The Boys Adds A Prequel to Its Stable of Spinoffs

The Boys only has a fistful of seasons nether its belt, but it hasn’t stopped Prime Video from spinning it retired into a larger franchise. With animated anthologies and college-bound supe antics nether its belt, wherever other tin the franchise spell but backwards, and besides Mexico, eventually?

During the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, the formed and unit of the deed bid revealed a caller bid by the sanction of Vought Rising was successful the works. Like the sanction implies, the “twisted murdery mystery” volition beryllium acceptable successful the ’50s and amusement the Vought Corporation became truthful almighty of a unit it could make its ain superheroes. Headlining the amusement are returning actors Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy) and Aya Cash (Stormfront), who’ll besides enforcement nutrient the amusement alongside Kripke and showrunner Paul Grellong.

“We cannot hold to stroke your minds and occupation your souls with this salacious, grisly saga drenched successful humor and Compound V,” said Kripke and Grellong (via Deadline). They sweetened the premise with the committedness of seeing Soldier successful his heyday and Stormfront’s “diabolical maneuvers” erstwhile she was an up-and-coming Clara Vought. Given how…not bully Soldier and Stormfront are arsenic people, and this being a execution mystery, you tin reasonably expect a batch of dormant bodies to travel successful their aftermath implicit the people of the series. And for Soldier Boy fans, adjacent much bully news: Ackles volition beryllium a bid regular for The Boys’ fifth play aft exiting successful play three.

Speaking of The Boys, season four continued to beryllium a deed for Prime Video. Viewership changeable up by 20%, delivering 55 cardinal viewers worldwide. It present stands arsenic the platform’s fourth-biggest TV play ever, and the 2nd most-viewed play aft Reacher season two. When you instrumentality that into account, it’s wide wherefore Prime wants more Boys… but for a movie, apparently.

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