The boys are back in town, making their grand return one last time. The very first trailer for The Boys arrived on Saturday at CCXP in São Paulo, and the atmosphere is darker than ever for Billy Butcher and his crew. After the events of the season four finale, they find themselves living in a post-apocalyptic America under the tyrannical rule of Homelander. (And for the journalists of this world, Ashley Barrett's fate as Homelander's White House press secretary is almost as dire.)
"You wouldn't be the first to throw your life away in a war, but you would be the first to save the world doing it," Karl Urban's Butcher tells his crew in the trailer.
The show has a new release date set for April 8, 2026, when the first two episodes will premiere, leading up to a series finale on May 20, 2026. The Boys has become a flagship property for Prime, spawning the spinoff Gen V and being at the center of the zeitgeist for the streamer. It also has a history of being prescient, mirroring real-life events like the Jan. 6 riots.
Creator Erik Kripke recalled to The Hollywood Reporter last year how he and the executive producers pitched the show in 2016, amid the political rise of Donald Trump. This shift in course for The Boys was a result of a metaphor that spoke more about the current world. "When he got elected, we had a metaphor that said more about the current world," Kripke recalled. "Suddenly, we were telling a story about the intersection of celebrity and authoritarianism and how social media and entertainment are used to sell fascism. We're right in the eye of the storm. And once we realized that, I just felt an obligation to run in that direction as far as we could."
On stage in Brazil, Kripke was joined by stars Erin Moriarty, Laz Alonso, Karen Fukuhara, Tomer Capone, and Colby Minifie.
