The Boys are saying goodbye.
Collection creator Eric Kripke took to Instagram on Tuesday to announce that filming on the fifth and closing season of the present has wrapped. There, he shared a picture of himself overlooking the notorious Seven assembly room the place the group of seven supes (aka superheroes) convene.
“That is the final time I’ll ever be on this set. It’ll be torn down quickly. It’s bittersweet, however my main feeling is gratitude,” the showrunner wrote. “We have now one of the best forged, one of the best crew, probably the most enjoyable story to put in writing, and one thing that’s unattainable to foretell: the best timing. You wait your complete profession to have possibly two of these issues, in case you’re fortunate. We received all of them.”
Kripke went on to share additional gratitude for the present’s forged, crew and followers, writing, “To #TheBoys household: thanks, I really like you all. To the followers: thanks for watching, can’t wait so that you can see the grand finale. That’s a wrap.”
The Boys’ stars flooded his feedback with assist. Jack Quaid, who performs Hughie Campbell (a key member of The Boys within the sequence), wrote below the submit, “Love you dude. Thanks for actually every part.”
Laz Alonso, one other longtime member of the on-screen Boys, wrote, “Couldn’t have been on this journey with anybody else. What a experience Krip! I can lastly say I skilled lightning in a bottle!” Erin Moriarty, who performs supe Annie January/Starlight, additionally confirmed her gratitude within the feedback: “Love you. Thanks. x 1000.”
In a Wednesday interview with Quaid (that was carried out on June 22), the Novocaine actor advised The Hollywood Reporter he was “fairly shut” to ending filming and had “about six taking pictures days to go.” The Boys star, too, mirrored on the “emotional” and “bittersweet” feeling of strolling away from the sequence and his character of Hughie.
“It’s simply getting increasingly more surreal that I’m going to have to start out saying goodbye to Hughie Campbell,” he mentioned. “It’s emotional. It’s bittersweet. This present has executed every part for me. I find it irresistible. I really like the individuals. I’m going to overlook everybody a lot, and it’s going to be bizarre [without it].
He added, “However I’m actually happy with what we’ve achieved this season. I feel it’s a terrific finale, which is a tough factor to do in TV. I’m comfortable that Eric Kripke received to make the ending he supposed, and he did a terrific job. So I’m excited for you guys to see it.”
The present’s fourth season wrapped final summer time in mid-July, although it was introduced forward of its premiere that the sequence would conclude with season 5. After the information broke, Kripke advised The Hollywood Reporter he all the time knew he “wished to wrap it out round season 5.”
“I don’t know why I just like the quantity 5 a lot; it’s an excellent spherical quantity to the place you get sufficient,” he added. “It might need been as a result of I used to be educated as a TV author and there have been 5 acts. It provides you adequate time to get to know the characters. You possibly can have your calm-before-the-storm second, which is sort of what season 4 is for me. I say calm… what I imply. It’s concerning the characters and then you definately kick off right into a climax.”
Whereas it’s unclear when season 5 of The Boys will fly onto Amazon, the franchise itself is much from over. The Boys expanded with the spin-off sequence Gen V in 2023, which spotlights a gaggle of younger supes attending a superhero-only school.
Moreover, Prime Video introduced in July it ordered a prequel sequence, entitled Vought Rising, that can middle in on supes Soldier Boy and Stormfront (performed by Jensen Ackles and Aya Money, respectively).