The world premiere of The Boys, Amazon Prime’s gritty, irreverent take down of the superhero genre, is set for the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC. The screening is scheduled for April 29, 2019 at 8:45pm, and will be followed by a conversation with Co-Executive Producer/Showrunner Eric Kripke and show stars Karl Urban, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Crawford, Karen Fukuhara, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, and Antony Starr.
The Boys is based on a very adult comic series created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. It asks the question: what if superheroes abused their powers for personal gain? The Boys refers to a group of scrappy vigilantes who take down corrupt superheroes by any means necessary. It offers a biting critique of the abuses of power enabled by celebrity and politics.
The Boys was adapted for the screen by Kripke, Seth Rogen, and Evan Goldberg. Rogen and Goldberg adapted another Ennis property, The Preacher, which is currently on AMC.
The release date for The Boys is listed as ‘Summer of 2019’ on the show’s official Twitter Account.
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird🖕— it’s the new teaser for #TheBoysTV! Coming Summer 2019. pic.twitter.com/MjY4Ge5zH9
— The Boys (@TheBoysTV) January 24, 2019