The Boys Season 3 Release Date Cast And More

The Boys Season 3 Trailer

The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven”, and their formidable Vought backing.

The Boys Season 3: Release Date, Cast, And More

By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 11, 2022 2:38 pm EST

“The Boys,” which pulls no punches and has an absolute blast while doing so, is coming back for even more violence, gore, and unabashed political commentary. Read on for everything you need to know about season 3 of “The Boys.”

The Boys Season 3 Release Date and Where To Watch It

What is The Boys?

“The Boys” began with a low-stakes look at a day in the life of everyday, no-name civilian Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid). While walking with his girlfriend Robin, however, a speedster “Supe” careens down the street and, uh, through her, leaving again just as quickly with barely a second glance. Once tracked down by the mysterious anti-Supe crusader Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and recruited to aim his need for vengeance against the reckless, all-too-powerful Supes of the sinister Vought Corporation, Hughie enters a far bigger world than he ever could’ve imagined. Much of the first season revolved around formation of the Boys, made up of Hughie, Billy, Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon), and eventually Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara). Together, the team of misfits attempt to strike back at the villainous “superheroes” and help make a celebrity-worshipping public finally see the truth of their actions.

Season 2 largely dealt with the threat of Stormfront and the increasingly sociopathic behavior of Homelander, all wrapped up in a larger conspiracy concerning Vought’s creation of both villains and heroes using a special serum. The finale brought events to an explosive climax, featuring the shocking, head-exploding attack on a crucial courtroom hearing, the death of Stormfront, and the possible redemption of Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott). The creative path for season 3 is wide-open, however, with the series able to take the events in any number of directions — loosely based on Garth Ennis’ original source material, of course. 

Season 2 largely dealt with the threat of Stormfront and the increasingly sociopathic behavior of Homelander, all wrapped up in a larger conspiracy concerning Vought’s creation of both villains and heroes using a special serum. The finale brought events to an explosive climax, featuring the shocking, head-exploding attack on a crucial courtroom hearing, the death of Stormfront, and the possible redemption of Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott). The creative path for season 3 is wide-open, however, with the series able to take the events in any number of directions — loosely based on Garth Ennis’ original source material, of course. 

The Boys Season 3 Showrunners, Crew, and More

“The Boys” is created by Eric Kripke, who also serves as head writer, showrunner, and executive producer on the series. Directors throughout both seasons have included Kripke, filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg for the series premiere, “WandaVision” alum Matt Shakman, Philip Sgriccia, Frederick E.O. Toye, Stefan Schwartz, Jennifer Phang, Dan Attias, Liz Friedlander, Steve Boyum, Batan Silva, Sarah Boyd, and Alex Graves. Writers and directors for the Season 3 batch of episodes have not yet been announced, though it’s expected to include more contributions by writer Craig Rosenberg, Kripke himself, and others. 

The Boys Season 3 Cast

“The Boys” is largely an ensemble series, balancing various supporting characters and subplots that all add up to the overall story. We originally started off with Jack Quaid’s Hughie Campbell, who still serves as our main perspective throughout the much larger events of the show. His turbulent dynamic with Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher provided much of the tension between our heroes (the actual heroes, at least, not just the super-powered kind) in the early going, but the events of the series have since expanded to include each member of the Boys overall, as well as the ongoing storyline of the Supes themselves. In addition to Urban and Quaid, “The Boys” stars Antony Starr as Homelander, Erin Moriarty as Hughie’s superhero love interest Annie January/Starlight, Dominique McElligott as the conflicted Queen Maeve, Jessie T. Usher as A-Train, Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, Chace Crawford as The Deep, Tomer Capon as Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko, Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir, Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett, Claudia Doumit as politician Victoria Neuman, and Giancarlo Esposito as Vought CEO Stan Edgar. New arrivals include Miles Gaston Villanueva, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nick Wechsler, Jensen Ackles, Laurie Holden, Frances Turner, Kristin Booth, and Jack Doolan.

The Boys Season 3 Trailer

The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven”, and their formidable Vought backing.

The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as Gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It’s the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about “The Seven”, and their formidable Vought backing.