The Boys’ third season will tease the upcoming spinoff show, inspired by the comic book series’ G-Men, with subtle references. Based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comics of the same name, Amazon’s The Boys follows the titular group and their attempts to take down Vought International. The conglomerate is responsible for founding The Seven and developing Compound-V — the substance responsible for the creation of “Supes.”
The Boys’ satirical approach to corporate/political corruption via the superhero genre in season 2 earned the series five Emmy nominations. Season 3 is set to feature newcomer Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy and adapt the comics’ raunchy “Herogasm” storyline—which sees Homelander (Anthony Starr) and the other Supes travel to an island resort and engage in a very hedonistic weekend while the rest of the world thinks they are fighting an alien invasion. Naturally, Butcher (Karl Urban) and the rest of the boys show up to crash the party. The Boys’ popularity has led to Amazon fast-tracking a spinoff series loosely based on Ennis Robertson’s comic book series, a parody of the X-Men known as the G-Men.
In an interview with The Wrap, The Boys’ showrunner, Eric Kripke, talked about season 3 and the untitled G-Men series. Kripke will executive produce the series alongside Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Craig Rosenberg. He says The Boys’ third season will lay the breadcrumbs for the spinoff. Read what Kripke had to say below:
“Because now we know, we’ve written in a few references and we’re starting to bring it out,” said Kripke. “And we’re looking at, because there’s like a part of ‘The Boys’ that is like the commercials from ‘Saturday Night Live,’ like sometimes we just flip to these little ads or moments, and we’re looking at maybe, if we can, getting some references to the spinoff and in some of those as well. So we’ve made subtle additions and we’re looking at it some more.”
The spinoff will embrace The Boys’ unflinching concept of superheroes in the real world. The G-Men comic book storyline follows a twisted version of Charles Xavier/Professor X, John Godolkin, who kidnaps children and takes them to his training facility/school in upstate New York. The spinoff will center on a Supe college run by Vought and be filled with the next generation of "heroes" competing for contracts. The comics saw Vought-American ultimately market the G-Men as outcast heroes due to Godolkin's perverted practices (among other things). The Boys' college spinoff recently added Shane Paul McGhie, Aimee Carrero, and Maddie Phillips to its cast.
Younger Supe groups like the Young Americas and Teenage Kix have been referenced and/or set up in The Boys. While there aren’t any current plans for the spinoff to tie directly into the flagship series, the pilot is being written by Rosenberg and will feel like a cohesive part of The Boys universe. In line with Homelander being a satirical/demented take on Superman, versions of the X-Men (such as a version of Wolverine) could be introduced despite the series not adapting the G-Men’s comic origins.
Source: The Wrap
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