The Boys Season 5 Release Date Coming 'Reasonably' Soon, Showrunner Eric Kripke Teases

The Boys Season 5 is inactive without a merchandise date, but showrunner Eric Kripke has teased it’s coming to Prime Video “reasonably” soon.

We cognize the 5th and last play volition travel retired astatine immoderate constituent successful 2026, but based connected Kripke’s comments we tin possibly speculate that it’ll get successful the aboriginal portion of adjacent year, possibly during the archetypal quarter.

In a station connected Instagram, Kripke said helium and his squad were “hard astatine work” finishing The Boys Season 5, and posted a representation of immoderate of the VFX squad doing their thing.

“Editing is each done, we're astir halfway finished with VFX, Music, Color,” helium added. “I'm truly blessed with however it's going and can't hold for you to see. We spell retired with a bang. COMING (reasonably) SOON.”

The update comes blistery connected the heels of the Season 2 finale of spinoff Gen V, which leads into The Boys Season 5. Fans were near wondering however the incredibly almighty Marie from Gen V mightiness fare successful a showdown with The Boys supervillain Homelander. Kripke has said successful the past, however, that fans shouldn’t expect Marie to look successful The Boys Season 5 arsenic a Captain Marvel-style deus ex machina who kicks Homelander’s ass. That’s due to the fact that Marie inactive hasn’t mastered her powers, oregon arsenic Kripke has enactment it successful a fig of Gen V Season 2 finale spoiler interviews, she’s not Neo astatine the extremity of The Matrix.

For a overmuch deeper dive connected each this, cheque retired IGN’s Gen V Season 2 Ending Explained: How It Sets Up the Final Season of The Boys article, but to summarize, Marie tin power blood, which perchance makes her much almighty adjacent than Homelander. Homelander, for the uninitiated, is simply a benignant of evil Superman, a quality truthful overpowered that fewer rivals situation question his word. But Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, has the imaginable to termination him owed to her quality to bid and weaponize blood.

The large question, of course, is whether Homelander really dies successful The Boys Season 5. Kripke wouldn’t springiness that away, of course, but did archer THR that Billy Butcher is “front of that line.” But past there’s the likes of Stan Edgar, the aforementioned Marie, Annie, and Huey who would nary uncertainty each similar a piece.

Also successful that interview, Kripke said Season 5 would spot “this progressive and increasing absorption led by Starlight that A-Train is an important portion of. They’re truly trying to instrumentality the combat backmost to Homelander and this benignant of fascist government.”

“They’re trying to equine a existent push, but they’re besides outgunned, outmanned," helium continued. "You’re successful an full state that has drunk Homelander’s Kool-Aid. They’re outmatched by the size of the hundreds of superheroes that are successful each municipality crossed the country, who person been fixed authorization implicit the police. So it truly is simply a existent underground absorption against a fascist government, which decidedly has nary examination oregon parallel to thing going connected anyplace successful the world.”

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