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3 days ago
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- Yahoo
The Boys season 5: everything we know so far about the popular Prime Video show's final entry
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Boys season 5: key information - Announced in May 2024- Will be the hit series' final installment- Principal photography wrapped in July 2025- No release date or trailer revealed yet- Main cast members will return- New cast additions announced in late 2024 and February 2025- Story will pick up after The Boys season 4 and Gen V season 2- Could set up Gen V season 3- A prequel spin-off series is already in development The countdown to The Boys season 5 is officially on. With filming wrapping on the hugely popular Prime Video show's final installment in early July, the clock is ticking on its yet-to-be-announced release on Amazon's streaming platform. So, what do we know about The Boys' final season ahead of launch? Below, I've rounded up the latest and biggest news on one of the best Prime Video shows' final hurrah. Indeed, I speculate on when it might arrive, and provide more details on its confirmed cast, plot specifics, and where the franchise may go after the mainline series end. Full spoilers follow for The Boys season 4. Potential season 5 spoilers are also on the way. The Boys season 5 release date: what we know The Boys season 5 doesn't have a release date yet. However, after Amazon confirmed the popular Prime Video show was getting a fifth installment in May 2024, filming began a few months later. As showrunner Eric Kripke announced on Instagram (see above) recently, principal photography ended on July 2. So, when will The Boys' fifth chapter be released on one of the world's best streaming services? Amazon hasn't announced an official date, but has confirmed a 2026 release window on X/Twitter. My prediction? The Boys season 5 will make its bow in mid-2026, with a May or June release window the most likely scenario. That would be in keeping with many of its forebears' releases, with all but one of the series' seasons debuting in the summer (that's winter for southern hemisphere viewers) of their respective launch years. The Boys season 5 trailer: is there one? Nope. I'd be surprised if we get one before early 2026 at the, well, earliest, too. I'll update this section once one is release. The Boys season 5 cast: confirmed and rumored Major spoilers follow for The Boys season 4. Based on how The Boys season 4 ended, plus cast additions that have been announced for the show's final entry, here's who I expect to see next time around: Karl Urban as William 'Billy' Butcher Jack Quaid as Hugh 'Hughie' Campbell Antony Starr as Homelander Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight Laz Alonso as Marvin Milk/Mother's Milk Jessie T Usher as Reggie Franklin/A-Train Chace Crawford as Kevin Moskowitz/The Deep Tomer Capone as Serge/Frenchie Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir 2.0 Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett Cameron Crovetti as Ryan Butcher Susan Heyward as Jessica Bradley/Sister Sage Valorie Curry as Misty Gray/Firecracker Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy Mason Dye as Bombsight Jared Padalecki as TBC Misha Collins as TBC Daveed Diggs as TBC Everyone except the final four names on that list have appeared throughout the series and/or season 4. On the newcomers front, the headline news is that Prime Video has put a Supernatural spin on The Boys season 5 cast with the additions of Padalecki and Collins. They've reunited with Kripke, who was Supernatural's showrunner, and fellow Supernatural alumnus Jensen Ackles. It's unclear who Padalecki and Collins are playing, though. Elsewhere, The Boys' social media channels confirmed Diggs (Snowpiercer, Hamilton) has signed on in an undisclosed role and announced Dye (Stranger Things, Finding Carter) is on board as a new Supe called Bombsight. Those announcements came in September and October 2024. That list isn't an exhaustive one, either. Shantel VanShanten, who's portrayed Becca Butcher on and off throughout the show, could feature as the imaginary angel on Billy's shoulder if he ever stops listening to the devilish mirage that is Morgan's Kessler, who I'd also expect to return. And what about teen Supes who appeared in Gen V season 1?. Much depends on what happens in Gen V season 2, but we could also see Marie, Jordan, and Emma make the jump to the main show. Cate and Sam, who appeared in The Boys 4, could reappear in its sequel, too. Andre won't show up, though, following the death of actor Chance Perdomo in March 2024. Two other individuals who won't be back are Laila Robins' Grace Mallory and Claudia Doumit's Victoria Neuman. They were killed by Ryan and Billy respectively in season 4's final episode so, unless they cameo in flashback sequences or as hallucinatory figures, we've seen the last of these characters. The Boys season 5 story speculation Full spoilers follow for The Boys season 4 and Gen V season 1. The Boys season 5 doesn't have an official plot synopsis yet. However, based on its predecessor's finale (read our article on The Boys season 4 ending explained for more details), we