The Boys, Prime Video’s peculiar superhero series, is set to end with the upcoming Season 5. However, showrunner Eric Kripke and Antony Starr, who plays Homelander in the series, both have some ideas for a spin-off sequel that’s both hilarious and scary: a sitcom starring Homelander. Wait, what?
Season 4 ofThe Boysended with a cliffhanger that left everyone scratching their heads as our favorite gang of vigilantes got separated and the main antagonist, Homelander, rose to power. The upcoming season will surely be the epic finale we’re all waiting for, where Homelander will fight the Boys one last time. It’s still too early to talk about spin-offs and sequels, but those in charge are playfully teasing a continuation in an unconventional format.
Kripke and some cast members from the seriesspoke to Varietyon a panel, where they discussed the production of Season 5. Naturally, Homelander is the one character that draws the most attention because he turned from a simple villain to a multilayered antagonist with an interesting story in the latest seasons of the show. A continuation beyond Season 5 is always among the questions and requests, and Kripke and Starr both joked about a sitcom. Per Kripke’s words: “Homefree, coming 2025.”
Kripke also expanded on Homelander’s nature and the character’s evolution up to the end of Season 4, when he helped his ally Steven Calhoun become the new president and landed a position asthe supe in charge of justice nationwide. Kripke, however, says that Homelander is also a regular human deep inside:
“He’s literally all trauma. I think what he plays so beautifully about it is he wants to be a god, but he’s a man. And it’s kind of slowly, or maybe not so slowly, driving him insane.
So dealing with things like aging, dealing with insecurity, dealing with a need for love — all very normal human things, these are all things he finds detestable. He needs them, but he’s revolted by them all at once.”
What to Expect From ‘The Boys’ Season 5?
The BoysSeason 5 is premiering in 2026, and everyone involved with the production is teasing an epic finale of the show that presents a different approach to the superhero genre.The absurd violenceand the social commentary have become a signature of the show, and Season 5 will surely follow up on those. Kripke talks to Variety about the conclusion of the beloved Prime Video series:
“It’s really fun when it’s the end. It’s hard and it hasn’t hit me yet about the emotion of it. But just from a story point of, you don’t have to keep storylines going into a season beyond that really lets you blow the doors off it in a really exciting way.”
Starr has been able to take Homelander to incredible levels of popularity among viewers with his genius performance. Without question, he plays the most important character in the show. The actor agrees with Kripke that it feels like the right time toendThe Boys:
“I was just thinking what a great spot we’re in, because a lot of times, your show gets canned and you never see it coming. You don’t see the train coming down the tracks.
We’ve known since Day 1 — you said, five seasons. And I said, whatever, see if we do well! And nope, five seasons, which is beautiful because we get to go back. We know that we’re leaving this project. We’ll all stay in touch because everyone does genuinely get on. But we will make the most of every moment that we have together as individuals and as creatives because we’ve had that forewarning.”
