Classic Disney character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit just debuted his first short in 95 years.

Celebrating Disney’s 100th anniversary, the studio released Oswald the Lucky Rabbit on YouTube – a new hand-drawn short featuring the legendary character.

“Oswald is such a plucky scamp,” said director Eric Goldberg. “We wanted to bring Oswald back, and in the short, he literally returns to his original home, the movie screen,” says Goldberg. “We wanted to have Oswald do all of the ‘squash-and-stretch,’ ‘rubber hose’-animation style, celebrating that first generation of Walt Disney’s artists.”

Oswald made his debut back in 1927. Created by Walt Disney himself, and co-designed by animator Ub Iwerks, Oswald starred in a total of 27 Disney shorts before the character was sold to Universal.

But in a 2006 deal, the studio successfully obtained the rights to Oswald once more.

“On the eve of Disney’s 100th anniversary, it was such a joy to create the first new Oswald short from our studio since 1928,” said producer Dorothy McKim. “Our hand-drawn animation team – including our hand-drawn legends Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, and Eric Goldberg, as well our wonderful team of 2D apprentices, had a ball animating in the style of Oswald’s era.”

The short itself is black and white, mimicking the classic animation style of Oswald’s earlier appearances, and uses traditional animation techniques throughout.

After Disney lost the rights to Oswald, he was soon replaced with a slightly more memorable character – none other than Mickey Mouse.

Alongside the cool new short, Disney has also launched an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Snapchat lens, allowing users to channel the classic animated character using AR technology.

Oswald was also featured in the 2010 Disney video game, Epic Mickey.

Want to read more about Disney? Find out about the return of former Disney CEO Bob Iger as well as Disney’s recent addition of Doctor Who to its Disney Plus service.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

The Rings of Power has bulked out its cast ahead of Season 2 with 7 new cast members.

The popular Lord of the Rings TV show on Amazon Video has added Gabriel Akuwudike, Yasen ‘Zates’ Atour, Ben Daniels, Amelia Kenworthy, Nia Towle, and Nicholas Woodeson.

Additionally, the Orc Leader, Adar, previously played by Joseph Mawle, has been recast, and will now be played by Sam Hazeldine.

Although Adar left a strong impression on Lord of the Rings fans, he’s not one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s original characters and was instead created for the TV show.

He played a big role in the return of the Orcs to Tirharad, sharing plenty of scenes with another new character, Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova). After the season finale, it’s unknown how Adar’s story will continue… but it’s good to see the villainous character return.

“Since its premiere, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has been bringing audiences together to experience the magic and wonder of J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnificent Middle-earth,” said the Amazon head of global television, Vernon Sanders. “To date, season one is the top Original series for Prime Video in every region and has been viewed by over 100 million people worldwide, a truly global hit that speaks to the universal nature of powerful storytelling. We welcome these wonderful actors to our ‘fellowship’ and look forward to telling more incredible Second Age stories in season two.”

Among the new additions, several of them have already appeared in popular genre projects.

Ben Daniels previously starred in Jupiter’s Legacy for Netflix as well as the hit drama, House of Cards and Star Wars: Rogue One. Sam Hazeldine recently appeared in The Sandman, and Yasen ‘Zates’ Atour is perhaps best known as Coen in The Witcher.

IGN’s review of The Rings of Power gave it 8/10 and said: “The Rings of Power largely succeeds by staying faithful to J. R. R. Tolkien’s themes and tone, if not all the specifics of his canon. Some inconsistent plotting and unnecessary misdirection slows it down, but doesn’t derail the story, and when it reaches its climax in the sixth episode it all comes together brilliantly. Amazon’s massive budget has produced some of the most remarkable sets and scenes ever on TV, creating a strong successor to Peter Jackson’s beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yet The Rings of Power also remembers it’s the little moments of humor and character growth that really make Middle-earth really come alive.”

Want to read more about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? Find out what Andy Serkis thought of the show as well as the best order to watch The Lord of The Rings films.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Elon Musk wants his brain chip company Neuralink to begin human trials within the next six months.

During a recent ‘show and tell’ event, the billionaire revealed that the company would attempt to use the implants to allow blind people to see via cameras, help individuals with spinal injuries communicate, and possibly even regain the use of their bodies.

