The Boys wrapped its five-season run just two days ago, and Prime Video is already keeping the hype train moving. The first trailer for Vought Rising, the prequel spinoff set in 1950s New York City, just arrived – and it looks promising.
The show follows a young, wide-eyed Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) suiting up for the very first time, teaming up with a fresh squad of supes who believe they’re a gift from God. Spoiler: they’re not!
What is Vought Rising about? The Boys prequel trailer explained
The trailer wastes no time establishing its world. Vought Rising is set around the creation of the first-ever superhero team, powered by V-One. It is the early version of Compound V, the drug that awakens superpowers in people.
You’ll recognize the Sage Grove Center from The Boys season 2, where Vought ran brutal experiments on psychiatric patients. Here, it’s shown in its earliest form, with an unnamed character played by Jorden Myrie being injected with V-One and breaking out of containment.
This detail carries more weight when you factor in Vought’s Nazi roots and notice who is being experimented on. Back when V-One was first developed, Vought’s public-facing heroes were predominantly white, while their test subjects were Black men. It’s a dynamic that mirrors the Isaiah Bradley arc from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, where an all-Black unit was used to try to replicate the serum behind Captain America‘s powers.
The cast includes Mason Dye’s Bombsight, Will Hochman’s Torpedo, and Elizabeth Posey’s Private Angel. Aya Cash returns as Clara Vought, better known as Stormfront. She is the secret Nazi villain from season 2 who co-leads the series with Ackles.
Can Vought Rising win back The Boys fans who are disappointed by the finale?
A lot of fans felt burned by season 5, which spent a big chunk of its runtime setting up Vought Rising rather than nailing its own landing. Soldier Boy dominated screen time across the season only to end up right back on ice, with nothing truly resolved for his character. It felt like a bait-and-switch.
The cancellation of Gen V, the interesting college-set spinoff that never got its third season, only deepened the frustration. The combination of letdowns makes it reasonable to approach Vought Rising with caution. The trailer, though, is hard to dismiss on its own merits.
The 1950s aesthetic is sharp, the production looks distinctly stylish, and there is a sense of renewed identity this universe badly needs. Vought Rising is also one of two planned spinoffs, the other being The Boys: Mexico, led by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, which is still early in production.
Vought Rising arrives on Prime Video sometime in 2027, and how it lands could shape the future of this entire universe.
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