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What’s the deal with The Boys season six, and new shows Vought Rising and The Boys: Mexico?

A lot to look forward to

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Kieran Galpin
20th May 2026, 20:00
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With the conclusion of The Boys season five, people are obviously wondering about a possible season six, Vought Rising, and The Boys: Mexico.

After The Boys became a smash hit, it was only a matter of time before the bigwigs at Prime Video set their sights on an expanded universe, despite the show literally mocking the Marvel Cinematic Universe in promotional material.

The first was Gen V, which was an x-rated collegiate show that got 94 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. Amazon only recently cancelled it, enraging literally everyone, in favour of new projects like Vought Rising and The Boys: Mexico.

Here’s an update on all of those projects.

Is The Boys season six happening? It’s bad news, folks

In 2024, amid the season four release for The Boys, showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed that season five would be the final season. Sorry, dudes.

“#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun!” he wrote on Twitter at the time.

So, there’s sadly no season six on the horizon for The Boys.

We do have Vought Rising to look forward to

If you couldn’t tell by The Boys shoehorning Soldier Boy into every scene, he’s going to be the main character in the upcoming Vought Rising spin-off.

Set in the 1950s, Vought Rising will tell the tale of Vought International’s origin story, and its first heroes with V1: Soldier Boy, Torpedo, Bombsight, Private Angel, and Liberty, known to us as the Nazi Stormfront.

The show is described as a murder mystery and is set for release sometime in 2027.

And The Boys: Mexico

A year before Vought Rising was announced, The Boys: Mexico was greenlit with Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna pegged as lead producers. The show is set after the events of The Boys, but that’s basically all we know.

Earlier, and after backlash about Gen V’s cancellation, Eric Kripke teased the potential for characters to pop up in future projects. Whether that actually happens is yet to be seen.

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