The Bloody First Trailer for The Boys Spinoff Gen V Is Here

The satirical superhero mayhem of The Boys is set to receive its first live-action spinoff series on Amazon sometime in 2023, focusing on the antics of a superhero college. Anyone remember Sky High? Well, turning into a little gerbil at this violent school wouldn't be as much of a good idea. Titled Gen V, the spinoff series will follow a highly successful Season Three of The Boys that explored the crude Captain America parody character, Soldier Boy, and a far-right turn for its main villain, Homelander. Gen V and its young cast will also take inspiration from Marvel's X-Men and expand on storylines from Season Three's shocking finale.

Considering The Boys isn't afraid of a little blood and profanity, the first trailer for the spinoff series confirmed that college will spell a whole mess of danger for its aspiring do-gooders. The students are ready to raise hell, and by the early look of it, R-rated is exactly what we're getting. In the trailer below, blood drips from just about every crevice of the school as people get their intestines ripped out, limbs dismembered, and faces splattered with liquids that are supposed to remain inside your body and keep you alive. Plus, what's up with all the puppets?

No clue! But Seth Rogen, who is a producer on several The Boys-verse projects (including Gen V), has hyped the absolute heck out of the college-set spinoff. "I've been starting to see episodes of [Gen V] and it's completely insane," Rogen told Collider. "Just like the combination of superheroes in a college setting in an incredibly subversive R-rated world. There are parts of that show where me and Evan [Goldberg] are watching the cuts of the sequences that were just like, 'Dear God, what are they doing over there?!'"

Well, supes, you know better than to doubt Rogen. So get pumped. Here's everything we know about Gen V so far.

What Is Gen V About?

Run by Vought International—the multibillion-dollar superhero conglomerate led by the Homelander—Gen V is set at America’s only college exclusively for superheroes. According to Amazon's official synopsis, the spinoff is "an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities. It’s part college show, part Hunger Games—with all the heart, satire, and raunch of The Boys." Tell us less, Amazon!

Who Is in the Cast of Gen V?

The Boys spinoff will star Lizze Broadway (American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules) as Emma Shaw and Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Marie Moreau. The series will also star Sean Patrick Thomas, Shelley Conn, Asa Germann, Derek Luh, Chance Perdomo, Maddi Phillips, Marco Pigossi, and London Thor.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, will join the college romp, as a superhero named Golden Boy. He has described as a "top prospect," with "thermonuclear power and pure charisma." For what it's worth, in an interview on the Just for Variety podcast, Schwarzenegger described the show as "Euphoria meets superheroes." Who wouldn't want to see that crossover?

When Does Gen V Premiere?

Gen V will likely air sometime in 2023 before the premiere of The Boys Season Four, but neither release date has been officially announced. "It’s gonna be filled with blood, guts, and everything else," Perdomo teased in an announcement video posted to the Instagram page for The Boys. “It’s f****d up. You’re gonna like it."

From: Esquire US