The Boys is a TV series created by Eric Kripke in 2019 and based on the comic book The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, first published in 2007. The TV series features Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Elisabeth Shue, Laz Alonso, and others.
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Storyline
The Boys is set in a universe where superpowered individuals are recognized as heroes by the general public and work for the powerful corporation Vought International, which markets and monetizes them. The Boys are led by Billy Butcher, who despises all superpowered people, and the Seven are led by the narcissistic and violent Homelander.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
60
Movie Rate
8.70
Source: IMDb
TV Series
The Boys
Creator: Eric Kripke
Country: USA
Year: 2019-
Length: 1h / 17 episodes
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Year
2007
Pages
152
Book Rate
8.00
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
The Boys
Author: Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson
Country: USA
First published in: 2007
Length: 152 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Boys Collected Volumes
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
TV Series by Giancarlo Volpe, Steve Ahn, Matthew Bordenave
User polls & recommendations
“When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.”
SIDNEY SHELDON (Writer, Screenwriter)
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