Streaming News Roundup: ‘The Boys’ Season 4 Premiere, ‘The Gentlemen’ Trailer, More
“The Boys” Sets Season 4 Premiere Date
After two years, Prime Video’s “The Boys” is officially five months away from its homecoming.
The Emmy-winning satirical superhero drama has announced that it will return for its long-awaited fourth season on Thursday, June 13, with three new episodes, followed by weekly episode drops through its season finale on July 18.
Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s bestselling comic book series, “The Boys” follows the title team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals who abuse their powers. Per the official description for Season 4, the world is on the brink [and] Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son and his job as The Boys’ leader.” With the rest of the team fed up and the stakes higher than ever, they must find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.
While it’s been nearly two years since Season 3 debuted in June 2022, “The Boys” has turned into a franchise for Prime Vide with its recent college spinoff “Gen V,” the animated “Diabolical,” and a Spanish-language series in development.
Watch the trailer for “The Boys” Season 3 below:
“The Boys” stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti. Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will also join the cast for Season 4.
Netflix Releases New Trailer for Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen”
The fall from the high life can hurt twice as hard. Netflix has released the official trailer for the upcoming “The Gentlemen,” a crime drama series from Guy Ritchie and a spinoff from his film of the same name.
The action-comedy film, which came out in 2019, starred Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, and more and followed an American cannabis wholesaler in England who, in looking to sell his business, sets off a chain of blackmail and schemes to undermine him.
The new series stars Theo James as Eddie Horniman, who has unexpectedly inherited his father’s sizeable country estate only to discover it’s part of the empire… and a cavalcade of criminals are coming to try and get a piece of the operation. Desperate to get his family out, Eddie tries to play the gangsters at their own game.
Watch the trailer for “The Gentleman” below:
The series will co-star Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Vinnie Jones, Joely Richardson, Giancarlo Esposito, and more.
“The Gentlemen” will premiere on Netflix on Thursday, March 7, with eight episodes.
New Updates from “Only Murders in the Building” Season 4
A new suspect has entered the picture!
Hulu has announced further casting for its upcoming fourth season of “Only Murders in the Building,” starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. Eva Longoria, who recently made her directorial debut with Hulu’s “Flamin' Hot,” will star in Season 4 of the streamer’s hit whodunit. Character details are still being kept a mystery, but she joins the previously announced Molly Shannon as the first cast announcements for the new season.
Season 4 will reportedly kick off with a bicoastal Charles (Martin), Oliver (Short), and Mabel (Gomez) as they start the season in Los Angeles before returning to The Arconia to solve the Season 3-ending murder of Saz (Jane Lynch), Charles’ long-time stunt double.
In addition to Longoria, Meryl Streep will also return for Season 4, reprising her role of Loretta Durkin from Season 3. The star-studded third season also featured Paul Rudd, Michael Cyril Creighton, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Tina Fey, Jackie Hoffman, Nathan Lane, James Caverly, Ryan Broussard, and more.
A premiere date for Season 4 will be announced at a later date.
“The Girls on the Bus” Gets First Trailer
The campaign trail is heating up! Max has released the first trailer for its upcoming political drama series “The Girls on the Bus.”
From executive producers of “The Flight Attendant,” “The Girls on the Bus” is inspired by Amy Chozick’s 2018 memoir “Chasing Hilary” and follows four female journalists as they follow a parade of flawed presidential candidates, finding friendship, love, and scandal along the way. Chozick and Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries”) are the series creators.
Watch the trailer for “The Girls on the Bus” below:
Melissa Benoist, Natasha Behnam, Christina Elmore, and Carla Gugino lead the political drama opposite Brandon Scott, Scott Foley, Griffin Dunne, Leslie Fray, PJ Sosko, Becky Ann Baker, Kyle Vincent Terry, Tala Ashe, Richard Bekins, Mark Consuelos, and more.
“The Girls on the Bus” will premiere on Thursday, March 14 on Max.
Netflix Orders Montreal Expos Baseball Documentary
After inking a deal this past November, Netflix and Montreal-based Attraction are already making good on their new creative partnership. First up to the plate: a new feature-length documentary about the Montreal Expos and their controversial exit from MLB in 2004.
Directed by Jean-François Poisson, the currently untitled documentary feature will look at the city disputes, firings, ownership changes, and setbacks that led to the Expos’ exit from Montreal to become the Washington Nationals in 2005 and how the decision continues to spark debate two decades later.
A premiere date for the documentary, which will join Netflix’s collection of original documentaries including the recent “Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team,” will be announced later.
“Oppenheimer” Has Record-Breaking Peacock Launch
After making its exclusive streaming debut on Peacock this past Friday, Feb. 16, the already-record-smashing “Oppenheimer” has a new title to its name.
Over its launch weekend on the streamer, Christopher Nolan’s historical thriller became the most-watched Pay 1 film premiere ever on the platform, surpassing the record previously held by “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.”
In addition to the feature film, Peacock also has curated an “Impact the World” on-platform collection featuring more than 15 Behind-the-Scenes “Oppenheimer,” featurettes, six Christopher Nolan-directed films, 13 Cillian Murphy movies, and more.
The epic stars Cillian Murphy as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the central figure in World War II in a face against time to develop the first atomic bomb. The A-list ensemble also features Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, and others.
Watch the trailer for “Oppenheimer” below:
The most nominated film of this year’s awards season, the film is currently nominated for 13 Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture, Best Directing for Nolan, Best Actor for Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Downey Jr., and Best Supporting Actress for Blunt), won seven BAFTA Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. The film grossed nearly $1 billion at the global box office, third in line behind the aforementioned Nintendo adaptation ($1.362 billion) and Greta Gerwig’s unbeatable “Barbie” in the number-one spot ($1.446 billion).