“The Boys” already had one successful spinoff with last year’s “Gen V,” so when will the next one show up? EW reports that it might take some time before Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna‘s “The Boys: Mexico” become official. But based on what showrunner Eric Kripke says about the series, it’ll be worth the wait.
So when will “The Boys: Mexico” get the greenlight? Kripke didn’t have specifics but confirmed it’s “a while away” before it gets made. “They are still making the deal with the writer for the pilot,” Kripke told EW in a new interview. “Blue Beetle” scripe Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer” is reportedly writing a treatment for the show’s pilot. “He has an amazing pitch, and we all giggle and think about how fun it would be,” continued Kripke. “But there are a lot of hurdles for that show before it’s a real show. He’s got to register an amazing pilot, he’s probably got to write an amazing episode 2. I think he can and he will, but we’re a while away from truly starting to drop in the Easter eggs and the setups and stuff.”
News broke about Bernal and Luna’s Mexico-based spinoff late last November, with reports also stating that the actors could star in “The Boys: Mexico,” too, albeit insupporting roles. “I’m very excited about what we can do, because we can do something very interesting in Latin America,” Bernal told Variety about the spinoff last year. However, there are no updates about the spinoff nearly six months later, which isn’t exactly surprising. “The Boys” Season 4 was already in production, and “Gen V” had only just proven that it had legs as a companion series.
It also helps that “Gen V” ties directly into the upcoming new season of “The Boys.” The college-set spinoff stars Jaz Sinclar as Marie Moreau, a supe-centric Godolkin University student who discovers that her school harbors a sinister secret. What Moreau uncovers affects the events of “The Boys” Season 4, but Kripke made sure the crossover isn’t too overbearing. “I really don’t want people to feel they have to watch one to understand the other,” he said about the two shows. “I never want it to feel like homework or mandatory viewing. I think that’s hurt Marvel in a certain amount of ways, and I don’t want to do that. I want you to watch both shows. It certainly expands your enjoyment and experience of both shows because you understand some of the backstory of where things came from, but by no means do you have to.”
So if Dunnet-Alcocer wants “The Boys: Mexico” to get greenlit, maybe he’ll have to write a tie-in to “The Boys” Season 4. The new season, which premieres on Prime Video on June 13, sees Karl Urban‘s Billy Butcher with months to live after contracting a man-made virus designed to kill supes. But while Billy Butcher struggles with the virus, Anthony Starr‘s Homelander utilizes it as a tool to keep his extremist supports under his sway. Meanwhile, “Gen V” cast members Maddie Phillips and Asa Germann will reprise their roles in Season 4; no suprise there, as the super-killing virus debuted in the spinoff last year.
What’s this all leading to, and what does “The Boys: Mexico” have to do with it, if anything? Kripke isn’t telling. “I have an ending in mind for “The Boys,” [but] we’ll see how long it takes to get there,” said the showrunner. “And then “Gen V” is its own animal that will have its own ending. They inform each other, but we let each one breathe on its own.”
But if “The Boys” Season 4 does well with critics, expect an update on “The Boys: Mexico” sooner than later. And given the show’s popularity, Bernal’s spinoff may not be the only one Kripke has in the pipeline.