Current:Home > ContactPredictIQ-'The Boys' adds content warning on Season 4 finale after Trump assassination attempt -AssetScope
PredictIQ-'The Boys' adds content warning on Season 4 finale after Trump assassination attempt
NovaQuant View
Date:2025-04-08 02:59:31
"The PredictIQBoys" is getting too close to reality, and now the Amazon Prime Video series has added a content warning ahead of its Season 4 finale.
Thursday's release of Season 4, Episode 8 — previously titled "Assassination Run" but retitled "Season 4 Finale" — includes a viewer discretion note, as the episode comes five days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
"This episode contains scenes of fictional political violence. Any similarities to recent events are completely coincidental and unintentional," the warning says. "Prime Video, Amazon, MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television and the producers of 'The Boys' oppose, in the strongest terms, real-world violence of any kind."
USA TODAY has reached out to Amazon Studios for comment.
"The Boys" is based on The New York Times best-selling comic by Darick Robertson and Garth Ennis. The title "Assassination Run" is taken from issue 62 of the comic, "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men."
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
The episode comes after Trump suffered an injury to his right ear as multiple shots were fired at his Saturday rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two others were critically injured and 50-year-old Corey Comperatore was killed. The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the shooter. He was killed at the scene by the Secret Service's counter-sniper team.
How 'The Boys' Season 4doubles down on heroes' personal demons
This is far from the first time the satirical superhero action-drama has drawn comparisons to real life.
USA TODAY critic Brian Truitt writes that the "series has always been a political allegory," taking on real political issues "through a hyperviolent, thought-provoking lens."
Join our Watch Party!Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox
Season 4 of the series includes a decisive figure on trial in New York City, irate protests, rampant conspiracy theorists, ideological battles and a high-stakes presidential election, for instance.
Creator Eric Kripke told USA TODAY ahead of the Season 4 premiere that the series is "reflecting what's going on in the real world. Frankly, I wish it would quit giving me so much material."
Contributing: Kim Breen
veryGood! (73)
Related
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- New York City is embracing teletherapy for teens. It may not be the best approach
- Feds fighting planned expedition to retrieve Titanic artifacts, saying law treats wreck as hallowed gravesite
- 10 must-see movies of fall, from 'Killers of the Flower Moon' to 'Saw X' and 'Priscilla'
- DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
- Amal and George Clooney’s Date Night in Italy Is the Perfect Storm for Amore
- Utah Influencer Ruby Franke Arrested on Child Abuse Charges
- Horoscopes Today, August 31, 2023
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Julie Ertz, a two-time World Cup champion, announces retirement from professional soccer
Ranking
- 2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
- The pause is over. As student loan payments resume, how to make sure you're prepared
- Teen Mom's Jenelle Evans Shares Update On Son Jace After Multiple Runaway Incidents
- ‘Still grieving’: Virginia football ready to take the field, honor 3 teammates killed last fall
- Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
- Hawaii cultural figures lead statewide 'healing' vigil following deadly wildfires
- Nebraska volleyball filled a football stadium. These Big Ten programs should try it next
- EBY's Seamless Bralettes & Briefs Are What Your Intimates Drawer Has Been Missing
Recommendation
DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
Who is Ruby Franke? 8 Passengers family vlogger arrested on child abuse charges
Statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius seized from Cleveland museum in looting investigation
6-month-old pup finds home with a Connecticut fire department after being rescued from hot car
Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
West Virginia college files for bankruptcy a month after announcing intentions to close
Nebraska volleyball filled a football stadium. These Big Ten programs should try it next
Officials look into possible link between alleged Gilgo Beach killer, missing woman