can speculate on what'll occur in its first few episodes. Before we get into that, though, Kripke has revealed the title for season 5 episode 1, which you can view below. The obvious place to start is the 'new world order' established by Homelander becoming the US' new de facto president. He's not technically the leader of the western world's biggest/most profitable nation, but he's essentially the grand orchestrator of things, with Senator Calhoun installed as a puppet president in season 4 episode 8, aka 'Assassination Run'. What does this mean? Supes are now hardline law enforcers who report directly to Homelander and round up and/or kill anyone that he deems to be a threat. That includes the titular gang, with Hughie, Frenchie, and Mother's Milk being kidnapped at the end of 'Assassination Run'. Kimiko was captured alongside Frenchie and, given she's superhuman, I suspect she'll be forced to join Homelander's new special forces against her will. As for Annie January/Starlight, she managed to escape; Hughie's superpowered girlfriend fleeing into the sky – with Hughie's blessing – to evade capture. I wouldn't be surprised if she covertly tries to locate some fellow superpowered people to help her rescue Hughie and company. Meanwhile, Billy has also evaded Homelander's clutches, with The Boys' double-crossing former leader heading to pastures unknown with the only vial of Supe-killing virus on the planet. Kripke said that deflating ending was intentionally chosen to set up a fifth season where the titular gang were at their lowest ebb. "I think the finale of season four really shows you that we've been planning five years all along, because there's no way a show goes one more season after the events of that finale", he told LadBible. "As far as we're concerned, it's our show's version of the apocalypse. "Homelander gets everything he has wanted from the beginning, which is to completely remake the United States in his image, and according to his whims. The boys are at their lowest point, most of them are captured, and we worry for their future. "I always look at it as of the five seasons, we're kind of at that point, that's sort of the end of the second act of a movie where everyone's really at their low point, and they've all faced their own personal demons. Now, they need to really come together in the fifth season and save the world." As for the aforementioned virus, it's unclear how Billy will use it. Does he want to save it for Homelander specifically or, based on the dark side of the persona (aka his hallucinations of former best bud Joe Kessler), will he try and work out how to mass produce it, and then employ his 'scorched earth' policy to kill every Supe? The latter would surely mean he meets fierce resistance from The Boys, who count the superpowered Annie and Kimiko among their posse. The good side of his persona (ie his visions of Becca Butcher) may try to prevent him from using it on a national and/or global scale, too, as doing so would kill Ryan, aka Becca's son who Billy is sworn to protect. Let's not forget that, after injecting himself with Compound V in season 4, Billy has put himself in the firing line if he released the virus worldwide. That said, he's dying from a super form of cancer after he continually took the experimental Temp-V serum in The Boys season 3 (read our ending explainer on The Boys season 3 for more), so he'll just consider himself to be necessary cannon fodder if it means wiping out every Supe with the pathogen. There are plenty of other questions that The Boys season 5 needs to address or, more importantly, answer before its final credits roll. Where did Ryan go after he escaped the CIA's safehouse? Will we see A-Train and Queen Maeve again and, if so, will they side with The Boys to take down Homelander and/or Billy? What powers did Ashley acquire after taking Compound V? And, after he was saved from another prison stint by his recently deceased adoptive daughter Victoria Neuman, where on earth is former Vought CEO Stan Edgar? That's before we even consider the potential impact Gen V season 2 will have. Indeed, its first trailer appears to set the stage for The Boys season 5 and, with some characters from the main show set to cameo, there'll be even more crossover between the series' stories than before. As for how The Boys franchise's primary story will end, Kripke said (via Collider): "It's so hard to land that plane, much less we're landing eight different planes. I am appropriately respectful and have an appropriate amount of trepidation for how hard that job is. I'm not walking into it cocky at all. I'm walking into it like 'Okay, let's second and triple guess every single decision because we really wanna land this plane'... I've got to make sure I stick that moment.' What does the future hold for The Boys on Prime Video? Gen V season 2 aside, there's only one other spin-off that's been announced: Vought Rising. Set in the 1950s, the murder mystery-inspired prequel series, which was one of nine big Comic-Con 2024 announcements we're most excited for, will explore the origins of the Supe-developing corporation Vought Inc. and the not-so-humble beginnings of Ackles' Soldier Boy. Stormfront, who was played by Aya Cash in The