The fifth and final season of The Boys is on the way. We'll see the return of main characters like Homelander and Billy Butcher, but also side characters like Soldier Boy, Homelander's father (basically) and the "original" superhero, played by Supernatural alum Jensen Ackles. Solder Boy already featured in the third season but was put on ice after that. Not for long.
The Boys was created by Eric Kripke, who also worked on Supernatural, which explains why he might have had Ackles on tap for the role. For season 5, he's bringing back a couple other Supernatural alums: Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins. Together, those three comprised the main trio of the show, at least in its later years, with Ackles and Padalecki playing demon-hunting brothers Dean and Sam Winchester and Collins playing the angel Castiel.
We've known that for a minute. Speaking recently to TV Insider, Kripke revealed some new details. “It’s a blast. We already shot it,” he said. “I will confirm that Jared, Jensen, and Misha are all in the same frame together, and in the same storyline, and interacting with each other.”
Supernatural director Phil Sgriccia was also on hand. “Having the five of us back together on set, filming, was just so fun and like a high school reunion, and you immediately fall into all your old patterns," Kripke said. “It was really heartwarming and nice to like immediately be brought back to these guys that I love and haven’t had them all together, at least in a professional capacity, in years and years. So it was really, really meaningful.”
I'm sure Supernatural fans will love seeing this trio onscreen again, although I hope the roles for Padalecki and Collins weren't created just for this reason. That is to say, I hope this reunion isn't just fan service but has some kind of purpose within the world of The Boys, which has set itself up for an exciting final season, with the fascistic Homelander ascendent and our heroes either in captivity or on the run. There's a lot of story to get through.
But if it's just for fan service, I'm sure it'll be fleeting. The fifth and final season of The Boys is due out on Prime Video sometime in 2026. Ackles will stay on as Soldier Boy in a new spinoff called Vought Rising, which comes out sometime after that. Amazon is going full franchise with The Boys!
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