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With filming of The Boys season 5 wrapped, focus is now on the next spinoff series in the works. It’s all about Vought Rising.

Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash will lead The Boys prequel series, bringing Soldier Boy and Stormfront back into the mix. As we know, both of these characters were around in the 1940s and 1950s, allowing for a prequel series about the growth of Vought International.

Like The Boys and its spinoff Gen V, the show needs more than two actors to run the series. Now that Vought Rising production is getting ready to start, we get to hear of more joining the cast.

Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Studios. Copyright: Amazon Studios Mason Dye and KiKi Layne join Vought Rising

Mason Dye and KiKi Layne are the latest two series regulars joining The Boys prequel series. However, Deadline notes that the roles are being kept underwraps for...

The upcoming new The Boys prequel just added two actors who are used to genre television and are ready to bring this new spinoff to life!

Deadline has now shared that Mason Dye and KiKi Layne had been cast in so far unnamed roles in Vought Rising. They’ll be joining stars Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash as well as other previously announced regulars, Will Hochman, Elizabeth Posey, Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri and Brian J. Smith.

Dye is known as Jason Carver in season 4 of Stranger Things, making him already used to genre television. He was also previously announced as playing “Bombsight” in season 5 of The Boys, although it’s uncertain if this will be the same character in Vought Rising. The character was mentioned as the third oldest living superhero, but given the show, this may be just a new guy using the same name.

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Exclusive: Mason Dye (Stranger Things) and KiKi Layne (The Old Guard 2) are set as series regulars in The Boys‘ upcoming prequel Vought Rising for Prime Video. They join stars Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash as well as other previously announced regulars, Will Hochman, Elizabeth Posey, Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri and Brian J. Smith.

Vought Rising is “a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront, who was then going by the name Clara Vought,” Kripke and Grellong said when the series was ordered last summer.

Ackles and Cash will reprise their characters from The Boys, Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively. Details on the other roles are being kept under wraps. Dye is rumored to be playing a junkie who was former combat pilot; Layne is thought...

Last year, Prime Video announced a new prequel series called Vought Rising, set in the world of The Boys. The show brings back Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash to play Soldier Boy and Stormfront, the characters they made famous.

This series takes place in the 1950s and will explore how Vought, the powerful company behind the superheroes, first came to be. It will also follow Soldier Boy’s early adventures and reveal the dark plans of Stormfront, who was known back then as Clara Vought.

Executive producers Paul Grellong and Eric Kripke expressed their excitement about the show. They said, “We are excited to bring you the next deranged series from the world of The Boys. It’s a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront, who was...

Last year, we learned that Prime Video has officially ordered a new prequel series called Vought Rising, set in the world of The Boys. The show will star Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, who are returning to their roles as Soldier Boy and Stormfront.

The series is set in the 1950s and will explore the origins of Vought, the powerful company behind the superheroes, along with the early adventures of Soldier Boy. It also dives into the dark schemes of Stormfront, who back then was known as Clara Vought.

Executive producers Paul Grellong and Eric Kripke shared their excitement about the project, saying, “We are excited to bring you the next deranged series from the world of The Boys. It’s a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront,...

Amazon Prime Video’s next dark superhero chapter in The Boys universe, Vought Rising, has added four actors as series regulars in an announcement made on August 6 (via Variety). Sherwood star Jorden Myrie, Bel Canto’s Nicolo Pasetti, The Bear’s Ricky Staffieri, and Sense8 famed Brian J. Smith have recently joined the cast.

Vought Rising, a noir-style 1950s prequel to The Boys, will star Supernatural’s Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash as a younger version of Stormfront, then known as Clara Vought. While Prime Video is yet to confirm a release date, the series also stars Euphoria’s Elizabeth Posey and Blue Bloods alum Will Hochman in undisclosed roles.

What is Vought Rising About? Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy | Credits: Amazon Prime

The Boys prequel series, Vought Rising, was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, with Jensen Ackles revealing the new series will be a lurid pulp...

