Now that Prime Video’s original series The Boys has concluded its gruesome Season 3 conclusion, it’s time to turn our attention to the future. More is required by the audience. In an interview with Deadline, Eric Kripke, the showrunner of The Boys, disclosed some details about the upcoming spinoff The Boys Presents: Varsity. According to Kripke, several of the characters from The Boys’ Universe will return to the college campus spinoff. As early as 2021, when Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters were announced as the showrunners for the series by Amazon Prime Video, Collider stated that Varsity was “part college show, half Hunger Games—with all the passion, sarcasm, and raunch of The Boys,” among other things.
One of the only supe-admitted schools in the country, Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, will serve as the setting for the spinoff, which will include some of the events from Season 3 of The Boys. There won’t be any appearances by Translucent (Alex Hassell) or Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore) in Varsity, as their timeframe coincides with Season 3 of The Boys. However, their commemorative alumnus monuments on the campus grounds may be seen in photographs from CBR. A-Jessie Train’s T. Usher and The Deep’s Chace Crawford aren’t out of the running, either.
Fan favourites might make an appearance in the new Varsity series, according to Kripke: “Some of the themes and stories from Season 3 will be transferred to Varsity’s first season, and we’re trying our best to construct a universe that allows for this. There’s a presidential campaign going on in the background, and certain things are happening at that school in reaction to Season 3 of The Boys. However, there are also fresh themes in the spinoff season that we must pick up and incorporate into Season 4 of the programme.”
Specifically, the G-Men, the original comic authors Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s parody of Marvel’s X-Men, who were briefly referenced in the first season of The Boys, would be the centre of the college, according to Kripke. An R-rated irreverent series about the lives of competitive Supe women as they test their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries in the race for the greatest contracts in the finest cities will be the concept of the new programme.
Because Homelander (Antony Starr) is going to be arrogant and juvenile, we’re going to see a lot more of him and Homelander fanboys in the future. Seven on 7, a spoof of Fox News, teased Varsity in a brief programme, stating, “The greatest students at Godolkin University will either see their dreams come true or be crushed in the next several months… People can’t stop raving about Godolkin University junior Golden Boy, who is widely expected to be the top choice in the 2015 NBA draught.” A few cast members had to leave as the program’s creative direction and characters diverged from executive producer and Varsity writer Craig Rosenberg’s initial script because of the lengthy delay after the show was given the green light.
It is expected that Varsity will be completed in October 2022, with Kripke serving as executive producer. Kripke remarked of the spinoff “after plunging deeply into a satire of what might rapidly become a large pool of interwoven narratives like Disney’s MCU: “It’s a parody of what can quickly become an intertwining story pool like the MCU.” “It’s in a very other part of the world, with a whole different set of issues and themes, but I’ve found it fascinating nonetheless. Even though it is difficult enough to keep one programme straight and have it be interesting on its own, Kevin Feige deserves a lot of respect for his efforts now that we are attempting to establish a whole world.”
Presently The Boys Present: Varsity features Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Staircase) as Golden Boy, Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance) as Polarity, Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Marie Moreau, Marco Pigossi (Edward Cardosa), Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Shelley Conn (Bridgerton), and others. Even though The Boys Presents: Varsity has yet to air, all three seasons of The Boys and the animated offshoot The Boys Presents: Diabolical are available to view on Prime Video.