Prime Video has gone forward and renewed Gen V for a second season.
The spinoff of the streamer’s standard superhero collection The Boys premiered in late September and focuses on a bunch of superpowered faculty college students (led by actors Jaz Sinclair, Probability Perdomo, and Lizzie Broadway) on the Godolkin Faculty of Crimefighting. Very similar to the mothership Boys collection—and set concurrently throughout that present’s upcoming fourth season—Gen V has obtained stable evaluations and social media buzz over its present five-episode run.
“Increasing the universe of The Boys with a collection as daring as Gen V has been an unbelievable journey for us and our great companions at Sony,” mentioned MGM TV head Vernon Sanders in an announcement through Variety. He went on to disclose the spinoff is Prime Video’s prime collection in over 130 international locations, and its “most acquisitive new Authentic collection of 2023. We’re excited that our unbelievable forged and crew are going to proceed telling courageous and daring tales from Gen V to our prospects.”
“We couldn’t be happier to make a second season of Gen V,” added showrunner Michele Fazekas and EP Eric Kripke. “The writers are already engaged on the brand new season—sophomore yr is gonna be wild, with all of the twists, coronary heart, satire, and exploding genitalia you’ve come to anticipate from the present.”
With a second season now assured, Prime Video continues to place its religion in The Boys. Together with that and The Boys, the streamer launched The Boys Presents: Diabolical, an animated anthology collection centered on totally different characters and parts of the live-action collection. Extra spinoffs are on the horizon—final yr, Kripke mentioned multiple shows are in varied levels of manufacturing, so followers received’t be missing in raunchy superhero violence.
Gen V will air a brand new episode tomorrow, October 20, and wrap up its first season on November 3.
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