The Boys finished filming Season 5 earlier this summer, but Amazon is not slowing down anytime soon in expanding the raunchy superhero franchise. Titled Vought Rising, the upcoming prequel will, you guessed it, show the rise of the Vought International and follow Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash as Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively. They won't be alone, of course, as the series has added several new cast members that will join The Boys alums.

Vought Rising has cast Jorden Myrie (Bridgerton), Nicolò Pasetti (Industry), Ricky Staffieri (The Bear) and Brian J. Smith (Sense8) in undisclosed roles. They join a previously announced cast that includes Ackles, Cash, Mason Dye, Will Hochman and Elizabeth Posey. The Boys prequel begins filming this month, not long after the fifth and final season wrapped filming in June. It is said that the events of Vought Rising might be directly related to The Boys Season 5, but further...

The Boys spinoff Vought Rising casts stars from Bridgerton and The Bear among four series regulars joining the Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash-led prequel. Vought Rising is an upcoming prequel to The Boys that sees a younger Soldier Boy and Stormfront, with a 1950s backdrop and murder mystery as the main storyline. The series is currently preparing for production soon.

Now, Prime Video has confirmed four stars joining Vought Rising as series regulars. Jorden Myrie (Bridgerton), Nicolò Pasetti (Industry), Ricky Staffieri (The Bear), and Brian J. Smith (The Matrix Resurrections) will be joining the cast in undisclosed roles. Their casting comes ahead of the series starting production later in August 2025, with all four playing important roles.

What Vought Rising's Casting News Means For The Boys Prequel

Vought Rising is rounding out their casting ahead of production, whose encroaching start means more concrete news about the show will arrive soon.

A brand-new lineup of names is preparing to toss on their capes and fly into the world of The Boys, as the universe’s latest offshoot, Vought Rising, announces a fresh batch of talent. With filming set to commence later this month, the project is fortifying its foundation and adding some more names to the title that will see the return of Jensen Ackles’ (Supernatural) Soldier Boy and Aya Cash’s (The Franchise) Stormfront. Joining ranks with two of Vought’s most legendary heroes will be Jorden Myrie (The Strays), Nicolò Pasetti (That Dirty Black Bag), Ricky Staffieri (The Bear), and Brian J. Smith (Sense8). The fresh quartet will also join previously announced series regulars, Will Hochman (Blue Bloods) and Elizabeth Posey (Euphoria).

Set in the same universe as The Boys, Vought Rising will turn the clock back several decades and follow the very early days of the titular company.

Amazon’s upcoming prequel series to “The Boys,” “Vought Rising,” is set to begin production this month.

Joining the cast before the cameras start to roll are actors Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri (“The Bear”) and Brian J. Smith, who will be starring alongside Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, reprising their “The Boys” roles.

Ordered to series at Prime Video in July 2024, “Vought Rising” has been described as a “twisted murder mystery” that will take place in the 1950s and will see Ackles once again play Soldier Boy while Cash will again play Stormfront, a.k.a. Clara Vought.

“Vought Rising” marks the third “The Boys” spinoff project set up at Amazon, which is also the home of college-set series “Gen V” and animated anthology “The Boys Presents: Diabolical.”

Previously announced series regulars include Will Hochman and Elizabeth Posey. Variety also reported that Mason Dye, who will appear in...

Jorden Myrie (Sherwood), Nicolò Pasetti (Bel Canto), Ricky Staffieri (The Bear) and Brian J. Smith (Sense8) are set as series regulars opposite Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash in The Boys‘ upcoming prequel Vought Rising. They join previously announced regulars Will Hochman and Elizabeth Posey in the Prime Video series. Details on their roles are being kept under wraps. Production is set to begin later this month.

Ackles and Cash will reprise their characters from The Boys, Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively.

The Boys‘ executive producer Paul Grellong is set as showrunner of the one-hour drama offshoot from franchise developer Eric Kripke.

Vought Rising is “a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront, who was then going by the name Clara Vought,” Kripke and Grellong said when the series was ordered last summer.

