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With the fifth and final season of The Boys approaching, Eric Kripke has something special in store for fans of his work.

Soldier Boy actor Jensen Ackles recently teased his reunion with Supernatural co-stars Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins ahead of the Prime Video series’ concluding episodes, for which their characters have not yet been revealed.

“We see each other more often than you would think — honestly, at least once a month,” he told People after they starred in Kripke’s CW series for 15 seasons from 2005 to 2020.

Ackles added, “It was weird. It was like inviting my friends over to somebody else’s house for dinner. I was like, ‘Listen, guys, don’t make me look bad. I got to stay here.’ They were amazing. I can’t wait to talk more about it because it was quite an experience.”

After Kripke expressed his desire to work with Padalecki on...

Hollywood has always been a family business.

One generation’s A-lister often leads to another’s breakout role — sometimes riding on a wave of familiar last names, other times actively ducking the spotlight.

But legacy doesn’t guarantee sameness. In fact, that’s where things get interesting.

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While some actors seem molded in the image of their famous parents, others flip the script entirely.

They avoid the genre, tone, or polish that made their families household names — carving a quieter, quirkier, or downright chaotic path all their own. That contrast, that break from expectation, is where the fun begins.

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The fifth and final season of The Boys is on its way to Prime Video; according to cast member Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy), filming wraps up next month. Then all there is to do is edit the episodes together, add in special effects and watch as the reactions roll in.

If you're showrunner Erik Kripke, that's a scary prospect. "I am in a fair amount of terror about a series finale," Kripke told The Night Agent and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan on an episode of the Creator to Creator podcast. According to Kripke, there are not that many great finales in the history of television, and being a fan-favorite show means nothing if you're unable to stick the landing. "You can count in one, maybe two hands, the truly great series finales. Of which, by the way, well done, I think The Shield is one of them. And, conversely,...

Stunt coordinator John Koyama plans out each fight scene for The Boys using cardboard, shooting a previsualization of what chaos is going to unfold.

“You use cardboard boxes as your background,” he says. “You use cardboard props. It’s a cardboard world.”

In one instance, a Tim Hortons’ coffee container became a machine gun. Showrunner Eric Kripke was so tickled by this process that it was written into an episode of the superhero show, which satirizes the world of entertainment, with “supes” — short for superheroes — rehearsing a scene alongside Koyama himself.

“It’s very cool because he paid homage to what we do in the stunt department,” Koyama says. The respect is mutual. Four seasons into the bloody Prime Video series, Kripke leans a lot on what Koyama, who goes by Koy, can come up with. In the early days, Kripke says he used to give detailed instructions on how fights should play out.

Prime Video’s “The Boys” has enlisted ‘acclaimed’ director Adam Bourke (played by P.J. Byrne) to premiere a new MasterClass-esque “Superclass” as part of the show’s Season 4 Emmy FYC campaign. The new clip, featuring seedy film director-turned Godolkin University (as seen in “Gen V”) acting professor Bourke , is described as a “Superhero’s Guide to Awards Season Acting” aimed at helping supes take home statutes on Emmy night. Scroll down to watch.

Bourke begins his Superclass by stressing that “picking the role is more important than playing the role,” and goes on to guide supes through which genres to look for and which to avoid. The “Dawns of the Seven” director advises supes to look for period pieces because they’re full of “penetration in petticoats,” followed by pointers on how to act convincingly during a sex scene.

He then moves on to “premium dramas,” remarking that dragons are “cheesy as hell,...

The Boys cast, along with showrunner Eric Kripke, recently talked to Deadline and teased the fifth and final season of Prime Video's subversive superhero show. Naturally, we're in for yet another vulgar, bloody and unpredictable installment, all dialed up to 11 for this last sprint.

By the end of The Boys season 4, Homelander and Sister Sage managed to place loyalist Senator Calhoun as President, essentially placing Homelander himself at the driving seat of the U.S. government. Meanwhile, a suped-up Billy Butcher continues his fight to stop the tyrannical Homelander. At the end of the season, most of the Boys are captured, and Annie is on the run. Oh, and Soldier Boy is revealed to be alive. It's all set up to be one hell of a final season.

“I look at the last two seasons … like an accordion,” Antony Starr (Homelander) said. “One piece of the accordion is going out and...

The Boys season 3 delivered a powerful moment, and that was the big reveal that Soldier Boy is Homelander’s dad. However, nothing could come of that in the fourth season, but there is hope for The Boys season 5.

At the end of The Boys season 4, Homelander was reunited with his (frozen) dad. Soldier Boy was put on ice due to how dangerous he was. Not only did he want to destroy all those who betrayed him back in the day, but he was able to wipe out all Supes by removing the Compound-v from their system. This could have been great for those who wanted to lose their powers, but not so great for those who needed them.

Homelander had no idea where Soldier Boy was taken, but that was revealed to him at the end of the fourth season. Now he has a chance to face his father, while...

April was a sneaky good month for new Netflix shows to watch!

