The Boys: Gen V Spin-off is a mix of ‘The Hunger Games with a college series’

Another spin-off from the boys It’s on the way. Last Friday, the 15th, the cast of the series published a video in which they announced Gen V as the official title, in addition to talking a little about what the public can expect from the production. According to official description, it is a mixture of “Hunger Games with university grade.”

“It will be a roller coaster,” he said. Lizze Broadway in a promotional video posted on social media by the boys. “It will be full of blood and guts and all.” Jazz Sinclair added, “There’s love and beautiful relationships, and tons of action and superheroes.” About that, maddie phillips commented on how there will be “a lot of hormones, drama and mystery.”

It is worth remembering that the cast also includes the Brazilian Marco Pigossi. Gen V will also have Chance Perdomo, Shelley Conn, London Thor, Derek Luh, German Wing, Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sean Patrick Thomas. Michele Fazekas and Tara Butter are showrunners, already Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur and Pavun Shetty are executive producers.

Allow us to introduce ya to GEN V, The Boys college spinoff in the works with this brilliant bunch. pic.twitter.com/OOKjjqb87y

—THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV) July 15, 2022

The spin-off’s description reads: “Set at the only college in the United States exclusively for superheroes (run by Vought International), Gen V is an irreverent, +18-rated series that explores the lives of supers hormonal and competitive as they put their physical, sexual and moral limits to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities. It is a mixture of university series with Hunger Games – with all the heart, satire and vulgarity of the boys.”

the boys: Creator compares spin-off with euphoria: ‘It won’t be so gloomy’

the creator of the boys (2019), Eric Kripkegave details about the plot of the new spinoff series, The Boys Presents: Varsity. To the Variety, krypke replied to comment by Patrick Schwarzenegger when comparing euphoria (2019) and the spin-off.

on the podcast Just For Variety, Schwarzenegger said the new production could be defined as “Euphoria meets superheroes,” but the executive producer of the boys agreed in parts.

It’s about psychologically complicated kids getting into trouble, so in that sense it’s like euphoria. But frankly, I don’t know if it’s that dark.

More about the comment Schwarzeneggerthe filmmaker commented that the series of HBO manages to be even darker than the cinematic universe of the boys, since superheroes don’t use drugs freely. “But hopefully we’re capturing something real about what it’s like to be young in this super-saturated media landscape we live in.” krypke.

The Boys Presents:varsity, like this euphoria (2019), will accompany a young group as they constantly test their physical, sexual and ethical-moral limits. The difference is that the spin-off will show young people being trained to become superheroes in the future.

Set in the only university for people with special powers, according to the official synopsis, the derivative of the boys it is described as “part high school series, part The Hunger Games”.

The cast includes names like Jaz SinclairLizze BroadwayShane Paul McGhieAimee CarreroReina Hardesty and maddie phillips. the brazilian Marco Pigossi is also confirmed in the cast.

The Boys Presents: Varsity has yet to receive a release date.