And just like that, Logan Marshall-Green has joined the cast of CBS’ upcoming Yellowstone spinoff Y: Marshals.

The spinoff follows Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes), who leaves ranching life behind to join an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, “combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy Seal to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence,” reads the show’s official logline.

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“Vought Rising” – the latest spinoff to come out of “The Boys” – has expanded its roster of series regulars by four.

Ricky Staffieri (“The Bear”), Brian J. Smith (Sense8), Jorden Myrie (“Bridgerton”) and Nicolò Pasetti have all joined the cast of “The Boys” prequel series. Information on who the four new additions will play in the series is being kept under wraps at this time.

The new castings join Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash who return to reprise their roles of Soldier Boy and Stormfront first seen in Seasons 2 and 3 of “The Boys.” Both Ackles and Cash will also serve as executive producers on the new show.

Set in the 1950s, the show will track the “humble” origins of the superhero corporation Vought International. The series will also focus on Soldier Boy and Stormfront and their dynamic. A product of Vought’s research in Germany during the 1930s, Stormfront is a literal Nazi.

BritBox will exclusively premiere the second season of the Original crime drama Sherwood on November 14 in the U.S. and Canada, the streaming service announced today.

The first season of the BAFTA-nominated series was one of the most-watched shows in the UK, and the second season is a suspense-filled follow-up driven by an all-star cast of celebrated British actors.

Directed by the acclaimed British film director Clio Barnard and Tom George, this new and Original drama from Nottingham-born James Graham stars David Morrissey, Lesley Manville, Monica Dolan, David Harewood, and Lorraine Ashbourne.

The cast list continues with Robert Lindsay, Stephen Dillane, Sharlene Whyte, Perry Fitzpatrick, Christine Bottomley, Philip Jackson, Aisling Loftus, Bill Jones, Adam Hugill, Ria Zmitrowicz, Robert Emms, Michael Balogun, Oliver Huntingdon, Jorden Myrie, Conor Deane, and Bethany Asher.

The second season further explores the powerful themes that made the first so resonant to audiences. Set in the present day,...

Exclusive: Here’s a first look at Sherwood Season 2, the highly-anticipated next instalment of James Graham’s BBC drama.

Filming on the House Productions show recently took place in and around the UK city Nottingham, and the images show the likes of Lorraine Ashbourne, Monica Dolan, Perry Fitzpatrick, David Morrissey, David Harewood, Michael Balogun, Christine Bottomley, Oliver Huntingdon and Robert Lindsay in character. Scroll to the bottom for all seven images.

Season 1 was a ratings success and was one of the most-watched British dramas of 2022, following a murder that shocks a former mining town where divisions still remain years after the miners’ strikes of 1984 and 1985.

The second season will introduce two new families, who become entangled with the Sparrows from the first run, entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge, and betrayal. At the same time, a new Sheriff of Nottingham fights passionately against a proposed new mine,...

“The Strays” is centered around the contrasting lives of Cheryl and Neve.

Cheryl, a Black woman in England, faces discrimination and money troubles. Talking to her sister, her struggles with unfair treatment and financial instability come across strongly. Her decision to ignore calls from her spouse and her consideration of going to a hair salon set the stage for the story.

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Years later, we meet Neve—a fair-skinned Black woman living what appears to be a perfect life. She’s married to Ian, a white man, and has two biracial kids, Sebastian and Mary. But beneath the surface, there’s a complex tale of self-deception. Neve’s discomfort with her Black identity is evident as she distances herself from her heritage and avoids anything related.

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Ashley Madekwe plays Neve in ‘The Strays’ (2023)

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A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.”

Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).

The returning cast includes David Morrissey (“Red Riding”), Lesley Manville (“Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”), Lorraine Ashbourne (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Philip Jackson (“Raised by Wolves”), Perry Fitzpatrick (“Line of Duty”), Bill Jones (“The Village”) and Adam Hugill (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”).

Season 2 introduces two new families entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries,...

