Is the ‘Dawn of The Seven’ Movie From ‘The Boys’ Real?

One great thing about The Boys is their ability to make a fictional world feel real. The writers keep their fingers on the pulse of pop culture. They seamlessly work current themes and trends into the reality of corrupt superheroes. Stormfront and Homelander using memes to push propaganda and mega-corporation Vought International co-opting social movements to make a few extra bucks is all painfully on point.

They also offer a harsh critique of superheroes. Using beloved heroes from the universes of DC and Marvel, The Boys shows how they might really behave. The most famous of the heroes is the super-group called The Seven. Much like the Justice League or The Avengers, The Seven consists of superhumans who decided to work together for the greater good (the definition of “good” may vary). So, of course, they needed their own blockbuster to tell their story to the world—and sell tickets because capitalism is The Seven’s greater good.

Vought International (whoops, I meant to type Amazon) released a trailer for Dawn of The Seven and a full promotional website for the film. This may lead people to question if the movie is actually real.

The Dawn of The Seven

Although the trailer and website are very convincing, The Dawn of The Seven was never actually made. During season 2 of The Boys, we saw members of The Seven filming vapid, mass-marketable scenes from a script that depicted nothing the group had actually done. They juxtaposed all the quick quips and chummy behavior in front of the cameras against the deadly in-fighting behind the scenes.

In the first episode of season 3, The Seven (along with our man on the inside Hughie Campbell) attended the red carpet premiere of the movie. Most of the superheroes played themselves in the movie. Except for the deceased Translucent, as a stuntman played him with Seth Rogen providing the voice. Even though there were rewrites and re-casting, due to Stormfront being exposed as a Nazi, Vought International pushed for the film’s release. The movie worked as a way for them to control the superhero narrative while making money on ticket sales and film-related merchandise.

The Influence of Marvel and DC

The Boys is very much a satire of characters from Marvel and DC. Homelander is a stand-in for Superman, Queen Maeve is Wonder Woman, and so on. The group itself, lording over the world from their tall tower, is very reminiscent of how The Avengers and The Justice League live together. The Boys kept the gag going by making The Dawn of The Seven look and feel like a Marvel or DC movie.

Like The Avengers, The Dawn of The Seven is supposed to be a culmination film after several solo hero movies. They both also take place in New York, as opposed to DC’s Metropolis or Gotham City. Marvel and Vought Studios both used actress Charlize Theron as a surprise cameo. However, many of the similarities are with DC’s movies.

The title and logo of the fictional movie are very similar to DC’s 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Someone named Joss rewrote the script for Dawn of The Seven after Stormfront’s exposure and injuries. Very similar to Joss Whedon, who re-wrote much of 2017’s Justice League movie when he took over as director after Zack Snyder stepped down. One scene in The Boys references releasing the “Bourke Cut” of the movie. Much like the social media outcry to release the original Zack Snyder cut of Justice League, without all of Whedon’s vast changes. Not to mention both films were released when the production companies (fictional Vought and real-life Warner Brothers) faced scandals related to racism and sexism.

A full-length The Dawn of The Seven movie would be a hard pill to swallow since we know all the bad stuff about these supposed heroes. Instead, I would rather see a totally off-the-wall Billy Butcher and Hughie Campbell rom-com.

(feature image: Amazon Studios)