The Boys is getting a prequel series called Vought Rising starring characters Soldier Boy and Stormfront.
Announced during a San Diego Comic-Con 2024 panel attended by IGN, Vought Rising will see Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash reprise their roles from Prime Video’s smash hit series, with The Boys executive producer Paul Grellong in place as showrunner.
Ackles announced Vought Rising on-stage, and said the producers are currently writing the scripts. Vought Rising is described as a lurid prequel set in the 1950s about the humble beginnings of monstrous corporation Vought. Cash then appeared via a recorded video to announce her involvement, and to say she’s read the scripts. “We’ve got everything from Judy Garland to Paul McCartney,” she said.
Meanwhile, during the same SDCC panel, Prime Video showed a new Gen V Season 2 teaser trailer that featured The Deep, confirming the supervillain’s appearance in the spin-off. Gen V is set in a college specifically for young adult superheros. The teaser trailer was narrated by actor Hamish Linklater, who said: "With God’s grace, good will conquer evil. Godolkin University is where you can join the fight." The trailer ends with the reveal that it's a recruitment video, with Linklater surrounded by students, saying to camera: "Join us this fall and become the hero our world so desperately needs."
The Boys just wrapped up its Season 4 finale (complete with accompanying warning from Amazon). Season 5 will be its last. During the SDCC panel, showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed Soldier Boy will be a regular in Season 5: "So he’s back. The motherf***er is back."
For more, check out everything announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 so far.
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