Boys season 2, will also feature heavily throughout. It could also feature the first-ever Herogasm, too. Meanwhile, there were rumors that another The Boys spin-off show was in the works, which was said to involve Star Wars: Andor's lead Diego Luna. The second live-action spin-off is believed to be based in Mexico, but there's been no more news on whether it's still in development. Speaking to Collider in November 2022, The Boys executive producer Seth Rogen also expressed his wish to make a second season of animated anthology spin-off The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Again, there's nothing new to report on whether it's moving forward. Lastly, we don't know if Gen V will return for a third season yet. I'd be surprised if it didn't, but The Boys season 5's ending will likely dictate its future. If there are narrative beats left over from the main show, Gen V season 3 would be the ideal candidate to tie up any loose ends. For more Prime Video-based coverage, read our guides on Fallout season 2, The Rings of Power season 2, and the best Prime Video movies to stream today. Solve the daily Crossword
UPI
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Prime Video to bring 'Gen V,' 'Upload' to San Diego Comic-Con
July 14 (UPI) -- Prime Video has announced its programming panels for the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con. The streamer will showcase such series as The Mighty Nein, The Legend of Vox Machina, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Upload, Butterfly and Gen V. The lineup kicks off with a July 24 11:15 p.m. panel featuring cast members from Mighty Nein and Vox Machina. Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O'Brien, Ashley Jonson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham will be in attendance. Vivenne Medrano, Erika Henningsen, Amir Talai, Brandon Rogers and Richard Horvitz will be present during the 12:30 p.m. "Hellaverse" panel, which includes both Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. The Upload Complete panel July 25 features "clips and conversation with Greg Daniels and the cast of Upload, while Daniel Dae Kim and other cast and crew will present Butterfly during the 1:30 p.m. panel. Jaz Sinclair, Erek Luh, Maddie Phillips, Hamish Linklater and P.J. Byrne are among the cast members who will attend the Gen V panel at 3:45 p.m. The Boys spinoff was renewed for Season 2 in 2023.
Forbes
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Some Bad News About ‘The Boys' Season 5 Release Date
The Boys If you were hoping that you'd be able to watch the series finale of The Boys any time soon, prepare to be disappointed. Only just now has Amazon announced that The Boys season 5 has ended filming. Good news, right? Yes and no, as the post-production time this series has from now until release indicates a very, very long wait. Using season 4 as the last test, that season of The Boys wrapped filming on April 12, 2024. Season 4 of the show was not released until June 13, 2024. That's another full 14 months of production. So, taking today's July 2025 filming wrap date and going another 14 months past that, we arrive in September 2026, meaning it will be two years and three months between season 4 and season 5, which I believe is longer than the industry average, even in this era filled with huge seasonal gaps. In the interim, however, we will have the second season of Gen V, the college-based spin-off of The Boys, which will arrive in September 2025 as a stopgap until September 2026's The Boys season 5 release. I would argue that Gen V is actually a better show than The Boys at this point, but that's neither here nor there. The Boys We also still have two confirmed spin-offs in the works, the prequel Vought Rising series and the upcoming The Boys: Mexico, which still seem to be happening. Or at least we haven't heard that either is cancelled yet. Both would likely not air until after The Boys season 5 ends the mainline series, and then we enter The Walking Dead territory where the IP lives on through a series of spin-offs. This is something that Netflix is doing with increasing regularity with its big series. Reacher gaps are now being filled by its upcoming spin-off, Neagley, about his long-term friend and partner. We have learned that the popular Terminal List will not return for season 2 any time soon but will instead get the one-off prequel show, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, starring Taylor Kitsch's character that will arrive in August. We still don't have an exact date for season 2 of the main Terminal List series with Chris Pratt. I'm not wild about waiting another 14 months from today to watch the series finale of The Boys. Actually, it will be two months after that, given that Amazon does not do binge releases for the most part. But this is how streaming works now, like it or not. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Tom's Guide
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
'The Boys' season 5 reportedly just finished filming — here's when we think it'll debut on Prime Video
