When it comes to what ongoing series is dishing out the most disturbing scenes on television, Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys might just have every other show beat, making what lead star Jack Quaid tweeted earlier today even more alarming than it already was. According to Quaid (The Boy’s Hughie Campbell), fans are “not ready” for “just how f**ked up” the series’ upcoming third season will be. Considering we’ve already seen multiple heads popped, bodies blown to bits, and gut-wrenching scenarios too messed up for most of us to have ever imagined, let’s just say we’re horrifyingly intrigued by the prospect.
In a tweet congratulating the cast and crew wrapping production on the show’s third season, the actor made the unsettling comment, implying that the long-awaited next installment in the bleak and gruesome superhero epic is almost here. So, what can we expect from the next season, other from a lot of capes and carnage? Aside from the frightening “Herogasm” episode that sparked a lot of hype earlier this year, fans can look forward to seeing a few new faces in season three, including director Eric Kripke’s Supernatural pal Jensen Ackles.
Ackles will play Solider Boy, a Captain America-like hero known as the “original supe” in season three. The gallant hero, however, is anything but what he appears to be, in keeping with The Boys’ habit to cruelly portray the underbelly of superhero society.
In addition to Quaid and Ackles, Antony Starr, Karl Urban, Erin Moriarty, Karen Fukuhara, Laz Alonso, Tomer Capon, Jessie T. Usher, Dominique McElligott, Chace Crawford, Nathan Mitchell, and the one and only Giancarlo Esposito are also expected to return to the series. The third season’s launch date has yet to be confirmed, but based on the project’s current timeline, it is likely that we will see it early next year.
