That’s a wrap for the student body of Godolkin University. In news that may be shocking to fans, Prime Video has canceled Gen V, its spin-off series from The Boys. The news comes in a report from Variety. Executive producers Eric Kripke and Evan Goldberg said of the cancellation, “While we wish we could keep the party going another season at Godolkin, we’re committed to continuing the Gen V characters’ stories in The Boys Season 5 and other VCU projects on the horizon. You’ll see them again.” Some of the Gen V characters have already appeared in The Boys‘ final season, with more sure to come before it’s over.
The first season of Gen V premiered to great streaming numbers back in 2023. But it only cracked the top ten of streaming shows again one time in season two, which probably spooked Prime Video. Especially as it’s not a cheap show for them to produce. And much of the appeal of Gen V was that it informed The Boys’ overall narrative in a significant way. But with the flagship series ending this season, Amazon Prime probably wondered if Gen V could sustain its viewership without the main series to feed into. The tragic death of actor Chance Perdomo, who played Andre Anderson in the show’s first season, may have been a factor in Gen V‘s cancellation as well. And so, alas, Gen V has been canceled before its third season.
Although Gen V is ending, the prequel series to The Boys called Vought Rising is apparently still happening. That series will focus on Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) and Stormfront (Aya Cash) back in the ’50s. With that show set decades before the events of The Boys, it probably can stand on its own much more. There’s also The Boys: Mexico, which Prime Video announced back in 2024. But it has been some time since we heard anything about that one. Hopefully, other projects resolve Gen V’s loose plot threads eventually.