‘Vought Rising’ Already Has a Future Mapped Out, and Eric Kripke Is Determined to Keep the World Alive

With ‘The Boys‘ charging toward its final season on Prime Video, the sprawling superhero satire franchise is simultaneously gearing up for its next major chapter. While the flagship series prepares to close out the Butcher-versus-Homelander saga, the appetite for everything Vought has built is nowhere near satisfied.

That next chapter comes in the form of ‘Vought Rising’, a prequel spinoff starring Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash as Stormfront, rewinding the clock to the sinister origins of Vought International in the 1950s. The series frames itself as a twisted murder mystery exploring the dark legacy of its central characters, and showrunner Eric Kripke has confirmed it is designed to be accessible even for viewers who have never seen ‘The Boys’.

Now, Kripke is making clear that he sees ‘Vought Rising’ as far more than a one-season detour. Speaking to Polygon, the creator said the first season is built with care and intention, describing a complete story that still leaves plenty of runway. “It has a season-wide story that has a satisfying ending, but then it definitely opens a door into a new adventure and a new world, and we would love to keep it going.” He added plainly that continuing is “up to the powers that be.”

Kripke has also been candid about how Season 2 is already taking shape behind the scenes, sharing that showrunner Paul Grellong has been developing what he called “really exciting and innovative” concepts for a follow-up run. For his part, Jensen Ackles has confirmed that ‘Vought Rising’ was always conceived as a multi-season project from the moment producers pitched it to him, and that he agreed to sign on almost immediately.

Principal photography on ‘Vought Rising’ wrapped in March 2026, and the show is now deep in post-production, with the extensive visual effects work expected to take roughly eight months before the series is ready for release in 2027. The period setting, with its retro aesthetic and period-appropriate action, promises a visual identity unlike anything else in the franchise so far.

The conversation around the future of ‘Vought Rising’ has also been shaped by the recent cancellation of ‘Gen V’, the college-set spinoff that ended after two seasons when Amazon determined that the show’s viewership numbers no longer justified its production costs. Kripke was vocal in the aftermath, telling Entertainment Weekly that he had nothing to do with that decision and had in fact been fighting to keep ‘Gen V’ alive, describing himself as “as bummed as everybody else out there.”

Rather than letting those characters disappear from the universe, Kripke has expressed a strong desire to fold them into future projects, going as far as noting that Ethan Slater’s Thomas Godolkin would be a natural fit for ‘Vought Rising’ given the timeline overlap between the two stories. He also indicated that he hopes the Gen V ensemble can resurface somewhere in the broader Vought universe, even if their original series is no longer the vehicle for that.

Whether ‘Vought Rising’ earns a second season ultimately comes down to how audiences respond when it lands on Prime Video next year. The franchise has already proven it can sustain multiple stories across multiple tones, and if this 1950s noir chapter lands as intended, Kripke’s door to new worlds could stay open for a long time. If you’re a fan of the franchise, what do you most want to see ‘Vought Rising’ explore if it gets the chance to run beyond its first season?