Jensen Ackles to Star in ‘The Boys’ Spinoff ‘Vought Rising’

Jensen Ackles is giving followers of The Boys extra of his character, Soldier Boy, this time in a by-product known as Vought Rising. 

On Friday, the 46-year-old actor shocked the viewers at San Diego Comedian-Con by popping out and saying that not solely will he return because the hilariously out-of-touch anti-hero Soldier Boy in season 5 of The Boys — aka the final season — however he’ll quickly lead a prequel for Prime Video revolving round his character in Fifties New York Metropolis. 

Vought Rising will even see the return of Aya Money’s Stormfront — a diabolical and deranged supe with Nazi beliefs. She first popped up in season 2 of The Boys and made minor appearances in season 3 earlier than her character’s demise. Ackles — who beforehand labored with government producer Eric Kripke on Supernatural — made his first look in season 3 of the hit Prime Video collection and likewise made a visitor look in Gen V season 1. 

Through the Corridor H panel inside Comedian-Con on Friday, Money, 42, equally graced followers along with her presence (by way of a pre-recorded video), telling the group that she has learn the scripts and that the present will embody references spanning Judy Garland to Joe McCarthy. Exterior of that, few particulars have been launched in regards to the collection. 

“We’re excited to convey you the following deranged collection from the world of The Boys. It’s a twisted homicide thriller in regards to the origins of Vought within the Fifties, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe identified to followers as Stormfront, who was then going by the identify Clara Vought,” stated Kripke and collection showrunner and government producer Paul Grellong in a press release. 

They continued, “We can not wait to blow your minds and hassle your souls with this salacious, grisly saga drenched in blood and Compound V.”

The Boys — which is predicated on a comic book e-book collection of the identical identify — has already impressed one large spinoff, Gen V, which follows college students at Godolkin College — a school particularly for supes. That present stars Maddie Phillips, Lizze Broadway, Jaz Sinclair, Asa Germann and Probability Perdomo — who died in a motorcycle accident in March on the age of 27. 

A primary-look teaser proven throughout the Corridor H panel on Friday confirmed the characters dealing with the lack of Perdomo’s character, which writers confirmed in Could they would not be recasting after the actor’s demise. Gen V season 2 will premiere in 2025.

In the meantime, The Boys season 5 is slated to launch purportedly in 2026. Kripke stated that scriptwriting is underway — roughly two months in — and that they’re full steam forward on the ultimate season. 

ET lately spoke with government producer Seth Rogen about how he feels about the show coming to an end after 5 wonderful seasons. 

“[Eric] Kripke, the showrunner and creator, all the time had a plan for the present. The comedian itself has sort of like an ending… it is not a type of issues that goes on without end,” he shared. “He is good in realizing how a lot is an excessive amount of and the way lengthy to have it go on for and to sort of finish it because it’s nonetheless extremely popular… I am thrilled about it. I am amazed it is gone on this lengthy, truthfully.”

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