A Neuralink implant is a wireless chip-based system housed in an enclosure roughly the size of a quarter that is designed to be implanted in the skull, where it interfaces directly with the human brain via a series of minuscule wires. Each of these wires — which are the width of just a few red blood cells — carries a complement of 16 electrodes and is capable of both tracking signals sent from the brain, and stimulating them.

In order to be implanted, a surgeon must delicately cut away an outer layer of skin and flesh, before drilling out a section of the patient’s skull, and finally removing a layer of tough connective tissue — thus exposing the brain beneath.

A specially designed robot — which has been imaginatively named R1 — then gets to work individually inserting the ultra-thin electrode-bearing threads into precisely targeted sections of the brain. In a live demonstration that took place during the show and tell, it took the R1 robot just 20 minutes to install the implant’s 64 threads into a model brain.

The current ‘N1’ device has now been miniaturized to the extent that it matches the thickness of the skull layer removed to implant the chip. This allows the tech to occupy the hole where the bone once was, and be concealed under the skin.

According to Musk, putting a Neurolink interface in your head would be akin to replacing a piece of your skull with a smartwatch. Not the best sales pitch I’ve ever heard.

Livestream link for today’s event: https://t.co/Q9VFL9Fxav

See you at 6 pm PT

— Neuralink (@neuralink) November 30, 2022

While this is a daunting prospect, the possible future benefits of opting into such a device could be profound. Musk’s intent is to create a whole-brain interface that could be used medically to dramatically improve the lives of people with disabilities, and that in the long term could allow anyone to interact with technology using just the implant and the power of their minds.

The company has already tested its implant on a number of pigs and macaques. In 2021 Neuralink revealed that it had managed to train a monkey implanted with the device to play the arcade game Pong using nothing but the signals from its brain.

The monkey — named Pager — was first taught to play and understand the game using a regular joystick. During this process, the implant recorded Pager’s brain signals and identified which ones were being used to control the joystick, and therefore move the paddle.

The joystick was then removed, and the Macaque was able to successfully direct the paddle with its thoughts by communicating through the implanted Neuralink technology.

Since teaching a monkey how to play Pong, Neuralink has been busy testing and upgrading the technology in anticipation of a transition to human trials. According to Musk, the company has now submitted most of the relevant paperwork needed for such experiments to the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of human testing.

In this week’s show and tell presentation, the controversial entrepreneur reiterated his sweeping vision for the Neuralink implants and showcased the advancements that had been made in their testing and development.

Musk also revealed his timeline for human testing, stating that “In about six months we should be able to have our first Neuralink in a human.” He went on to explain that Neuralink’s animal testing is geared towards being “confirmatory, not exploratory”, and that stringent benchtop testing is undertaken before implanting an animal subject.

Animal rights groups had previously condemned the company’s treatment of its laboratory animals. As reported by CNN, a US non-profit group — The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — called for an investigation into the company’s practices, citing “egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act related to the treatment of monkeys used in invasive brain experiments.”

“We are confident that someone who has basically no other interface with the outside world would be able to control their phone better than someone who has working hands.”

The company is now working with a troupe of six monkeys and has already upgraded the chip embedded in the macaque Pager’s skull. In the time since the Pong experiments, the monkeys have been encouraged to complete a series of tasks designed to test the interface, with the new hardware significantly increasing the speed at which they were able to interact with the technology using a mind-controlled curser.

One such test was showcased during the event, in which a monkey commanded a curser to move to a highlighted key on a virtual keyboard in order to write the words ‘welcome to show and tell’.

The display was designed to showcase the potential benefits that the technology could bring by allowing disabled individuals to communicate quickly using a mouse cursor or phone, without the need to interact with a physical device.

“We are confident that someone who has basically no other interface with the outside world would be able to control their phone better than someone who has working hands,” explained Musk.

The company is also working to futureproof the Neuralink implant by making it possible for surgeons to easily upgrade the hardware when a newer model becomes available. However, there are currently significant challenges that must be overcome — many of which are the result of our bodies’ impressive healing capabilities — if this is to be the case.

“Our goal will be to turn the lights on for someone who has spent decades living in the dark.”

