Following delays caused by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, The Boys season 4 is now expected to premiere on Prime Video later this year. Unsurprisingly, evidence has surfaced which suggests season 5 is already in the works at the streamer.
According to a new listing on ProductionList.com (via CBR), production on a fifth season is already gearing up despite not being officially announced by Amazon.
It's said that shooting will begin on April 8 and continue until August 28; this puts season 5 on track for a 2025 release, ensuring there won't be such a massive gap between episodes next time around.
This news doesn't come as a huge surprise because it was last year that The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke took to X to confirm the series is still a long way from the finish line. "I'm here to prep [and] direct the season 4 finale. No, not the series finale, there will be more!" he teased.
Despite no official announcements being made about the next season's premiere date, a number of teasers have been released, largely focusing on Homelander's descent into madness as America rallies around the "hero." We've also been treated to a first look at Jeffrey Dean Morgan's The Boys debut.
Shortly after the Gen V finale aired, Kripke revealed how the spin-off will lead into The Boys season 4.
"In our minds, it’s only a couple of days after whatever the events are of 'Gen V,'" he explained. "We try to keep the timeline super simple because all that folding-in-on-itself timeline stuff that I think other comic book universes find themselves having to do is just bewildering for me as a viewer. So it’s all very modular."
"It’s like there’s Season 3 of 'The Boys,' and then after that 'Gen V' takes place, and then after that 'The Boys' Season 4 takes place. And then after that, 'Gen V' Season 2 takes place. It’s all more like cars on a train than it is a plate of spaghetti."
Stay tuned for updates.
The world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son as well as his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.