The Boys season 4: Everything we know about Amazon Prime Video's next season of the R-rated superhero show
Where is the story going? When will it debut? We look at the issues
It’s been more than a year since the end of season 3 of Prime Video’s anarchic superhero drama The Boys — and yet, despite the show being renewed back in June 2022, there’s been no sign of a new season since. What has happened to the fourth season of The Boys? We break down everything we know below.
When is The Boys season 4 release date?
When audiences should expect the new season of The Boys remains a mystery, although we can expect it at some point in 2024. The show was recommissioned by Prime Video in June 2022, a month before the finale of the third season was aired, and production wrapped back in April 2023. However, post-production work on the show was held up by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, with showrunner and executive producer Eric Kripke tweeting in late June, “When #Saso4 drops depends on how long the #WGA Strike goes. No answer yet. Tell the studios to make a fair deal!”
He updated post-strike on November 9, tweeting, “Here's the update. Editing: done. VFX: halfway done. Music & sound: quarter done. Now that the SAG strike is over (yay), the actors can record additional dialogue. No airdate yet, but will be worth the wait.”
What is the plot of The Boys season 4?
By the end of the third season of The Boys, the status quo of the series had shifted: The Seven as-was was no more, with Queen Maeve surrendering her powers (and faking her own death), and Starlight leaving the team altogether after working undercover for the season to assist The Boys. After surrendering her Starlight identity — and destroying her costume — now she’s just Annie… and officially working alongside Hughie, Butcher et al.
That’s not all; Butcher has been told he has between a year and 18 months to live after his exposure to Temp V, and he also has to come to terms with the fact that his own son chose the Homelander over him… which led to the Homelander announcing to the public that Ryan is his son… and killing a protester at the event, much to everyone’s seeming excitement.
As if that wasn’t enough, it turns out that Victoria Neuman — who Butcher believed was an ally in his fight against the supers — might actually be the most dangerous enemy of all, after she ends up as the Vice Presidential candidate in the upcoming election after the murder of the previous pick.
Season 4 is going to pick up all of that. No wonder Jack Quaid, who plays Hughie, is teasing the season being “very intense.” He promised, “Audiences are still going to be surprised and will be really into the direction that it takes. We take some chances that I think are really awesome. It's our best [season] yet.”
Is The Boys season 4 the final season?
The Boys is going to continue past season 4; while no fifth season has been officially announced, Eric Kripke tweeted that the season 4 finale was “not the series finale, there will be more!” So… season 5 and maybe more awaits…!
Who is in The Boys season 4?
As per Prime Video, the cast for the fourth season of the show will include Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, Cameron Crovetti, Valorie Curry, and Susan Heyward. Jeffrey Dean Morgan has also joined the show in an unnamed role.
Is there a trailer for The Boys season 4?
As yet, there is no trailer for The Boys season 4. Sorry!
Is there a poster for The Boys season 4?
It's not an official poster release, but two new teaser images were released November 8, featuring the Homelander and Butcher in very different places, emotionally...
So there’s no clue about what happened after The Boys season 3?
I didn’t say that; according to Eric Kripke (again!), all of the recently completed Gen V season 1 takes place between seasons 3 and 4 of the The Boys, and has “some storylines that carry over to S4.” There are also characters that appear in both shows. Think of it as The Boys season 3.5, perhaps.
Keep your eyes on Popverse for the latest on The Boys season 4.
Meet the cast of Gen V right here.