Looking at the list of new Netflix shows, You starring Penn Badgley is the obvious choice to be the most-watched of the month. The final season of the Netflix original series was added on Thursday, April 23. We also had a new season of Black Mirror released on April 10.

With most viewers' attention going to those two returning shows and March hits like Adolescence and more, it's easy for a few of the best Netflix shows of April 2025 to slip through the cracks. To make sure you saw all of the good Netflix shows, we shared a list of the five best Netflix shows you probably missed this month.

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Medical dramas are all the rage on TV right now!

Netflix can do something many streaming services cannot. That includes bringing us fantastic series nearly full of lesser-known actors. The success of the show is not only good for Netflix, but also for the talent involved in creating the series.

When it comes to North of North, you might only know a few of the actors. Co-creators Stacey Aglok-MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril deliver excellence based on a culture that is often overlooked. Both are Inuit, and North of North is a comedy that follows the story of Siaja in the northern Canadian town of Ice Cover, Nunavut.

The population is 2,200, and many are Inuit. This includes the fictional series, as well as many of its actors. The show was also filmed in Iqaluit, Nunavut's capital. The combination of it all, plus the warm-hearted feel of the show, equates to excellence.

Who are the actors (and what are their characters) on...

As The Boys gears up for its highly anticipated final season, Antony Starr (Homelander) has shared his reaction to reading the final scripts — and it sounds like fans are in for a wild, unpredictable ride. With Season 5 marking the end for Prime Video's subserve superhero show, expectations are sky-high.

Starr talked to Collider about his mixed emotions regarding the show’s ending. While he’s grateful for the success and longevity of The Boys, he also believes that ending at Season 5 is the right call.

It’s strange because as much as I love the show, I don't like seeing things outstay their welcome, so I'm kind of glad we're finishing at five, and that's it. I love the show and the characters, so it's a bittersweet moment.Antony Starr

This should come as a relief to fans who have seen other popular series lose momentum by overstaying their welcome.

Here’s the thing, Susan Duffy is another one of those polarizing characters that fans either love or hate.

It’s become par for the course for Reacher (among many series), and sometimes the Duffy hate can be too much.

Yes, her accent is as annoying as nails on a chalkboard and an interesting character choice. But alas, it gets people talking and makes her memorable, so it’s effective in some regard.

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And as far as Reacher’s “love interest” goes, the season hasn’t given us much to work with here, predictably.

While I have zero interest in which lucky lady gets to climb that tree every season, I can still admit that they haven’t exactly played into the love interest portion of this series well since Reacher Season 1‘s Roscoe.

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The Big Guy has been killing it during Reacher Season 3.

Hell, he’s also been easily killing baddies left, right, and center. We’re only four episodes into the season, and the body count keeps growing.

Of course, that’s part of Reacher’s charm.

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With Reacher, we expect many impressive action sequences, kickass, well-choreographed fights, and just enough brutality to make the faint of heart squeamish.

For a series with the mass appeal of Reacher, on a streamer, no doubt, one’s expectations aren’t high regarding things like sensitivity regarding how far they’re willing to go regarding violence.

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There are so many of the best TV shows returning with new seasons in 2025, especially the Netflix shows. New seasons of Stranger Things, Wednesday, Squid Game, and more good Netflix shows premiere in 2025. HBO and Max have new seasons of The White Lotus, The Last of Us, and many more. After a rough couple of years for good TV shows, 2025 is going to be one for the books!

Unfortunately, even with all those good TV shows coming back in 2025, there are still a handful of TV shows that definitely won't be back with new seasons this year. We'll be waiting until 2026, or even later, potentially, to watch new seasons of some of the best shows on TV.

We shared a list of eight of those good TV shows that won't be returning in 2025. Let's get things started with House of the Dragon!

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Spoiler Alert: This post contains details about Season 1 of Cruel Intentions.

Although Sarah Catherine Hook and Zac Burgess play conniving step-siblings with questionable boundaries in Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Prime Video‘s Cruel Intentions reimagining, this duo isn’t your mother’s Kathryn and Sebastian.

Ahead of the eight-episode series’ Thursday premiere on the platform, the actors behind Caroline Merteuil and Lucien Belmont discussed the “collaborative experience” of creating their characters with showrunners Sara Goodman and Phoebe Fisher, as well as pilot director Adam Arkin.

“They were so specific, they were like, ‘We don’t want to copy and paste, we really want a fresh voice, a fresh take on this,'” explained Hook. “And I personally thought that was so smart. And I’m so thankful because you don’t feel like you have to try to match what’s going on there. So, they really gave us a lot of creative liberties,...

You don't have to wait any longer. The Cruel Intentions reboot series is finally available to stream on Prime Video, so you can now binge-watch all eight episodes of the first season.

In this new drama series, viewers are taken to the fictional prestigious Manchester College, where your social status means everything and fraternities and sororities hold all the power. We follow the ambitious and power-hungry step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil and Lucien Belmont, who will do anything to stay at the top of the ruthless social hierarchy at their school. After a brutal hazing incident that left a frat member unable to remember what happened, the entire Greek Life system is put at risk.

