The Boys is back with Season 4. Here’s everything we know so far about the next chapter of Amazon’s devilish comic book show.
Consider the state of the movie industry in July 2019: we were months away from Avengers: Endgame, the biggest superhero movie event of all time; “Far From Home” by Spider-Man; and the DCEU was still caught up in the Snyderkat campaign.
Then came the first season of The Boys, a whole new generation of hardcore television that portrayed superheroes as selfish, overzealous maniacs. It was renewed for a second season before it premiered, and as Amazon expected, it became an instant hit around the world.
Since then, he has become stronger and stronger in the viewing audience, and season 3 could be the best part of the show. Fortunately, that’s not all.
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The Boys Season 4: Is there a release date?
Unfortunately, We currently don’t have a release date for The Boys Season 4but we will update this article after any announcement.
The extension was first announced dead line June 10, 2022, one week after Season 3 hit Prime Video. According to the platform, The Boys’ global audience increased by 17% compared to Season 1 and an incredible +234% compared to Season 2.
Showrunner Eric Kripke added: “We’re thrilled to continue The Butcher and the Boys’ fight against Homelander and The Sevenand comment on the crazy world we live in. It is also the first time in history that a genital explosion has led to further success.”
In a recent interview Collider Karl Urban has revealed that Season 4 is set to begin production this August, so we can probably expect it to release sometime in 2023.
He said, “We start season 4 on August 22, I think. I’m getting my Butcher back and I can’t wait for this moment. It’s a fun gang to play with, we work and play a lot, and I can’t wait to see where the characters take it at the end of this season.”
The Boys season 4: Who’s coming back and are there any new characters?
With Season 3 still in progress and its finale due on Prime Video on July 8th, we can’t say for sure who will be returning when it comes to The Boys.
However, this means there is currently no reason why we shouldn’t expect everyone to return, including:
- Karl Urban – The Butcher
- Jack Quaid Huey
- Laz Alonso – MM
- Tomer Capone French
- Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko
- Erin Moriarty – Spark aka Star
- Anthony Starr – Motherland
- Jensen Ackles – boy soldier
- Chace Crawford – The Abyss
- Dominic McElligott Maggie Shaw/Queen Maeve
- Jesse T. Asher – Express
- Nathan Mitchell – Black Noir
- Colby Minifi Ashley Barrett
- Claudia Dumit – Victoria Neumann
The Boys’ official Twitter account posted a collage of most of the cast to commemorate the fourth season’s announcement, but Capone has gone missing, leading some people to believe that Frenchy can be killed in the final episode.
However, there may already be one addition to the cast: after Ackles’ debut as Soldier, The Boys may welcome another Winchester in the mix with Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
“We’re trying to figure something out for season 4. Nothing is finalized yet, but we’re chatting, emailing, and seeing if we can get him to work with his busy schedule. So stay tuned.”
The Boys season 4: What will it be about?
Since Season 3 is still ongoing, we don’t know how it will end, so there is no indication of what Season 4’s plot may or may not be. We will update this article with any release of an official synopsis or teaser for the series.
Depending on how the third season ends, the tension between Soldier and Patriot could escalate into another chapter.
The Boys Season 4: What has happened in Season 3 so far?
At the end of season 2, it was revealed that Neuman was a super who used her powers to blow up a whole bunch of congressional heads. Huey started the season working for her, hunting down soups in an official way with the embittered help of Butcher, Frenchman, and Kimiko.
Notably, the first episode featured the show’s most horrifying moment to date: a termite (essentially a version of Ant-Man) crawls inside her boyfriend’s penis, sneezes, and causes him to burst, leaving his insides hanging off the bed onto the floor.
Maeve secretly helps the Butcher behind Vought’s back and supplies him with serum Vby granting him superpowers; specifically, laser vision and super strength. She tells him to investigate the death of Soldier Boy and Reckoning, as it could lead to a weapon that could kill the Patriot.
After learning that Neumann is a super who also betrays Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) and hands over control of Vought to Homelander, Hughie returns to Butcher and the old team gets back together to work in Russia. There, they discover the Soldier, alive and not well, who unleashes a massive radioactive blast that renders Kimiko powerless.
Oh, and Huey takes the V Serum and gains the ability to teleport. The star strongly disapproves and begs him to stop, but Huey continues to accept it, uplifting their relationship for a while.
Against the wishes of MM, who wants revenge for Soldier killing his grandfather by throwing a car across his apartment, the Boys team up with Soldier to help track down the former doodles who betrayed him. In return, he promises to kill the Patriot.
Meanwhile, Pvtriot has been steadily derailing since the first episode. After being declared a Nazi, Stormfront begins in the middle of a public relations nightmare that only spins when Stormfront kills himself by biting off his own tongue just hours before his birthday.
However, things are turning for the better: Homelander is using airtime from his celebrations to go on a far-right tirade that sees his ratings skyrocket. There is also a question about starwhose high ratings led to her being forced into a fake relationship with Homelander, nauseatingly dubbed “Homelight”.
In episode 6, the show arrived at the hotly anticipated Herogasm, a weekend orgy for superheroes. In addition to NSFW, it also becomes the setting for one of the greatest superhero fights put on screen: Soldier Boy, Butcher and Huey vs. homelander. Surprisingly, Homelander loses but manages to make a quick escape.
In episode 7, Starlight went into hiding after targeting Homelander live and also publicly quit The Seven. She hesitantly helps Kimiko by getting Serum V out of the tower so she can regain her powers after the Soldier’s explosion.
While Soldier Boy, Butcher and Hughie hunt down Mindstorm, we learn more about Black Noir’s past. While serving on the Payback team, he was severely beaten and bullied by Soldier Boy, and the other Soups resented him.
During the mission to Nicaragua, broadcast to viewers via cartoon flashback, we also discover that Stan Edgar has given Black Noir the order to kill Soldier Boy to make way for Homelander. During the scuffle that followed, Soldier Boy beat him so badly that half of his face melted and his skull was shattered into pieces.
However, the last minutes deal the strongest blow: the Soldier calls the Patriot and says that he is his father.
The Boys season 3 finale will air on Prime Video next Friday, July 8th.