Nathaniel Martello-White’s feature debut The Strays is a social thriller that lacks bite, discipline, and a third act. When the film abruptly ended, I waited for Ashton Kutcher to pop from behind my sofa to announce a film critic Punk’d spin-off, where they cut to a movie’s credits twenty minutes too early. It’s an incomplete experience that haphazardly comments on otherwise significant talking points about systemic racial divides and skin-color privileges. Martello-White writes from a place of feel-bad frustration, but all that appears is the mistranslation of biased classism vibes into a home invasion mold.

Ashley Madekwe leads as a complicated housewife everyone knows as Neve, a light-skinned Black woman who embraces wigs, makeup applications, and the comforts of white suburbia. She’s married to posh and proper caucasian husband Ian (Justin Salinger) — imagine a role Michael Sheen would play — and earns a glistening reputation as...

The Strays is a thriller movie written and directed by Nathaniel Martello-White starring Ashley Madekwe.

The Strays appears to be a classic tv film with an actress that has been in hundreds of these and, however, the film has a look and theme that is more film centered close to Don´t Worry Darling or Us (the Jordan Peele movie) in its subject, although it is more English in its aesthetics.

Movie Review The Strays (2023)

This movie poses interesting considerations in a thriller, a little like the “new horror” of Peele, with intrigue that basically revolves around a greater vindication, which is entertainment in the form of a nightmare in English suburbia.

However, the great director with his ironies and suspense formulas is absent in this pic. Here the suspense is more horror and the intentions posed in the first third of the movie (especially in the look of the...

The final full week of February is upon us, and with it comes seven more brand new horror movies – including the at-home releases of this year’s two big theatrical horror offerings.

And one of those movies will be a bit bloodier this time around…

Here’s all the new horror arriving February 21 – February 24, 2023!

M. Night Shyamalan‘s latest thriller, Universal’s Knock at the Cabin was released in theaters on February 3, and we’ve learned that the film is Now Available on PVOD at home!

You can rent Knock at the Cabin for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99.

Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin has made $47.9 million worldwide in theaters these past several weeks, with $31 million of that worldwide total made here in the United States.

In Knock at the Cabin, “While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four...

Netflix’s latest dabble in the psychological thriller arena, ‘The Strays’ may come from British writer/director Nathaniel Martello-White. However, everything about this thematic feature could lay on the same level as a Jordan Peele offering.

The movie follows the Deputy head of a private school Neve (Ashley Madekwe) lives with her husband Ian (Justin Salinger), and teenage children, Sebastian (Samuel Small) and Mary (Maria Almeida) in a nice house in an idyllic country town. But her carefully crafted upper-middle-class life begins to unravel with the arrival of two shadowy figures from her past, Abigail (Bukky Bakray) and Marvin (Jorden Myrie).

Related: The cast of The Strays hit the Red Carpet for the film’s premiere

We spoke to the film’s leading cast members Ashley Madekwe and Jorden Myrie on the chilling and horrifying storyline.

The Strays hits Netflix on Wednesday the 22nd of February.

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A new Netflix thriller came to capital yesterday as The Strays held its UK Premiere at the BFI Southbank. Written and directed by Nathaniel Martello-White, the film stars Ashley Madekwe, Jorden Myrie, Bukky Bakray, Samuel Paul Small, Maria Almeida and Justin Salinger.

The Strays launches globally on Netflix on February 22nd. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

The Strays Premiere Interviews

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Deputy head of a private school Neve (Ashley Madekwe) lives with her husband Ian (Justin Salinger), and teenage children, Sebastian (Samuel Small) and Mary (Maria Almeida) in a nice house in an idyllic country town. But her carefully crafted upper-middle-class life begins to unravel with the arrival of two shadowy figures from her past, Abigail (BAFTA Award winner Bukky Bakray) and Marvin (Jorden Myrie).

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Love is in the air this February, particularly regarding horror. The month is packed with theatrical darlings finding new homes on streaming, brand-new originals, and unearthed deep cuts. February has everything from polarizing indie darlings to sleeper hits and beyond.

Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in February 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.

