The Boys (season 4)

The upcoming fourth season of the American superhero television series The Boys, the first series in the franchise based on the comic book series of the same name. The books were written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and developed for television by American writer and television producer Eric Kripke.

The Boys
Season 4
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Release
Original networkAmazon Prime Video
Season chronology

The show's fourth season will be produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with Point Grey Pictures, Original Film, Kripke Enterprises, Kickstart Entertainment and KFL Nightsky Productions. It is set to star Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, Cameron Crovetti, Valorie Curry, and Susan Heyward.

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [1]Directed byWritten by [1]Original release date
251"Department of Dirty Tricks"Phil Sgriccia[2]David ReedTBA
262"Life Among the Septics"TBAJessica ChouTBA
273"We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here"TBAEllie MonahanTBA
284"Wisdom of the Ages"TBAGeoff AullTBA

The fifth through seventh episodes were written by Judalina Neira, Anslem Richardson, and Paul Grellong, respectively.[1] The eighth and final episode, titled "Assassination Run", was directed by Eric Kripke and written by Jessica Chou & David Reed.[3][4]

Cast and characters
Main article: List of The Boys characters

Main

Confirmed

Production

Development

On June 10, 2022, Amazon renewed the series for a fourth season.[6]

Casting

On July 8, 2022, it was announced Nathan Mitchell (who portrayed the masked Black Noir in the first three seasons), despite his character's death in the third season, would continue to portray a new replacement Black Noir in a main capacity in fourth season of the series.[7] On August 1, 2022, it was reported that Cameron Crovetti had been promoted as a series regular while Valorie Curry and Susan Heyward were cast as new series regulars for the fourth season.[5] On December 1, 2022, Rosemarie DeWitt, Rob Benedict and Elliot Knight joined the cast in undisclosed capacities for the fourth season.[8]

Filming

The fourth season commenced filming on August 23, 2022.[9] Pegg concluded filming his scenes on January 18, 2023.[10] Filming on the finale began on February 12,[4] with Starr concluding filming his scenes on April 4.[11] Filming for the fourth season wrapped on April 12, 2023.[12]

Release

On June 28, 2023, Eric Kripke tweeted that they were withholding release of the new season until the WGA strike was resolved.[13]

References
  1. "The Boys". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  2. Eric Kripke [@therealKripke] (August 23, 2022). "Day One #Season4 #TheBoys #TheBoysTV @TheBoysTV @PrimeVideo @SPTV" (Tweet). Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. Eric Kripke [@therealKripke] (February 5, 2023). "Ohhhhh Shit! #TheBoys #TheBoysTV @TheBoysTV @PrimeVideo @Reed_Dave @jesschoutime @SPTV" (Tweet). Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via Twitter.
  4. "The Boys: Eric Kripke Confirms Season 4 Finale Filming Underway". February 12, 2023.
  5. Petski, Denise (August 1, 2022). "'The Boys': Cameron Crovetti Upped To Series Regular, Valorie Curry, Susan Heyward Also Cast In Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (June 10, 2022). "'The Boys' Renewed For Season 4 By Amazon; Vernon Sanders On Show's Ratings Growth & Spinoffs' Status". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  7. Romano, Nick (July 8, 2022). "The Boys boss says this star will play 'a whole new character' in season 4 after that intense finale". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  8. Cordero, Rosy (December 1, 2022). "'The Boys': Rosemarie DeWitt, Rob Benedict & Elliot Knight Board Season 4; Simon Pegg Sets Return". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  9. "Everything we know so far about 'The Boys' season 4". Entertainment Weekly.
  10. "The Boys Star Wraps Filming on Season 4".
  11. "Antony Starr Wraps Filming on 'The Boys' Season 4". Collider. April 6, 2023.
  12. "The Boys Season 4 Wraps With Gory Behind-the-Scenes Images". Collider. April 12, 2023.
  13. Erik Kripke [@therealKripke] (June 29, 2023). "#TheBoys update! 1) When #Season4 drops depends on how long the #WGA Strike goes. No answer yet. Tell the studios to make a fair deal!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 26, 2023 – via Twitter.
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