This week is very special for superhero fans who are not afraid to give free rein to their wildest instincts: season 4 of The Boys starts Thursday on Prime Video with the first three episodes ready to return us to the world of comics Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
Amazon’s star series continues after three seasons that have been raising the bar little by little to very crazy heights, and this new batch of episodes is surely not far behind.
But we are not going to talk about season 4 of The Boysfor that you already have Dani Quesada’s review on the web, where he offers his verdict on the antics that Patriot, Butcher and company have prepared the eight episodes that await us in the coming weeks.
What we are going to talk about is the future of The Boysbecause it is already known when the series will end, although it does not imply that Amazon is going to give up one of the star properties of Prime Video.
The Boys It’s over, but it’s not the end
The premiere week of the fourth season has been chosen by Eric Kripkecreator of the television adaptation of the comics from Ennis and Robertson, to confirm that the next installment, The fifth will be the one that offers us the conclusion of The Boys.
Kripke has highlighted, as stated Entertainment Weeklythat five is the magic number for a television series and that giving The Boys That number of seasons was always his plan.
The showrunner admits on Twitter (X) that he is happy to be able to lead the story to “its bloody, epic, wet climax“, something that any fan of The Boys search each episode of the series.
Going back to the Entertainment Weekly article, the end of The Boys in season 5 is not the end of this wild universe where superheroes are easily corruptible by a tremendously volatile society.
The franchise has already had two spin-offs: the animated series The Boys: Diabolical and Gene Vthe live-action spin-off project that fascinated fans in 2023 with its bizarre vision of the Godolkin University —which has its own website, by the way—, where the future “supers” of Vought develop their potential.
The success of Gene V made Prime Video give the green light to a second season that is already in production, despite the setback caused by the tragic death of Chance Perdomopart of the main cast.
It is also in process The Boys: Mexicoanother spin-off that will take us away from American territory to explore other countries in this alternative world where superheroes are very real and very media.
Kripke recently highlighted that let’s not rush with the progress of The Boys: Mexicobut it is a project that is on the roadmap to expand the franchise, despite the fact that the original series already glimpses its conclusion.
For now, we will enjoy season 4 of The Boys from tomorrowwhen those first three episodes land in the Prime Video catalog to continue with the misdeeds of The seven and from Carnicero’s group.
