Eric Kripke, showrunner for The Boys, says that he doesn't want to keep pumping out more spinoffs of the hit series. Based on the comic series of the same name, The Boys first premiered on Amazon Prime on July 26, 2019. The show would become one of Prime's most successful original programs, and was renewed for several seasons. Season 3 ended on July 8, 2022, and season 4 is already in the works.
After two highly successful seasons, it was announced in September of 2020 that The Boys would have a spinoff series, entitled Gen V. The series will follow a superhero college run by Vought International and will explore the young adult Supes as they navigate college life while also having powers. Gen V will star Jaz Sinclair and Lizzie Broadway, with Patrick Schwarzenegger playing the recurring role of Golden Boy. The series is set to wrap filming in October of 2022, with no set release date as of yet.
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In an interview with The Wrap, Kripke says there isn't the need to jam spinoffs into The Boys universe. When it comes to Gen V, Kripke says that the producers "stumbled onto this idea," as opposed to actively looking for potential spinoff plots. Kripke says that Gen V will bring an honest, realistic look at college life to television, something which hasn't been done very often in the past. Read Kripke's full comment below:
“Me and Seth and Evan and Craig Rosenberg, we don’t feel the need to jam spinoffs out there. We were just talking and we stumbled onto this idea and we were so excited about it, we took it to Amazon. Because we think there’s a real opportunity to see another part of the Vought world. But probably, more importantly, to make a show that
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