Season 4 of The Boys is almost here! While we don’t yet know when the programme will return, Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that it will, and given the show’s cliffhanger finale, Billy Butcher and his crew will have enough to do. Season 3 of The Boys had only a few episodes left when the superhero programme was renewed early. Butcher and the Boys’ war against Homelander will continue “as well as a commentary on the weird society we’re living in,” showrunner Eric Kripke stated, hinting at what may come next. Check out our whole guide to The Boys season 4 if you’re as eager as Kripke is to see it return. Here, we’ve broken down the release date, which cast members are most likely to return, and where we think the story will go next. This article includes spoilers for the Season 3 finale of The Boys, so be warned before reading on. Prior to moving on, make sure you’ve viewed The Boys season 3 episode 8
The premiere date of The Boys season 4
Season 4 of The Boys has yet to be announced. The final episode of season 3 aired on July 8, 2022, after the show was recommissioned in June 2022. There’s a good chance we’ll have to wait a bit before we see any new episodes. Despite the lack of clear information, we’ve dug deep into prior seasons to see if we can figure out when the programme will return. It took a year & a half to get from season 1 to season 2, then another year and a half to go from season 2 to season 3, which was exacerbated by the Coronavirus epidemic. There’s a good chance that season 4 will be published sometime between July 2023 and March 2024 if all goes according to plan. However, the actor who portrays Butcher, Karl Urban, has hinted that filming may begin later this summer.
Talking to the news website Collider, he said the following: “Starting around August 22nd, we’ll be kicking up Season 4. So, I’m returning, turning on my Butcher once again, and I’m beyond excited. My co-workers & I have a great time together, and I can’t wait to see where the characters go next season from where we left them off.” According to this information, fresh episodes of The Boys might air in late 2023. Of course, for the time being, this is only an estimate. We will let you know once we hear anything official. The Boys spin-off programme Varsity is set to premiere before season 4 of the show. This was first announced for Prime Video in 2020 and will debut there in 2023. A Vought-run institution puts college-age Supes through a series of tests like those in The Hunger Games.
Plot summary for season 4 of The Boys
It’s not yet clear what will happen in The Boys Season 4, but the season 3 conclusion gives us a solid indication of what’s to come.
The Boys have reunited and are redoubling their efforts to bring down the Supes. It appears, though, that Victoria Neuman has taken over as their primary adversary. When she agreed to a pact with Homelander, she won Vice President in the season finale by drowning her rivals in The Deep. As a result, she’s in the race to become the most powerful Supreme ever, at least in terms of politics. But this time around, they’ll be aided by Starlight. She’s now a fully-fledged part of Butcher’s crew after attempting to alter things from the inside. After Temp V, he may need all the support he can get, as he was left to cope with the consequences. As a result of the drug’s negative influence on Billy’s physique, he’ll be in great jeopardy during the upcoming season.
In addition to Homelander, there are a plethora of other options. There is nothing that can stop him from continuing on his path of destruction. No matter if the Supe lasered a bystander and voiced his unpopular poisonous ideas in a national TV speech, the Storm Chasers are still staunchly on his side. After introducing his son Ryan to the world, he’s now joined by him as well. No official word yet on whether or not we’ll see a new villain in season 4. Soldier Boy has been taken down, yet he is still alive. This means that when the series resumes, he may find himself ejected from the game. Our money is on Kripke, though, since we may finally meet someone who can defeat Homelander for good in season four.
The cast of The Boys season 4
The Boys cast has grown significantly over the last several seasons, and it appears that nearly everyone will be returning for the foreseeable future. Season 4 filming is scheduled to begin in the coming months, and we expect casting announcements to be made then. For now, here’s a peek at the survivors of Season 3’s last episode. There’s a great chance the Boys will be returning. Jack Quaid will play Hughie, with Laz Alonso playing Mother’s Milk and Tomer Capone playing Frenchie. Karen Fukuhara will be playing Kimiko, while Erin Moriarty will be playing Starlight.
Homelander, a member of The Seven, survived despite the group’s diminishing ranks. To put it another way, Antony Starr will be returning to The Deep, along with his characters The Deep and A-Train, as well as Ashley, the Vought suckup played by Colby Minifie. Season 3 of Homelander included Ryan Crovetti, Cameron Crovetti’s son, as a prominent character, thus we may expect him to return.
Claudia Doumit is expected to return as Vice President of the United States when Victoria Neuman takes the helm. Paul Reiser as The Legend and Katy Breieras as The Deep’s now-divorced wife Cassandra, two more regular characters, might make a return.
Giancarlo Esposito’s comeback as Stan Edgar, Vought’s disgraced boss, is still up in the air. Neuman and Homelander forced him out in a pincer movement, and he hasn’t been seen since. Season 4 might bring anything for him: a cameo, a starring part, or possibly both. We’ve seen the last of Nathan Mitchell’s Black Noir when Homelander savagely slaughtered him in the season 3 finale. Dominique McElligott, who played Maeve and went into hiding with Elena, has likely left us. Soldier Boy is another character whose future on the programme is still in question. The season 3 finale saw Jensen Ackles’ Supe return to the ice. In the end, though, he was spared. As a result, it’s possible that Stormfront may make a comeback.
Despite the uncertainty surrounding The Boys season 4, we’ll be updating this guide as soon as fresh information becomes available. Watch our recaps of The Boys season 3 episodes while you wait and read our reactions to Black Noir’s death in the finale!