Smash hit superhero present The Boys ends with Season 5, showrunner Eric Kripke has introduced.
In a submit on X/Twitter, Kripke stated that with The Boys Season 4 kicking off imminently, now was a great time to make the announcement.
#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is an efficient time to announce: Season 5 would be the Final Season! Always my plan, I simply needed to be cagey until I acquired the ultimate OK from Vought. Thrilled to carry the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, trigger the top has begun! pic.twitter.com/3p7Wt4jGA6
— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) June 11, 2024
“Always my plan, I simply needed to be cagey until I acquired the ultimate OK from Vought,” Kripke stated. “Thrilled to carry the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, trigger the top has begun!”
The Boys started in 2019 and was an instantaneous smash hit for Prime Video, with its tremendous gory motion and darkish humor delivering a standout satire of the superhero films and TV reveals of our time. It’s primarily based on the comedian ebook of the identical identify by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and follows the eponymous group of vigilantes who work to carry down a gaggle of supervillains led by an anti-Superman character referred to as Homelander.
IGN’s just-published The Boys Season 4 evaluate returned a 7/10. We stated: “The Boys Season 4 can’t capitalize on all its competing plotlines, however nonetheless delivers the present’s signature shock and awe leisure.”
In addition to the primary sequence, The Boys has impressed two spinoffs: animated sequence The Boys Presents: Diabolical, in addition to Gen V, which has been renewed for Season 2. Season 5 was confirmed a month in the past, earlier than Season 4’s launch date of June 13, when Prime Video will drop three episodes earlier than transferring to weekly releases by means of July 18.
In a press release issued on the time, Kripke mirrored on among the wild, gory antics that The Boys is understood for, along with a few of its social and political commentary and satire. “The Boys could possibly be the perfect job I’ll ever have. What different present permits me to put in writing about politics, capitalism, household, and exploding genitalia, although not in that order,” Kripke stated. “The solid and crew are deeply grateful to Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios for the chance to inform this story for an additional season. My solely downside is that since this 12 months guarantees to be freed from any battle or misinformation, we’re unsure what to put in writing about.”
And in a latest interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kripke responded to followers saying Homelander is a hero and criticism concerning the present going “woke.”
“Anyone who desires to name the present ‘woke’ or no matter, that’s OK. Go watch one thing else. But I’m definitely not going to drag any punches or apologize for what we’re doing,” Kripke stated. “Some individuals who watch it suppose Homelander is the hero. What do you say to that? The present’s many issues. Subtle isn’t one among them. So if that’s the message you’re getting from it, I simply throw up my arms.”
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