“Boys” Spin-Off “Vought Rising” Is Ongoing
While the main series of “The Boys” is about to end with its fifth season, that doesn’t mean the end of the franchise.
The fate of “Gen V” remains up in the air; a third season hasn’t been confirmed as yet, but the show hasn’t been cancelled either.
Waiting in the wings for later this year is “Vought Rising,” the prequel spin-off that is dubbed a twisted murder mystery tied to the origins of Vought in the 1950s, along with the early exploits of Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), and the diabolical maneuvers of Stormfront (Aya Cash).
Speaking with Collider while promoting “The Boys” final run, Ackles says as far as he’s aware, “Vought Rising” isn’t a one-off but designed as an ongoing series:
“I think the intent is to do multiple seasons. When they pitched it, they were like, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about doing this prequel thing, going back to the 1950s with Soldier Boy.’ I don’t think I let them finish the sentence before I was like, ‘Yes!’ But I know that the intent is to have it be a multi-season show.”
Speaking about how his character will differ from his portrayal on “The Boys,” Ackles says the new show will offer a better insight as to how he ended up the way he did and what he was like in his element:
“Listen, it’s going to feel familiar, as far as the format of it all, because I think that’s taking what really works with The Boys and trying to do something a little bit different with it, certainly as a period piece in the 1950s. But I’ll speak personally. The Soldier Boy aspect of it is I’m used to playing and we’re used to seeing Soldier Boy in modern times, but he is a, I like to say, analog man in a digital world, so he’s a fish out of water with what we know of him now.
Now we’re getting to see him be relevant, getting to see him in his actual environment where he feels like this is where he belongs. He’s the top dog. But you also get to see the experience as to why he ended up the way he did. We get to kind of peel back the layers of what truly happened in that time.”
The first two episodes of “The Boys” premiere on April 8th on Amazon Prime Video.
“Boys” Spin-Off “Vought Rising” Is Ongoing
While the main series of “The Boys” is about to end with its fifth season, that doesn’t mean the end of the franchise.
The fate of “Gen V” remains up in the air; a third season hasn’t been confirmed as yet, but the show hasn’t been cancelled either.
Waiting in the wings for later this year is “Vought Rising,” the prequel spin-off that is dubbed a twisted murder mystery tied to the origins of Vought in the 1950s, along with the early exploits of Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), and the diabolical maneuvers of Stormfront (Aya Cash).
Speaking with Collider while promoting “The Boys” final run, Ackles says as far as he’s aware, “Vought Rising” isn’t a one-off but designed as an ongoing series:
“I think the intent is to do multiple seasons. When they pitched it, they were like, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about doing this prequel thing, going back to the 1950s with Soldier Boy.’ I don’t think I let them finish the sentence before I was like, ‘Yes!’ But I know that the intent is to have it be a multi-season show.”
Speaking about how his character will differ from his portrayal on “The Boys,” Ackles says the new show will offer a better insight as to how he ended up the way he did and what he was like in his element:
“Listen, it’s going to feel familiar, as far as the format of it all, because I think that’s taking what really works with The Boys and trying to do something a little bit different with it, certainly as a period piece in the 1950s. But I’ll speak personally. The Soldier Boy aspect of it is I’m used to playing and we’re used to seeing Soldier Boy in modern times, but he is a, I like to say, analog man in a digital world, so he’s a fish out of water with what we know of him now.
Now we’re getting to see him be relevant, getting to see him in his actual environment where he feels like this is where he belongs. He’s the top dog. But you also get to see the experience as to why he ended up the way he did. We get to kind of peel back the layers of what truly happened in that time.”
The first two episodes of “The Boys” premiere on April 8th on Amazon Prime Video.