"The Boys" season 5 could be arriving on Prime Video sooner than we think. On Saturday (June 21), actress Isabella Crovetti posted a pair of photos to their Instagram story from what appeared to be the "The Boys" season 5 wrap party (h/t Bleeding Cool). The photos have since disappeared, but the fan account The Boys Universe screencaptured the photos and shared them on their own Instagram account. A post shared by The Boys Universe (@ A photo posted by on Isabella might not be a familiar name to fans of Prime Video's superhero show, but her brother Cameron Crovetti plays Ryan Butcher on the show and is set to have a big role in the show's final season. As the illegitimate, superpowered son of Homelander (Antony Starr) and Billy Butcher's wife Becca (Shantel VanSanten), he could even be the deciding factor in the war between Homelander and Butcher (Karl Urban). Cameron wasn't the only one spotted at the wrap party, though. Posts from The Boys Universe showed some other show stars in attendance, including Jessie T. Usher (A-Train), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), Starr, Nathan Mitchell (Balck Noir II) and Erin Moriarty (Starlight). Barring these photos turning out to be the greatest photoshopped/generative AI-created images ever, it sure looks like "The Boys" has finished principal photography on season 5. Reshoots may eventually be needed, but the final season seems to be ready for the edit bay. But when will we see the last batch of episodes be released on Prime Video? Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. I still think that season 5 won't premiere on Prime Video until 2026. Back in May 2024, both show creator Eric Kripke and show star Karl Urban indicated that season 5 was about two years away. Things may be currently ahead of schedule, given that a May 2026 release window would give "The Boys" a pretty long post-production window of around 11 months, but I don't think they're so far ahead that episodes will be ready in 2025. Plus, the Prime Video release calendar is starting to fill out. "Gen V," the spin-off show of "The Boys," drops its second season in September, and it seems that "Gen V" season 2 will be set between seasons 4 and 5 of "The Boys." That means "The Boys" can't arrive until after the October 22 "Gen V" season 2 finale. Then, "Fallout" season 2 premieres in December, likely extending into January 2026. To allow Prime Video's IP shows room to breathe, that signals to me "The Boys" season 5 won't come any earlier than February 2026. That'd still be a few months ahead of our current projection of May 2026, but with filming now wrapped, I won't be shocked if we see "The Boys" season 5 premiere in early Spring 2026. Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He's not one to shy away from a hot take, including that "John Wick" is one of the four greatest films ever made. Here's what he's been watching lately:
Forbes
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
An Unfortunate Update On The Distant ‘The Boys' Season 5 Release Date
The Boys The Boys only has one more season left to go, and according to social media, it appears filming has now wrapped for season 5. That's good news on its own, I suppose, but in the context of when season 5's release date will actually arrive, that's a different matter entirely. We can use season 4 to judge the distance between filming wrapping on a season and its release. In that case, filming on The Boys season 4 ended on April 12, 2023. Then, the season aired on June 13, 2024, meaning that post-production took 14 months after filming until season 4 actually aired. Doing that math, 14 months from today would be August 2026. That would be over two years since season 4 aired, yet another giant gap in the streaming era, though I guess these days we have to be thankful when things aren't three years, sadly. However, the benefit of giving your shows spin-off series is that you have something to fill the time. In this case, that would be the release of Gen V season 2, which will air on September 17, 2025. Given that I liked Gen V season 1 better than recent entries of The Boys, I'm genuinely looking forward to that. I'm not clear on what the status of another spin-off, The Boys: Mexico, currently is or when it's going to change its name from that. There's one more past that, Vought Rising, a prequel series. Amazon is not letting this go just because the main series ends, Walking Dead style. But at least Gen V has been no Fear the Walking Dead to start with here. The Boys The Boys has gotten additional attention as of late after the election of Donald Trump for a second term. While The Boys has always been a political parody, it's gotten more pronounced the last few years with some literal 1:1 moments from real life. Social media for the show reacts quickly to real events for promotion (most recently, The Deep was used for a DOGE/Elon Musk parody). Homelander's Antony Starr has recently commented that he's glad the series is ending as he doesn't want the series to not go out on top: While it does seem extremely likely Homelander will not survive the finale, it remains to be seen whether he could possibly show up in a spin-off if events are taking place in the past. But unfortunately, we are going to need to wait more than a year until we figure out how season 5 will end. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
