The Boyshas yet to announce when Amazon Prime Video’s superhero series will return. With the impending release of theGen Vspinoff, there’s a lot of room to cover after the shocking events of season 3, including the fate of Jensen Ackles' beloved Soldier Boy, who could return sooner than expected.
InThe Boys' season 3 finale, Mallory and the CIA put Soldier Boy back to sleep. However, showrunner Eric Kripke has teased that he and Queen Maeve are characters who will come back eventually due to their massive popularity, even if it’s not clear when that will be. Soldier Boy’s outspoken personality and crass humor were an absolute hit, and since Kripke andAckles go way back toSupernatural, it’s not surprising that they might work together again.
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In aColliderinterview withSupernaturalduo Jared Padalecki and Ackles, the latter mentioned that Soldier Boy returns inGen V, albeit for a “brief moment” only.Soldier Boy can come back in many ways, including his many Vought International ads, so when Ackles and Kripke were brainstorming, they ultimately decided on something that the actors called a “heavily [improvised]” cameo. Ackles also said fans should expect “a few cameos from the mothership that come into this spin-off.”
Ackles is currently working on a different spinoff titledThe Winchesters. In the prequel, hisSupernaturalcharacter Dean Winchester narrates his parents’ monster-hunting love story. The link betweenSupernaturalandThe Boysfranchises comes from Kripke, who first became famous as the creator of the long-running dark fantasySupernatural, even if nowadays he’s focusing ongiving Marvel a run for its money withThe Boys.
It must be said that neitherGen VnorThe Boysseason 4 currently has an official release date. The spinoff began and finished filming months ahead of the main show, so in all likelihood,Gen Vwill be a preamble to the fourth season. Regarding the timeline,Gen Vis expected to be set between seasons 3 and 4 of the original series, and its events to develop somewhat concurrently withThe Boys.
Gen Vwill feature the blood-centric supe Marie Moreau(Jaz Sinclair) as its protagonist. Her life at Godolkin University’s School of Crimefighting is the main narrative, meaning Soldier Boy has solid chances of being some canceled course material students don’t care for.