Musk has already laid out two ambitious short to medium-term goals for when the FDA approves the testing of Neuralink implants in humans. The first is to restore a form of vision to patients who suffer from blindness.

“Even if someone has never had vision ever, like they were born blind, we believe we can still restore vision,” said Musk. “The visual part of the cortex is still there.”

This is theoretically possible due to the implant’s capacity to stimulate the brain, explains visual neuroscientist Dan Adams, a principle investigator at Neurolink.

If attached to the visual cortex, the stimulation from the wires could be used to bypass the human eye and form an image directly in the brain. This technique could also be scaleable, with a higher number of electrodes — and therefore stimuli — allowing for higher resolution images to be projected into the brain.

The scientists envision a future where data from a camera could be streamed to the implant, which in turn would stimulate the correct cells in the visual cortex to create a simplified version of the image in a person’s brain.

“Our goal will be to turn the lights on for someone who has spent decades living in the dark,” explained Adams.

Neuralink’s other primary goal is to help people with paralysis from spinal cord injuries communicate using technology.

“We are confident that there are no physical limitations to enabling full body functionality.”

Even more ambitiously, the company is hoping to “bridge the connection,” between the brain and the body, and transmit signals from the motor cortex to Neuralink devices in the spinal cord, which could then stimulate muscular movement.

Scientists have already tested this technique by implanting devices in the brain and spinal cord of a pig and were able to successfully manipulate the movement of one of its legs.

“We are confident that there are no physical limitations to enabling full body functionality,” explained Musk. “As miraculous as it may sound, we’re confident that it is possible to restore full body functionality to someone who has a severed spinal cord.”

Back in January, Neuralink posted a job opening on its website for a clinical trial director to help "build the team responsible for enabling Neuralink's clinical research activities", and so It is of little surprise that Musk is aiming to push forward with human trials.

However, it is worth noting that the billionaire is well known for laying down overtly ambitious timelines for his many tech, infrastructure, and automotive projects, and considering the nature of the trials, it will be interesting to see if, and how quickly the FDA grants its approval to proceed to human testing.

Beyond its potential for improving the lives of people with disabilities, Musk also explained what he views to be the necessity of the device for the future of the human race. More specifically, he is concerned about our potential to keep up with advanced AI intelligence that may arise in the coming decades.

“Even in a benign scenario where the AI is very benevolent, then how do we even go along for the ride,” asked Musk. “The biggest limitation in going along for the ride and aligning AI is I think […] how quickly you can interact with the computer.”

He hopes that Neurolink will be a stepping stone toward bridging the AI-human intelligence gap. As always the future seems to be coming at us fast in a terrifying blend of dystopian optimism.

Stick with IGN to stay up to date with the biggest updates from around the scientific world.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Image Credit: Getty Images

Elon Musk wants his brain chip company Neuralink to begin human trials within the next six months.

During a recent ‘show and tell’ event, the billionaire revealed that the company would attempt to use the implants to allow blind people to see via cameras, help individuals with spinal injuries communicate, and possibly even regain the use of their bodies.

A Neuralink implant is a wireless chip-based system housed in an enclosure roughly the size of a quarter that is designed to be implanted in the skull, where it interfaces directly with the human brain via a series of minuscule wires. Each of these wires — which are the width of just a few red blood cells — carries a complement of 16 electrodes and is capable of both tracking signals sent from the brain, and stimulating them.

In order to be implanted, a surgeon must delicately cut away an outer layer of skin and flesh, before drilling out a section of the patient’s skull, and finally removing a layer of tough connective tissue — thus exposing the brain beneath.

A specially designed robot — which has been imaginatively named R1 — then gets to work individually inserting the ultra-thin electrode-bearing threads into precisely targeted sections of the brain. In a live demonstration that took place during the show and tell, it took the R1 robot just 20 minutes to install the implant’s 64 threads into a model brain.

The current ‘N1’ device has now been miniaturized to the extent that it matches the thickness of the skull layer removed to implant the chip. This allows the tech to occupy the hole where the bone once was, and be concealed under the skin.

According to Musk, putting a Neurolink interface in your head would be akin to replacing a piece of your skull with a smartwatch. Not the best sales pitch I’ve ever heard.

