2018, 11:36:30 AM
There is a teaser here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7zSgoVJZI

Oh I'll have a bit of that!  Not entirely sure about Our Karl as Butcher, but then I wasn't sure about him as Eomer,  Bones or Dredd either and that seemed to work out okay...

If they get Maeve right I'll be very impressed, but casting McElligott is a good start.

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Having the superhero genre mercilessly ridiculed is worth the admission price alone, having Karl Urban involved is just the cherry on top!  :D
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Quote from: TordelBack on 07 October, 2018, 11:50:40 AM
Quote from: Steve Green on 07 October, 2018, 11:36:30 AM
There is a teaser here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx7zSgoVJZI

Oh I'll have a bit of that!  Not entirely sure about Our Karl as Butcher, but then I wasn't sure about him as Eomer,  Bones or Dredd either and that seemed to work out okay...


I still think it's amazing that one actor plays three such different characters, and does so so well!