The Boys impressed us with its brand of superheroism (is that a real word?) and… the opposite when the first season premiered in July 2019. Since its debut, the show has seen huge support and love from fans and critics. Naturally, this translated to massive interest in everything The Boys related, and making spin-offs, like the upcoming Gen V, inevitable.
Later this month, a spinoff titled Gen V will arrive on Prime Video. Gen V is the second such spinoff from the show after an anthology animated series The Boys Presents: Diabolical debuted last year. Both spinoffs form part of a shared universe that the show’s creators are building.
From all indications, the shared universe will have crossovers with stars from The Boys appearing in the spinoff shows, including Gen V. Jensen Ackles, who plays Soldier Boy in the universe, appears to be the latest candidate for this.
In a recent post, Entertainment Weekly shared an image of Jensen Ackles as he makes a “V” symbol with his fingers while fully decked in his costume. Although we do not have any official confirmation, we believe this hints at Soldier Boy’s appearance in Gen V.
If this is true, it will make the character the latest The Boys star to appear in the young adult superhero show after Jessie T. Usher’s A-Train, Chace Crawford’s The Deep, and Claudia Doumit’s Congresswoman Victoria Neuman.
Soldier Boy’s appearance in Gen V raises a few questions, though, especially since the new show will take place between the events of The Boys seasons three and four. When Season 3 ended, Soldier Boy was put in a cryogenic state by the vigilante group the show is named after. Because of this, fans have wondered how the creators plan to explain the character’s appearance in Gen V.
Since we don’t have an answer to that question, we have given in to speculation and believe the options are limited. Soldier Boy’s Gen V appearance can be the result of him escaping his captors, or in the form of a flashback. It could also be that the storyline somewhat incorporates him in his frozen state. Whatever the case may be, we will find out in due time.
Gen V is the first live-action spinoff of The Boys, and it promises a lot of action and suspense, much like the original show. The show continues The Boys’ tradition of parodying other superhero characters and is set in the fictional Godolkin University, the equivalent of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters from the X-Men’s Comics.
Like Xavier’s School, Godolkin University caters to training superheroes and helping them to become the next big heroes. However, as those familiar with the series – and the comics it is based on – will probably guess, the results are quite different, and more gruesome.
The show follows Marie Moreau, a freshman at the university with the ability to manipulate and weaponize blood. As Moreau adapts to her new environment, she makes friends with some of her colleagues, including the size-reducing Emma Meyer, the metal bender Andre Anderson, the fire manipulator Luke Riordan, and the mind-pusher Cate Dunlap.
However, the group discovers a dark secret within the walls of the University, which puts their abilities to the test and has them question whether they are indeed heroes or villains. Gen V will debut on Prime Video on September 29. The streamer will release the show’s first three episodes that day with the remaining five episodes arriving weekly thereafter.
