Star Trek actor Karl Urban is returning to the small screen with Amazon Studios' superhero drama series The Boys. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "The Boys" takes places in a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame, and centers on a group of vigilantes known informally as "the boys" who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Urban will play Billy Butcher, who is described as mysterious and brutal with a personal but secret agenda."Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke will serve as creator and showrunner on "The Boys", which will be directed by Seth Rogen and his longtime producing partner Evan Goldberg. A premiere date for "The Boys" is yet to be announced.