This week fans of the hit show were thrilled with news a fifth season of the Urban and Starr-led superhero-versus-vigilante show was announced by Prime Video at an “up-front” in New York.
Urban, who has found himself a whole new global fan base with his vigilante role of Billy Butcher, filmed the fourth season of The Boys last year. The 51-year-old followed that up by stepping into the role of Johnny Cage, filming Mortal Kombat 2 on the Gold Coast last summer and went into filming I, Object by Bafta-winning Kiwi filmmaker Andrew Niccol in Wellington this year.
New Zealand actor Karl Urban has earned fans around the world for his role of Billy Butcher in The Boys.
The Bluff is set in the Caribbean in the 19th century. Chopra Jonas, who has been in more than 75 international and Hollywood films, will play a former pirate running away from her past and trying to protect her family.
Filming is reportedly starting this spring in Australia. The Bluff is being directed by Frank E. Flowers, who also co-wrote the movie and is hot property after writing the successful Bob Marley: One Love drama, which was released this year.
When the stars catch up on set they will have some New Zealand anecdotes in common. Three years ago, Cruz Cordova filmed the first season of The Rings of Power in Auckland and made some lifelong Kiwi friends.
Chopra Jonas is the wife of pop star Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers who, after nearly two decades of music, performed with his brothers Joe and Kevin for the first time in New Zealand at Auckland’s Spark arena in February.
The brothers were filmed in and around Urban’s home stomping ground, being friendly to residents as they walked around the Viaduct during their visit.
Antony Starr will reprise his role of Homelander when The Boys returns to screens in a few weeks for its fourth season.
Starr, 48, who has also become a global household name for his The Boys superhero character Homelander, has just been in Mexico with his co-stars in the show, Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford, Karen Fukuhara and Claudia Doumit, where they revealed the explosive trailer at an inaugural CCXP fan convention.
This week, Starr was out and about in Tinseltown rubbing shoulders with U2 legend, guitarist Edge, where he attended the inaugural Heart Gala in Los Angeles.
