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With the filming of the new batch of episodes already under way (we recently got afirst look at Billy), here is our guide to everything you need to know about The Boys season 5 release date, cast, plot, and so much more. Are you ready for a right diabolical time?
Since its release in 2019, The Boys has become one of thebest TV showsof our time, as well as one ofPrime Video’s best seriesever. In a moment when Avengers: Endgame was making box office history, this adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comics offered a brilliantly unhinged commentary on the superhero world, popular culture obsessions, and abuse of power. It’s also absolutely hilarious, and incredibly meme-able.
Following the cliffhanger at theending of season 4, The Boys season 5 will have the difficult task of wrapping up all the show’s open storylines, including the neverending battle between Homelander and Billy Butcher.In this guide to The Boys season 5, we’ve reunited the latest news, updates, exclusive quotes, and more.
The Boys season 5 release date speculation
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Currently, we don’t know when The Boys season 5 release date will be announced. However, based on past season patterns, we expect the series to return sometime in2026.
Filming for the eight-episode season is now under way, and will run through to the middle of 2025.
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In early December, actor Karl Urban shared atypically Billy Butcher look on Instagram, covered in blood and holding up five fingers. The show’s creator Eric Kripke also shared abehind-the-scenes picture on Xwith some of the main cast, but so far those are all the updates we’ve had from set.
In arecent interview, creator Eric Kripke addressed the new season, revealing he “lives in absolute terror of becoming the thing we’ve been satirizing for five years.”
“The thing about The Boys is that it’s punk rock, and it hurts extra hard when punk rockers sell out. I’m really working hard not to sell out,” he added.
Stay tuned for more updates!
They saved me. They saved me in every way a man can be saved. Feast your eyes on the first #Season5 #BTS pic! (Photo credit to @itsNateMitchell) #TheBoys @TheBoysTV @PrimeVideo @SPTV @chacecrawford pic.twitter.com/d4qOThDNH7December 4, 2024
They saved me. They saved me in every way a man can be saved. Feast your eyes on the first #Season5 #BTS pic! (Photo credit to @itsNateMitchell) #TheBoys @TheBoysTV @PrimeVideo @SPTV @chacecrawford pic.twitter.com/d4qOThDNH7December 4, 2024
Is The Boys Season 5 the final season?
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Yes, The Boys season 5 will be the final installment of the beloved superhero show. Unfortunately, this decision is unlikely to change since The Boys' team has been clear on the series' due date for years now.
During an interview withTV Line, showrunner Eric Kripke explained how they had decided that Season 5 would be the last entry all the way back when they were working on The Boys season 3.
Kripke went on to share thisseason 5 news with his followers on X, posting a screenshot of the final page of The Boys season 4 episode 8’s script. “Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season!” His caption read. “Always my plan; I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought.”
#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun! pic.twitter.com/3p7Wt4jGA6June 11, 2024
#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun! pic.twitter.com/3p7Wt4jGA6June 11, 2024
The good news is that even if The Boys is over next season, The Boys universe is still thriving.
In fact,Gen V season 2has already supposedlystarted filming. On top of that,a new The Boys spin-off(titled Vought Rising) set during the ’50s was announced at SDCC 2024. So don’t worry; there’s still plenty for us to enjoy!
The Boys season 5 cast
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We are still waiting for The Boys season 5 cast to be confirmed in full. However, after the events of the last episode of season 4 (read ourThe Boys season 4 episode 8 recapfor more juicy details), we have some strong guesses on who will be returning to the series. Warning: spoilers ahead!
In our The Boys season 4ending explained guide, we broke down howClaudia Domit’scharacter, Victoria Neuman, won’t be making a comeback since she died for good. We also know thatJeffrey Dean Morganwon’t be returning as Joe Kessler. Joe died off-screen during the ‘Dirty Business’ episode, and we are pretty sure there won’t be any surprise resurrections for him either.
However,Jensen Acklesis returning as Soldier Boy in The Boys season 5. Thisbig reveal came during SDCC 2024, and it seems like this comeback will show us more about his relationship and feelings toward his son, Homelander. Hopefully, their upcoming father-son talk will be a tad less destructive than their last one back in season 3, right? Eric Kripke confirmed that Ackles' return is all about digging deeper into that dynamic.
He told us at SDCC: “You know, what we realized was we really hadn’t explored the father-son relationship much between Homelander and Soldier Boy. There’s a lot of material there, how Soldier Boy feels about Homelander, how Homelander feels about his dad, and so we really wanted to dig into that relationship.”
However, aside from returning cast members, it looks like there will be a few new faces joining the series in its final installment too. In October 2024, The Boys castStranger Things star Mason Dye in season 5as a seemingly ageless Supe named Bombsight. Although we haven’t met the Supe, he was mentioned in The Boys season 4.
Read the full expected The Boys season 5 cast list below:
The Boys season 5 plot
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While we don’t have an official plot synopsis for The Boys season 5 just yet, the season 4 finale gave us lots of clues about the series' direction. During the final episode, we saw Butcher go a bit off the rails, killing multiple people and running off with the Supe-killing virus.
If all of that wasn’t enough already, The Boys season 5 will have to address the whereabouts of Homelander’s son Ryan as well s A-Train. There is also the seemingly pesky case of brainwashing that befell Frenchie in the last episode of The Boys season 4 that needs some clarification. Oh yeah, and did we mention thatThe Boys season 4 post-credit scenealso revealed that Soldier Boy had been cryogenically frozen? We know he’s going to be unfrozen, but the implications of that fact are still a mystery.
Speaking toGamesRadar+ at SDCC, creator Eric Kripke also confirmed there was “no guarantee” that any of the returning cast would survive the final season.
“There’s no guarantee who’s going to survive because you don’t have to keep [the cast] for another season,” Kripke said. “So you can have really shocking, big things happen all the time. The writers, as we’re starting to cook it up, we’re really enjoying that.”
Basically, the final entry has a lot to get through and a lot at stake. And honestly, it seems like we’ll have to rely on spin-offs to help answer some of our questions. During an interview withVariety, Kripke confirmed that Gen V season 2 will take place directly after The Boys season 4, so we should have a clearer view of what plot points will be addressed in season 5 after the spin-off airs.
We expect that there will be crossovers and some of the above issues addressed in Gen V as well since it doesn’t seem likely that season 5 can tackle everything in just eight episodes. This basically means that we will have to watch Gen V season 2 ahead of The Boys season 5 to get the complete picture. So, you better start renewing those Amazon Prime subscriptions, folks!
While we wait for more The Boys season 5 news, check out our list of all theupcoming TV showsheading our way. If you want more heroes, check out our guide on how to watch all theMarvel movies in order.
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