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What’s February without horror romances? This brutal feature introduces Lola, who wants to be a princess and find Prince Charming. She decides that Brent is the one and invites him to the school dance. When he rejects her offer, and she sees him with another girl, Lola decides she’ll get what she wants. Lola doesn’t take rejection lightly, and things get downright brutal. The truth is that maybe no one will love her as much as daddy,...

Launching globally on Netflix on February 22, the original thriller The Strays has received an official trailer today, and it ratchets up the tension to expose the perfect life as a perfect lie.

Nathaniel Martello-White (Small Axe: Mangrove, Deceit, I Hate Suzie) wrote and directed The Strays, which stars Ashley Madekwe, Bukky Bakray (Rocks), Jorden Myrie (Stephen), Samuel Small (Bonus Track), Maria Almeida, and Justin Salinge.

In Netflix’s The Strays, “Deputy head of a private school Neve (Ashley Madekwe) lives with her husband Ian (Justin Salinger), and teenage children, Sebastian (Samuel Small) and Mary (Maria Almeida) in a nice house in an idyllic country town. But her carefully crafted upper-middle-class life begins to unravel with the arrival of two shadowy figures from her past, Abigail (BAFTA Award winner Bukky Bakray) and Marvin (Jorden Myrie).”

The Netflix Original film is produced by Valentina Brazzini, Tristan Goligher (Supernova), and Rob Watson (The Power...

Mood is coming to BBC America and AMC+ next month. The cable channel has revealed the new six episode series' premiere date with the release of a trailer. Starring Nicôle Lecky, the musical drama series is based on the actor, writer, and singer-songwriter's play, Superhoe. The rest of the cast includes Lara Peake, Jessica Hynes, Paul Kaye, Mia Jenkins, Jordan Duvigneau, Flo Wilson, Jorden Myrie, Jason York, Chantelle Alle, Mohammad Moses Dalmar, Sai Bennett, Tom Moutchi, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Tom Stourton, Renee Bailey, and Jade Thirlwall.

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The stars were filmed at London’s BFI Southbank in June.

Watch the behind-the-scenes video from this year’s photo shoot for Screen International’s UK & Ireland Stars Of Tomorrow.

The shoot took place at London’s BFI Southbank in June. The video features actors Lauren Ajufo, Louis Partridge, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Priya Kansara, Ambika Mod, Jorden Myrie, Yasmin Finney, Jamie Flatters, Lizzie Annis, Siobhan Cullen, Isis Hainsworth, Harry Trevaldwyn and Harry Trevaldwyn, and filmmakers John Ogunmuyiwa, Cleona Ní Chrualaoi and Adjani Salmon.

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The most exciting new actors, writers, directors, producers, and heads of department emerging across the UK and Ireland.

Screen International has revealed the 2022 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, our prestigious annual showcase of the UK and Ireland’s most exciting young actors, directors, writers, producers and heads of department.

The 2022 UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow are following in the footsteps of some of today’s biggest names in film and television, many of whom are now Bafta and Oscar winners and nominees.

From Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrea Arnold in the inaugural selection in 2004 to David Oyelowo, Ruth Negga, Abi Morgan (2005), Riz Ahmed,...

Here’s a first-look image from The Strays, the debut feature of filmmaker Nathaniel Martello-White.

The pic is the fourth commissioned by Netflix’s Director of UK Features, Fiona Lamptey, and shot in 2021 following The Wonder, I Came By and I Used to be Famous. The streamer will debut the movie in 2022.

Starring Ashley Madekwe (County Lines), Bukky Bakray (Rocks), Jorden Myrie (Stephen), Justin Salinger (Hanna), Samuel Small (The Nest) and newcomer Maria Almeida, the film chronicles an upper-middle-class woman’s perfectly crafted life beginning to unravel after the arrival of two shadowy figures in her town.

It was shot across London, Suffolk and Berkshire between September and November 2021. Producers are Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini for The Bureau alongside Rob Watson for Air Street.

Martello-White has acting credits including Guerrilla, BBC series Collateral and ITV’s Deceit. He is an established name in theater following his own plays Torn and Blackta.