But Caroline refuses to let this incident affect her power and status, so she quickly devises a plan with Lucien to get her sorority and his fraternity out of the red. That plan involves getting the Vice...

The highly anticipated Cruel Intentions reboot series is now streaming on Prime Video, but before you watch the eight-episode first season, we wanted to get you familiar with the fresh ensemble of talent behind the new generation of schemers and seducers.

Set at the elite Manchester College, where reputation is paramount and Greek life reigns supreme, we follow two ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil and Lucien Belmont, who will stop at nothing to maintain their status atop the social hierarchy. When a hazing incident jeopardizes the entire Greek Life system, they resort to extreme measures to protect their power and reputation, even if it means seducing the Vice President's daughter, Annie Grover.

Now, are you ready to discover who's who in this new television series adaptation? From the cunning step-siblings to the people caught in their web of deceit, let's get to know the cast of Cruel Intentions.

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Prime Video calls the eight-episode Cruel Intentions series a new chapter of the cult classic. The trailer definitely captures the 1999 film’s vibe while introducing the key players in this adaptation: step-siblings Caroline Merteuil and Lucien Belmont.

The cast also includes Savannah Lee Smith as Annie Grover, Sara Silva as Cece Carroway, John Harlan Kim as Blaise Powell, Khobe Clarke as Scott Russell, Sean Patrick Thomas as Professor Hank Chadwick, and Brooke Lena Johnson as Beatrice Worth.

“In this new adaptation, Cruel Intentions follows the elite students of Manchester College, a Washington, D.C.-adjacent university, where reputation means everything, fraternities and sororities are the gold standard, and two ruthless step-siblings, Caroline Merteuil and Lucien Belmont, will do anything to stay on top of the cutthroat social hierarchy,” reads Prime Video’s synopsis. “After a brutal hazing incident threatens the entire Greek Life system, they’ll do whatever is necessary...

To quote Billy Butcher, season 4 of The Boys was diabolical. It was nothing like the comic books, and that’s more than okay. Most of the story wouldn’t work in TV show form. Thankfully, showrunner Eric Kripke and the creative team recognized this and made the appropriate changes.

If you’re a fan of the show, the upcoming final season is bittersweet. Unlike Supernatural, it’s doubtful The Boys goes on past season 5. Except for Butcher and Homelander’s fight, all the stories have been told. Plus, there are spinoffs like Gen V, The Boys: Mexico, and possibly more. Deadline reports that Kripke, “hopes to be involved in the expansion of the world, but not as a showrunner.”

The spinoffs aren’t the only things to look forward to. Let's look at what else we know about season 5 of The Boys.

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The Boys is a fantastic TV series any way you see it, but it wouldn't be the same without its many antagonists. The reason we want to see Billy Butcher, Hughie, and the rest of the team succeed so badly is so that we can see the bad guys fail. They deserve it, after all. They commit hundreds of despicable acts that have made us think time and time again: "I really hate this character".

But that's part of The Boys' charm. It wouldn't be so engaging to watch if it weren't for its wicked villains and all their doings. So today we're celebrating the worst of the worst and ranking six characters of the Prime Series that we love to hate. But before we begin, Be warned: There will be spoilers for all four seasons of The Boys released so far.

6. Todd

Let's kick things off with the most harmless character on the list.

"Wild" is the perfect word to describe what we all witnessed in the latest season of The Boys. In all fairness, that's pretty much how you could describe every episode of the Amazon Prime Video show, but the season 4 finale especially. Despite IGN giving The Boys' final episode of season 4 a 6/10—an above-average score, barely—they could flip that six upside down and give it a nine. It was nothing short of epic and disturbing, leaving us both thrilled and unnerved.

There was a time it seemed that The Boys relied on shock factor, from the disturbing scene in "Life Among the Septics" that made The Human Centipede look tame. And who can forget the nauseating experience Huey had with Tek Knight and Ashley in "Dirty Business" that left him traumatized? Poor Huey. The plot was a bit slow-moving, and one could argue some personal plots, like those of Kimiko,...

With fewer entries than ever before thanks to the pandemic, the nominations for the 73rd annual Emmy Awards had less room for error than in years. And yet somehow, voters found a way. While the majority of the categories seemed to have a consensus that was largely confirmed this morning—Ted Lasso! The Flight Attendant! The Crown!— that doesn’t get Emmy voters completely off the hook for some of today’s blunders. Here are the biggest surprises and straight-up snubs from this morning’s nomination announcements.

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Come Play will open in theaters October 30 and the phrase “I just want to be your friend” will never be the same again.

Yikes! Check out the trailer now and get ready for some true nightmares this Halloween.

Newcomer Azhy Robertson stars as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses Oliver’s devices against him to break into our world, Oliver’s parents (Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr.) must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.

Come Play’s music is from composer Roque Banos and the cinematographer is Maxime Alexandre.

The film is produced by The Picture Company for Amblin Partners.

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Azhy Robertson stars as ‘Oliver’ in writer/director Jacob Chase’s Come Play.