Livestream link for today’s event: https://t.co/Q9VFL9Fxav

See you at 6 pm PT

— Neuralink (@neuralink) November 30, 2022

While this is a daunting prospect, the possible future benefits of opting into such a device could be profound. Musk’s intent is to create a whole-brain interface that could be used medically to dramatically improve the lives of people with disabilities, and that in the long term could allow anyone to interact with technology using just the implant and the power of their minds.

The company has already tested its implant on a number of pigs and macaques. In 2021 Neuralink revealed that it had managed to train a monkey implanted with the device to play the arcade game Pong using nothing but the signals from its brain.

The monkey — named Pager — was first taught to play and understand the game using a regular joystick. During this process, the implant recorded Pager’s brain signals and identified which ones were being used to control the joystick, and therefore move the paddle.

The joystick was then removed, and the Macaque was able to successfully direct the paddle with its thoughts by communicating through the implanted Neuralink technology.

Since teaching a monkey how to play Pong, Neuralink has been busy testing and upgrading the technology in anticipation of a transition to human trials. According to Musk, the company has now submitted most of the relevant paperwork needed for such experiments to the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of human testing.

In this week’s show and tell presentation, the controversial entrepreneur reiterated his sweeping vision for the Neuralink implants and showcased the advancements that had been made in their testing and development.

Musk also revealed his timeline for human testing, stating that “In about six months we should be able to have our first Neuralink in a human.” He went on to explain that Neuralink’s animal testing is geared towards being “confirmatory, not exploratory”, and that stringent benchtop testing is undertaken before implanting an animal subject.

Animal rights groups had previously condemned the company’s treatment of its laboratory animals. As reported by CNN, a US non-profit group — The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — called for an investigation into the company’s practices, citing “egregious violations of the Animal Welfare Act related to the treatment of monkeys used in invasive brain experiments.”

“We are confident that someone who has basically no other interface with the outside world would be able to control their phone better than someone who has working hands.”

The company is now working with a troupe of six monkeys and has already upgraded the chip embedded in the macaque Pager’s skull. In the time since the Pong experiments, the monkeys have been encouraged to complete a series of tasks designed to test the interface, with the new hardware significantly increasing the speed at which they were able to interact with the technology using a mind-controlled curser.

One such test was showcased during the event, in which a monkey commanded a curser to move to a highlighted key on a virtual keyboard in order to write the words ‘welcome to show and tell’.

The display was designed to showcase the potential benefits that the technology could bring by allowing disabled individuals to communicate quickly using a mouse cursor or phone, without the need to interact with a physical device.

“We are confident that someone who has basically no other interface with the outside world would be able to control their phone better than someone who has working hands,” explained Musk.

The company is also working to futureproof the Neuralink implant by making it possible for surgeons to easily upgrade the hardware when a newer model becomes available. However, there are currently significant challenges that must be overcome — many of which are the result of our bodies’ impressive healing capabilities — if this is to be the case.

“Our goal will be to turn the lights on for someone who has spent decades living in the dark.”

Musk has already laid out two ambitious short to medium-term goals for when the FDA approves the testing of Neuralink implants in humans. The first is to restore a form of vision to patients who suffer from blindness.

“Even if someone has never had vision ever, like they were born blind, we believe we can still restore vision,” said Musk. “The visual part of the cortex is still there.”

This is theoretically possible due to the implant’s capacity to stimulate the brain, explains visual neuroscientist Dan Adams, a principle investigator at Neurolink.

If attached to the visual cortex, the stimulation from the wires could be used to bypass the human eye and form an image directly in the brain. This technique could also be scaleable, with a higher number of electrodes — and therefore stimuli — allowing for higher resolution images to be projected into the brain.

The scientists envision a future where data from a camera could be streamed to the implant, which in turn would stimulate the correct cells in the visual cortex to create a simplified version of the image in a person’s brain.

“Our goal will be to turn the lights on for someone who has spent decades living in the dark,” explained Adams.

Neuralink’s other primary goal is to help people with paralysis from spinal cord injuries communicate using technology.

“We are confident that there are no physical limitations to enabling full body functionality.”

