Sure, I’ve grown accustomed to the fact that the 2025 TV schedule isn’t going to suddenly feature any golden goose-egg surprises such as a secretly already produced fourth season of Reacher. Alan Ritchson & Co. are currently filming new episodes in the wake of the Neagley spinoff’s production wrapping, but those won’t be around for another year or so. That knowledge doesn’t make waiting any easier, but something that 100% does help is having another taut action thriller to watch in its stead.
I had my suspicions that the upcoming spies-and-’splosions series Butterfly could scratch that itch, due in part to it boasting a star and executive producer in Hawaii Five-0 vet Daniel Dae Kim. Also, like Reacher, The Boys, and several other action-packed TV faves in recent years, it’ll be available to stream with an Amazon Prime subscription. Now take a look at Butterfly’s first trailer to see why I’m excited.
fighting Beth Dutton on Yellowstone to a Grey’s Anatomy hostage situation, so I guess it’s a natural enough evolution for her. I do hope she doesn’t spent most of the movie glaring at screens and phones inside an office, though.
Developed for TV by Gotham and The Mentalist vet Ken Woodruff and novelist Steph Cha (Your House Will Pay), Butterfly also stars Charles Parnell, Kim Ji-hoon, Park Hae-soo, Kim Tae-hee, Nayoon Kim and Sean Dulake.
Daniel Dae Kim is set to be celebrated around the globe when his Fire Lord Ozai is featured in a far bigger way for the upcoming Netflix series Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2. But he’ll get to kick ass in a totally different way in this new series that is already making me forget Reacher‘s name. Okay, not really.
Butterfly will make its debut on Prime Video on Wednesday, August 13.