TV’s best superhero show is back and more depraved than ever

The Boys returns for a second season on Amazon Prime Video. Plus, Hilary Swank leads an astronaut tearjerker, Mulan skips theaters and goes straight to Disney+ for a blockbuster price, and mucho more. Happy Labor Day weekend! The latest show no longer going forward due to COVID-19 is a very disappointing one. [Deadline]( reported yesterday that Amazon has called off plans to resume production on Cortes y Moctezuma, which was two weeks into filming in Mexico when the pandemic hit. It’s too expensive to start it back up, even though Amazon and its production partner Amblin had already built a set of replica pyramids. The epic historical limited series, about the battle between Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes’ (Javier Bardem) and Aztec emperor Montezuma (Tenoch Huerta) that changed the course of history, was going to be the largest Spanish-language production of all time, with a script written by Schindler’s List and The Irishman’s Steve Zaillian. I was really looking forward to this one. I hate 2020. Here are this weekend’s TV picks. -Liam [Your Watch This Now! newsletter is created by Senior Recommendations and Reviews Editor Tim Surette and more show-obsessed editors at TV Guide!]( Season 2 premiere now on Amazon Prime Video [The Boys are back in town]( One of Amazon's biggest hits returns for its second season of superbad superheroes and, possibly, more dolphin erotica. Eric Kripke's adaptation of the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson graphic novels follows a group of vigilantes looking to expose a team of superheroes for the morally bereft douchebags that they are. In this world, a corporate entity has commercialized a group of superpowered saviors with movie franchises, product endorsements, and a run at a military contract. Season 2 adds Aya Cash as a new hero, Stormfront, who's said to be even more villainous than the show's current master of evil, Homelander (Antony Starr). [It's violent, it's gory, and it's hilarious](. -Tim Surette Now on Netflix [Go Away]( Jason Katims, the executive producer of emotionally complex tearjerker series like Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, is one of the people behind Away, a [big-budget sci-fi drama series]( about the personal struggles of astronauts in space and their families at home. Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars as Emma Green, who leaves her husband (Josh Charles) and teenage daughter (Talitha Bateman) behind as she commands a three-year mission to Mars alongside an international crew. The series, created by Andrew Hinderaker and executive produced by Katims, has the signature Katims themes of family, hope, and reliance on others, in a setting we've never seen him work in before. Now on Disney+ [You can stream Mulan, but it will cost you]( Disney's latest live-action reboot of one of its classic animated films is skipping theaters and dropping on Disney+ due to the pandemic, which is a nice thing, but there's a catch: It will cost an [additional on-demand fee of $30]( on top of the usual Disney+ monthly subscription, though it will be available at no additional cost in December. It's a steep price for an on-demand movie, but Disney spent a lot of money on this (it's the most expensive movie ever made by a female director, with Niki Caro given a budget of $200 million, approximately $197 million more than she had for Whale Rider), and they'll be damned if they take a loss. The movie itself looks really good, with beautiful visuals and an updated, action-packed, Mushu the Dragon-free take on the 1998 film. SPONSORED [Get the entertainment you want, without cable.]( Looking for something new? Try fuboTV’s 100+ live TV channels, plus movies and shows on demand. [Try For Free]( [Here are the new shows and movies on Netflix this week]( A new week on Netflix begins today, and highlights include [The Babysitter: Killer Queen]( the sequel to 2017’s goofy slasher flick, directed by popcorn maestro McG and featuring controversial starlet Bella Thorne. [The best romantic comedies on Netflix]( In honor of the new rom-com Love, Guaranteed, we rounded up [our favorite romantic movies to watch on Netflix](. [Unsubscribe]( | [View online]( ©2020 CBS Interactive | All Rights Reserved. CBS Interactive - [235 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94105](#) [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions](