Karl Urban Confirms That Prime Video's THE BOYS Season 5 Will Debut In 2026

Karl Urban Confirms That Prime Video's THE BOYS Season 5 Will Debut In 2026

The fifth and final season of Amazon's award-winning superhero satire,The Boys won't stream until 2026 according to Billy Butcher actor Karl Urban.

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By MarkJulian - Jul 20, 2024 04:07 PM EST
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Get ready for a somewhat lengthy wait to see how phase 2 of Homelander and Sister Sage's dastardly plan for America shakes out. Actor Karl Urban has confirmed that the final season of The Boys won't begin streaming until 2026 in a post to his Instagram account. 

"Working with the illustrious Jeffrey Dean Morgan was the best part of my day every day. That’s all @theboystv for now folks. See you in …2 years (wish it was sooner) for the final season on Prime Video," wrote Urban.

With the conclusion of the show's fourth season, The Boys has journeyed incredibly far from the source material (a 2006 Dynamite comic book series from Garth Ennis and illustrator Darick Robertson), meaning it is anyone's guess as to how the show will conclude.

In terms of why the show is ending at season 5, series creator Erik Kripke previously stated, "Part of it is such a wonky stupid screenwriter thing but three and five are the big magical numbers for writing."

"Three is movie acts, TV acts are five. Jokes are a runner of three for five. Five just seems like a good round number. It's enough to tell the story but also bring it to a climax without wearing out its welcome. It's been hard because I haven't been able to tell everyone. I was thrilled to finally be able to get the word out there."

Season 4 of The Boys starred Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti. Appearing this season in supporting roles are Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, Jessie T. Usher, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Created by Kripke in 2019, The Boys has become one of the streamer's most important programs, with two successful spinoffs under its belt including Gen V and The Boys Presents: Diabolical. A third spinoff, The Boys: Mexico, is also in development.

The Boys Season 4 Synopsis: The world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son as well as his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late."

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/20/2024, 4:51 PM
I will ve 40 by then ...but at least we will have a good president
UncleHarm1
UncleHarm1 - 7/21/2024, 12:14 AM
@Malatrova15 - Are you running for president? Please be civil servant
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/21/2024, 12:21 AM
@UncleHarm1 - im running from the NCMEC .
Kyle Carroza is just a patsy
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 7/20/2024, 4:54 PM
They need a year to see how the political landscape plays out and if a Civil War erupts for writing purposes.
Ikusa
Ikusa - 7/20/2024, 5:19 PM
@SonOfAGif - Hopefully one does.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 7/20/2024, 6:50 PM
@Ikusa - Seek therapy.
Ikusa
Ikusa - 7/20/2024, 7:05 PM
@SonOfAGif - That's ironic coming from you. Joking aside, in reality if there was a Civil War you're not getting a final season. California as a whole would be up shit creek without a paddle.
kg8817
kg8817 - 7/20/2024, 7:34 PM
@Ikusa - No I agree with the guy, if you want a civil war to happen, you need significant therapy and you’ve been red pilled to the point of irrationality.

Also your comment about California is hilarious when it’s the world’s 5th largest economy and every single red Republican state relies on federal funding to run (supported by California fun fact!). Not to mention Texas can’t even keep their power grid running on a hot day.

You’re misguided, misinformed and lacking significant critical thinking.
SpideyQuad
SpideyQuad - 7/20/2024, 9:23 PM
@Ikusa - you need to do a little history on how horrible the first Civil War actually was. No sane individual would wish for such a thing to happen again.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 7/21/2024, 6:29 AM
@Ikusa - it is possible to overdose on red pills.

It is definitely not something you’d ever want to see happen.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/20/2024, 5:01 PM
I mean , makes sense given the last 2 seasons came out 2 years apart so not surprising this will be the same…

It makes S2 an outlier though since that was released in 2020 when S1 came out in 2019 so I wonder how they were able to turn around production so quickly on that , perhaps an early renewal?.

Anyway , Karl was great as always this season as was JDM as the devil on his shoulder so looking forward to seeing more of them in the final season!!.

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Gambito
Gambito - 7/20/2024, 5:06 PM
I love Homelander he’s such a fun character to watch, I hope he gets defeated but at least let him live I feel like he’s the backbone of the whole franchise, it would suck if future shows mentioned him all the time and yet he didn’t show
TheLobster
TheLobster - 7/20/2024, 5:09 PM
@Gambito - either he dies brutally or somehow has the V compound in him burned away and ends up in prison for the rest of his days. There’s no way this series can end with Homelander alive… but “John” in prison getting the shit beat out of him could work!
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 5:15 PM
@Gambito - nah he pretty much has to die for the show to work. Would be fun to see him depowered and imprisoned like a regular person though.
Gambito
Gambito - 7/20/2024, 5:56 PM
@TheLobster - true that would be pretty cool like in Injustice 2, the problem with that for me is that you would be just waiting for him to break out or get his powers back so if the writers slip up again that can just go back to him
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 6:09 PM
@Gambito - It be a bit of a kick in the balls if they spent a whole show trying to kill one guy and in the finale he lives
Nate212
Nate212 - 7/20/2024, 6:52 PM
@TheRogue - I disagree. Homelander is such a narcissist that his worst nightmare would be to become human and for people to not even know who he is. I can imagine a scene where a depowered Homelander walks past Vought Tower in civilian clothing, he points up at the building and says to a bystander he used to work there, and the bystander just doesn't recognise him. That's the kind of punishment someone like him deserves. Death is just too easy, it's not even a punishment for him. If everyone forgets him he'd probably want to die, but he's too much of a coward to do it himself.

In a way it would be a win for Butcher too. He wants Homelander dead, this way he gets his wish, but it's even more poetic because now Homelander has to live as a human, as someone he would view as beneath him. It's the most fitting end for Homelander. I hope that's how the show ends.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 7:29 PM
@Nate212 - He's literlly killed people. That ending would allow him to run around being normal and having a life.
Gambito
Gambito - 7/20/2024, 7:29 PM
@TheRogue - I agree but with a whole franchise around the show I think it would be wiser to keep him around at least for some time. No one can take that place from him he’s literally the face of the franchise
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 7:41 PM
@Gambito - Eh its been five seasons (Including gen v), at least some time is way pass.
Nate212
Nate212 - 7/21/2024, 2:35 PM
@TheRogue - And a normal life is the worst possible thing that could happen to him. Killing him is giving him an easy way out, if you depower him then he'd beg you to kill him because he can't imagine a more worse fate than being forced to live as a human for the rest of his miserable life. By killing him you'd just make a martyr out of him and you'd be letting him off too easy. The best punishment he can receive is to live with his failure as a normal person, to live with the knowledge that he's no longer a beloved superhero and to be forgotten about by everyone.

Sure, throw him in prison for his crimes, but as a normal person. There are many characters in the show who deserve to die for what they've done, Homelander does too, but the show constantly beats it over our heads that all Homelander wants is for people to love him. He's a sad, pathetic, narcissistic loser who just so happens to have superpowers. Take the superpowers away and he's just a sad, pathetic, narcissistic loser. Take the superpowers away and he'll be quickly forgotten about. He'll no longer have the spotlight shining on him. He'll no longer be loved. His superpowers are the only reason WHY he's so beloved and feared by people.

I know the show is building up to killing him, but that's the safest, most predictable choice they can make. There's a reason why that particular character is coming back and I don't think it's too kill Homelander once and for all. I think it's to depower him for good. I expect Butcher will kick the shit out of a depowered Homelander, see him on the floor all pathetic and bleeding, groveling for death, and just walk away because he realises that this is a much more appropriate punishment for him.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 7/20/2024, 5:07 PM
That finale was pretty great - big bummer that we have to wait for two years but schedules are tough and we should be getting Gen V s2 next year so no worries.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 5:19 PM
@TheLobster - schedules my ass, its just bad management.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 7/20/2024, 5:21 PM
@IronDean2099 - doubt it’s just that.