Even more ambitiously, the company is hoping to “bridge the connection,” between the brain and the body, and transmit signals from the motor cortex to Neuralink devices in the spinal cord, which could then stimulate muscular movement.

Scientists have already tested this technique by implanting devices in the brain and spinal cord of a pig and were able to successfully manipulate the movement of one of its legs.

“We are confident that there are no physical limitations to enabling full body functionality,” explained Musk. “As miraculous as it may sound, we’re confident that it is possible to restore full body functionality to someone who has a severed spinal cord.”

Back in January, Neuralink posted a job opening on its website for a clinical trial director to help "build the team responsible for enabling Neuralink's clinical research activities", and so It is of little surprise that Musk is aiming to push forward with human trials.

However, it is worth noting that the billionaire is well known for laying down overtly ambitious timelines for his many tech, infrastructure, and automotive projects, and considering the nature of the trials, it will be interesting to see if, and how quickly the FDA grants its approval to proceed to human testing.

Beyond its potential for improving the lives of people with disabilities, Musk also explained what he views to be the necessity of the device for the future of the human race. More specifically, he is concerned about our potential to keep up with advanced AI intelligence that may arise in the coming decades.

“Even in a benign scenario where the AI is very benevolent, then how do we even go along for the ride,” asked Musk. “The biggest limitation in going along for the ride and aligning AI is I think […] how quickly you can interact with the computer.”

He hopes that Neurolink will be a stepping stone toward bridging the AI-human intelligence gap. As always the future seems to be coming at us fast in a terrifying blend of dystopian optimism.

Stick with IGN to stay up to date with the biggest updates from around the scientific world.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Image Credit: Getty Images

Angel Matrix announced that its first-person platformer game will be hitting PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on December 13.

The PlayStation 5 version will run at 120hz. “When precision matters, the high framerate makes a difference. We’ve also made the most of the system SSD to reduce load times significantly,” says game director Ben Esposito.

“It’s important that restarting levels is as quick and painless as possible. If you want to beat your friends’ leaderboard times, you’ll be restarting levels over and over again.”

The game will also take advantage of the PS5 DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers when players utilize each of their Soul Cards to traverse through the many levels and puzzles it has to offer.

“You’ll feel it when you’re moving faster on water and you’ll get a subtle confirmation when you successfully snipe a distant demon,” Esposito says. The DualSense controller will support gyroscope aiming too.

Neon White was first released on Nintendo Switch and PC on June 16. Be sure to check out some tips to get started on the game ahead of its PlayStation launch.

In IGN’s Neon White review, we said, “Neon White is a quick and compulsive first-person platformer that’s surprisingly simple to understand and play, but packs a very stern speedrunning challenge at its core.”

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. He's been writing about the industry since 2019 and has worked with other publications such as Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety.

When not writing about video games, George is playing video games. What a surprise! You can follow him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey

Angel Matrix announced that its first-person platformer game will be hitting PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on December 13.

The PlayStation 5 version will run at 120hz. “When precision matters, the high framerate makes a difference. We’ve also made the most of the system SSD to reduce load times significantly,” says game director Ben Esposito.

“It’s important that restarting levels is as quick and painless as possible. If you want to beat your friends’ leaderboard times, you’ll be restarting levels over and over again.”

The game will also take advantage of the PS5 DualSense controller’s adaptive triggers when players utilize each of their Soul Cards to traverse through the many levels and puzzles it has to offer.

“You’ll feel it when you’re moving faster on water and you’ll get a subtle confirmation when you successfully snipe a distant demon,” Esposito says. The DualSense controller will support gyroscope aiming too.

Neon White was first released on Nintendo Switch and PC on June 16. Be sure to check out some tips to get started on the game ahead of its PlayStation launch.

In IGN’s Neon White review, we said, “Neon White is a quick and compulsive first-person platformer that’s surprisingly simple to understand and play, but packs a very stern speedrunning challenge at its core.”

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. He's been writing about the industry since 2019 and has worked with other publications such as Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Variety.

When not writing about video games, George is playing video games. What a surprise! You can follow him on Twitter @Yinyangfooey

Frictional Games has announced the next game in the horrifying Amnesia series, Amnesia: The Bunker, and it’s potentially the biggest departure from the series yet.

