In an interview with GamesRadar+, Seth Rogen, executive producer on Amazon's The Boys, revealed a couple of behind-the-scenes details about the show, including that its showrunner Eric Kripke has a specific ending in mind. The writing team is deliberately working towards it with the upcoming seasons, with a plan for the show to have a finite run.
"I know some of my favorite shows were not plotted out incredibly specifically, but, to my knowledge, [Kripke] has an endgame in sight and an ideal number of seasons in his head," Rogen said, during a Zoom interview to promote his new movie An American Pickle. "But again, these things change, and I've literally been in the writers' room where someone says something and you go, 'Oh no, maybe we need two more seasons to do this idea we all like!' But he's been very deliberate in the plotting out of the show, and we talk so much about a crowd-pleasing experience with the show and making our TV equivalent of a fun, edgy blockbuster."
The Boys, a dark action-comedy set in a world where superheroes and big business work hand in hand, was recently renewed by Amazon for season 3, a few months ahead of the debut of season 2. Rogen made that announcement during this year's virtual San Diego Comic-Con. Early news from season 2 features the addition of Aya Cash (You're the Worst) as Stormfront, a newly-recruited superhero.
The Boys is an adaptation of the independently-produced comic by Garth Ennis (Preacher, Hitman, most of the best-remembered issues of Hellblazer) and Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan), which ran from 2006 to 2012 for 72 issues, as well as three six-issue miniseries. Notably, The Boys started its run at Wildstorm, before being abruptly canceled after issue #6 due to Wildstorm's parent company, DC Comics, reportedly became uncomfortable with The Boys's profoundly anti-superhero content. The remainder of the book was published by Dynamite Entertainment, with much of the interior art in later issues contributed by Russ Braun and John McCrea. A sequel to the comic by Ennis and Braun set roughly in the modern day, The Boys: Dear Becky, began a six-issue run in June, after a two-month delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Amazon adaptation of The Boys is surprisingly faithful to the comics' storyline overall, to the point where all of the episodes are named after story arcs from the comic. However, the final shot of season 1 marks a massive divergence from the source material, which means wherever The Boys goes from here, it's heading into uncharted territory. (It may be significant that the last few episodes of season 2 of The Boys are named after the big climactic arcs from near the end of the comic. Season 1 actually covered a lot of ground from the comic already.)
Season 2 of The Boys is set to premiere on Amazon Video on September 4th, 2020.
Source: GamesRadar+