No matter you consider Season 5 of “The Boys,” the superhero satire went out on high — of Prime Video’s streaming charts. Whereas Amazon canceled the earlier “The Boys” spin-off “Gen V,” they’re giving it one other go along with a second spin-off specializing in two of the reveals’ breakout villains: Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) and Stormfront (Aya Money). Titled “Vought Rising,” the collection has simply launched its first trailer (which beforehand debuted at theatrical screenings of “The Boys” collection finale “Blood and Bone,” held on Tuesday, Could 19). Introduced in 2024, the collection’ pitch is as follows, per creator Eric Kripke:
“[‘Vought Rising’ is] a twisted homicide thriller concerning the origins of Vought within the Fifties, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe recognized to followers as Stormfront, who was then going by the identify Clara Vought.”
The collection’ principal solid will embody different early, U.S. military-themed superheroes who had been created alongside Soldier Boy. The Air Power themed Bombsight (Mason Dye) made an early debut this previous season on “The Boys,” and “Vought Rising” is rounding out this quartet with Torpedo (Will Hochman) and Personal Angel (Elizabeth Posey). The brand new trailer teases them, to not point out some horrific trying experiments carried out by Clara and her former (not repentant) Nazi scientist husband, Frederick Vought.
Since Soldier Boy survived “The Boys,” there’s hypothesis “Vought Rising” may additionally choose up with him within the current day. This trailer, although, reveals solely his previous.
“I wish to be a hero,” says a younger Soldier Boy within the “Vought Rising” trailer. Sadly, the individual he is sharing these ideas with is Clara, who sees in Soldier Boy her personal form of “hero” — a harbinger of an Aryan grasp race.
The Vought Rising trailer teases the darkish origins of supes
We all know from “The Boys” that Soldier Boy was a disappointment to his wealthy industrialist father, and he bribed his approach into the Compound V testing trials to try to change into a person who would impress his dad. It did not work, however this dialogue suggests he could not have given up on that dream even by the Fifties.
“There’s a vibrant future,” says Clara (who hasn’t shed her German accent but) to Soldier Boy. “All we have to do is take it.” “The Boys” Season 5 arrange “Vought Rising” by revealing Soldier Boy had as soon as beloved Clara, and we’ll see the primary blossoming of that right here.
There’s additionally an establishing shot of Sage Grove Heart, which “The Boys” established Vought makes use of as a testing floor for unlawful human experimentation. In some trials apparently overseen by the Voughts, a Black man is proven being strapped down towards his will and being injected with Compound V — and evidently, it really works. He is proven breaking the straps together with his obvious new tremendous power and escaping, then shrugging off gunshots in a bar.
A Black man with superpowers is a Nazi’s worst nightmare. Needless to say a lot of America itself was nonetheless racially segregated within the Fifties; if a Black man tried to do one thing to alter that, there’s little doubt the federal government would ship in somebody like Soldier Boy to cease him. This might give “Vought Rising” the identical perspective as “The Boys” — the “superheroes” are actually the villains upholding a corrupt system, and the heroes are individuals working to take them down.
“Vought Rising” is ready for a 2027 premiere on Prime Video.
