Characters in Gen V might or might not make it onto The Seven.
Prime Video is actively constructing a superhero universe of its personal utilizing Dynamite’s The Boys as its base. After three seasons of The Boys, the streamer branched out earlier this fall with Gen V, a sequence primarily based at a Vought-run school for superheroes. Even although it was solely eight episodes lengthy, Gen V closely leaned into its predecessor and even featured main cameo appearances from the likes of Homelander (Antony Starr) and Billy Butcher (Karl Urban).
The characters of Gen V competed with one another for a spot on The Seven, the preeminent superhero workforce in this superhero universe. Even although Gen V already used the plot system, it is one thing the Prime property is not going to mine all too typically.
“That will always be the carrot,” Gen V showrunner Michele Fazekas stated of the sequence to TVLine. “It’s like, this is a thing that you want, but the carrot is interesting because the carrot’s starting to get rotten, and I think our people are starting to figure that out — which is not to say that they’re not going to take it anyway. Because if you limit their choices enough, it starts looking pretty good. But I don’t know… that’s another thing where you want to be very, very mindful of when you pull that card.”
How does Gen V tie into The Boys Season 4?
According to The Boys creator Eric Kripke, the fourth season of The Boys will decide up simply days after the primary season of Gen V.
“The Homelander stuff felt, to us, like a culmination of this season of Gen V, and I would say the Butcher cameo is more than anything else what sets up Season 4,” Kripke stated in a latest chat with Men’s Health. “Butcher, heading into Season 4, is well aware that there’s this virus out there that can kill superheroes. So, we wanted to see the ground zero of that moment, which is what we did in the very, very last moments of this season of Gen V.”
Gen V is the primary live-action spinoff of The Boys, the hit Prime Video sequence primarily based on the Dynamite Comics sequence. Set in Godolkin University, initially a parody of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters from Marvel’s X-Men comics, the sequence is described as “Hunger Games” at a school and the cutthroat world of younger supes making an attempt their finest to get on one in every of Vought’s tremendous groups, together with The Seven. Former Marvel’s Agent Carter showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters showrun the brand new sequence, which is government produced by The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke and Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, and Lizze Broadway lead the brand new solid of Gen V, which will even see some characters from The Boys make an look together with Jessie T. Usher as A-Train, Colby Minifie as Vought’s Ashley Barrett, and P.J. Byrne as director Adam Bourke.
All eight episodes of The Boys: Gen V Season One at the moment are streaming on Prime Video. The fourth season of The Boys will hit Prime Video subsequent 12 months.
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