Jack Quaid and Karl Urban are pretty busy.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 5:27 PM
@TheLobster - really? Where?
kazuma
kazuma - 7/20/2024, 5:32 PM
@IronDean2099 -
Season 1 released July 2019
Season 2 released June 2020
Season 3 released June 2022
Season 4 released June 2024
Season 5 will be released 2026

8 years for 5 seasons (6 if you want to count Gen V.)

That's pretty good imo
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 5:45 PM
@kazuma - no that's terrible. Shows used to do 22 episodes every year consistently, it's just these streamers are just fat slow and greedy.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/20/2024, 5:53 PM
@kazuma - I definitely agree with @IronDean2099 that it's terrible.

Shows nowadays are 10 episodes at best and there's 2 years between seasons. Shows lose relevance quickly that way.
kazuma
kazuma - 7/20/2024, 6:32 PM
@IronDean2099 - What high budgeted, massive cgi required shows did that though? And the ones that did. What was the quality compared to modern stuff?

The Boys (2019-2026). 5 Seasons (6 if you count GenV). 8 episodes per season. 60min episodes.
The Sopranos (1999-2007). 6 seasons. 13 episodes per season. 60min episodes.
The Wire (2002-2008). 5 seasons. 10 - 13 episodes per season. 60min episodes.
Lost (2004-2010). 6 seasons. 17-25 episodes per season. 60min episodes.

The Boys seems like it's inline with the rest of these big shows, with lost being the Exception. And we all know lost fell off pretty early on too.

The shows I listed don't require teh same amount of CGI as the boys does either.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 6:37 PM
@kazuma - give me a break 75% of the Boys is people talking in rooms wearing costumes.
kazuma
kazuma - 7/20/2024, 7:14 PM
@IronDean2099 - And 100% of the shows I listed are the same thing.
TheMetaMan
TheMetaMan - 7/20/2024, 7:37 PM
@IronDean2099 - TV shows made for streaming platforms operate on a different schedule to conventional tv shows filmed for TV. Plus these guys are actors meaning the boys isn't their only gig. If you understood the concept of acting you’d know this. If you are a working actor you most likely have many projects that you are committed and obligated to do. This takes time. Ideally it would be great to get the show out next year but that would be a logistical nightmare. The final result would be a rushed final season. Better they take the time to flesh out all the elements making sure the final season is as competent as it can be. Time is relative, two years isn’t long at all. Season four is now over and time has flown by since season 3 in 2022. Filming is an elongated process. It’s not as straightforward as you think. It’s a very technical and arduous experience. Making a tv show or film takes much preparation but most importantly it’s time consuming. Filming 8 episodes for a show might seem like light work from your perspective but in reality that’s literally a whole year from the pre-production phase to the post-production.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 9:28 PM
@kazuma - that doesn't help your point like you think it does.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 7/20/2024, 9:29 PM
@TheMetaMan - I know how tv shows work and it's completely doable, they just haven't figured it out yet.
kazuma
kazuma - 7/20/2024, 9:36 PM
@IronDean2099 - IT does though. Your argument only applies to shows that revolve around people hanging around the same REAL locations, and just talking. Very little action, very little cgi (if any).

Do you not notice how having this cgi crap makes for longer production? You want a superhero show without superpowers?
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/20/2024, 5:12 PM
"Amazon's award-winner" you mean the six Astra TV Awards and seven Critics' Choice Super Awards? Hmm okay then. Though many other shows of the same CBTV genre have also won them...

We probably wouldn't have to wait much if they didn't have to shoot first the spin-off (Gen-V Season 2) before getting to Season 5. But patience's a virtue.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/20/2024, 5:14 PM
@NinnesMBC - I feel they could shoot them concurrently if they wanted to

I’m guessing it’s because the scripts haven’t been fully written
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/20/2024, 5:18 PM
@NinnesMBC - plus , I think Gen V is already shooting isn’t it?.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/20/2024, 5:42 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I think it's because of the latter, they're still being written. Even then IMO without having first to do the spin-off to see what's up with the still locked up good Gen-V characters we got to wait for that first.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 7/20/2024, 5:43 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Seems so, the Gen-V account uploaded this week a BTS of Jazz Sinclair in the make-up trailer almost ready to go out and shoot. With a caption saying "New semester ready" or something close to that.
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