The studio announced that their next Amnesia game will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in 2023. The developers are calling Amnesia: The Bunker their most open game yet with players able to explore a semi-open world with hardly any scripted events.

This means players can explore different paths and areas without being constrained, but the terror will come from an “ever-present threat” so be warned.

Furthermore, players will be able to choose their gameplay style as they will be equipped with both a revolver and noisy dynamo flashlight. While players can defend themselves, they’ll also be able to survive through stealth.

Amnesia: The Bunker will play as a French soldier haunted by his amnesia. The game is set in a dark, World War 1 bunker.

Frictional is promising multiple solutions for each task, puzzle, and other obstacles, all contributing to the new sense of freedom and openness in the new Amnesia game. The semi-open world actively encourages exploration and experimentation according to the developers, but each decision can change the outcome of how the game responds.

Given that the game is unscripted, objects, threats, and resources will also change in every playthrough.

Amnesia: The Bunker is the latest game in the Amnesia series following Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Amnesia: Rebirth. You can read IGN’s review for Amnesia: Rebirth here.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Frictional Games has announced the next game in the horrifying Amnesia series, Amnesia: The Bunker, and it’s potentially the biggest departure from the series yet.

The studio announced that their next Amnesia game will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC in 2023. The developers are calling Amnesia: The Bunker their most open game yet with players able to explore a semi-open world with hardly any scripted events.

This means players can explore different paths and areas without being constrained, but the terror will come from an “ever-present threat” so be warned.

Furthermore, players will be able to choose their gameplay style as they will be equipped with both a revolver and noisy dynamo flashlight. While players can defend themselves, they’ll also be able to survive through stealth.

Amnesia: The Bunker will play as a French soldier haunted by his amnesia. The game is set in a dark, World War 1 bunker.

Frictional is promising multiple solutions for each task, puzzle, and other obstacles, all contributing to the new sense of freedom and openness in the new Amnesia game. The semi-open world actively encourages exploration and experimentation according to the developers, but each decision can change the outcome of how the game responds.

Given that the game is unscripted, objects, threats, and resources will also change in every playthrough.

Amnesia: The Bunker is the latest game in the Amnesia series following Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Amnesia: Rebirth. You can read IGN’s review for Amnesia: Rebirth here.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Amazon has revealed that Simon Pegg is returning for The Boys Season 4 alongside a slew of new cast members.

Rosemarie Dewitt, who's previously featured in La La Land and Black Mirror, will star as Hughie Campbell's mother, presumably playing opposite Pegg in his role as the father.

Rob Benedict (from Supernatural, Lucifer, and more) will also join the cast alongside Elliot Knight (of How to Get Away with Murder, Titans, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and more), though neither actor has a confirmed casting as of yet.

They'll join previously confirmed new cast members of Susan Heyward as Sister Sage, Valorie Curry as Firecracker, Cameron Crovetti as Ryan, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (of Walking Dead fame).

Season 3 of The Boys wrapped in July 2022 and Season 4 is currently in production with no confirmed premiere date so far.

In our 9/10 review of last season, IGN said: "The Boys Season 3 achieves a balance between impactful storytelling and extreme violence that cements itself as one of the best shows on streaming, no matter year or genre."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Amazon has revealed that Simon Pegg is returning for The Boys Season 4 alongside a slew of new cast members.

Rosemarie Dewitt, who's previously featured in La La Land and Black Mirror, will star as Hughie Campbell's mother, presumably playing opposite Pegg in his role as the father.

Rob Benedict (from Supernatural, Lucifer, and more) will also join the cast alongside Elliot Knight (of How to Get Away with Murder, Titans, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and more), though neither actor has a confirmed casting as of yet.

They'll join previously confirmed new cast members of Susan Heyward as Sister Sage, Valorie Curry as Firecracker, Cameron Crovetti as Ryan, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (of Walking Dead fame).

Season 3 of The Boys wrapped in July 2022 and Season 4 is currently in production with no confirmed premiere date so far.

In our 9/10 review of last season, IGN said: "The Boys Season 3 achieves a balance between impactful storytelling and extreme violence that cements itself as one of the best shows on streaming, no matter year or genre."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.