{"id":83694,"date":"2025-10-18T23:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/83694\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T23:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T23:20:08","slug":"the-boys-best-spinoff-with-97-on-rotten-tomatoes-just-got-a-devastating-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/83694\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys’ Best Spinoff With 97% on Rotten Tomatoes Just Got a Devastating Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Video continues to bet big on The Boys<\/a> franchise. At a time when streaming shows struggle to get two seasons, Eric Kripke\u2019s superhero parody series is about to return for its fifth and final outing. All eyes are going to be on Homelander,\u00a0The Boys\u2018 main villain, who continues to acquire power despite being the absolute worst. The changes that the leader of The Seven is making are so impactful that The Boys\u2018 spinoff, Gen V, can\u2019t go an episode without mentioning them<\/a>. However, Gen V isn\u2019t the spinoff that gives Homelander the most shine. That honor belongs to another series streaming on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

Over a year before Gen V hit its streaming home, The Boys Presents: Diabolical<\/a> dropped. Each episode of the series focused on a standalone story set in Kripke\u2019s universe, and nearly all of them featured Homelander. Despite operating in familiar territory, Diabolical received rave reviews from critics, who praised its humor and unique animation. Good reviews aren\u2019t the only thing required to become a success, though, and Diabolical just couldn\u2019t get enough eyeballs on it, leading to a three-year hiatus.<\/p>\n

Well, Kripke recently revealed in an interview with The Wrap<\/a> that Diabolical\u2018s siesta may be more than that, explaining that he doesn\u2019t foresee another season of the show coming together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be a Season 2 of Diabolical,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not for lack of us pushing. I think ultimately the viewer numbers weren\u2019t there to justify a second season, sadly. Although, we love it and Simon [Racioppa], the showrunner, would be game to do it, but we haven\u2019t gotten a go-ahead on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Boys Franchise Isn\u2019t Going Anywhere<\/p>\n

\"Jensen<\/p>\n

With The Boys preparing to wrap up and its first spinoff seemingly getting the axe, it may seem like the franchise isn\u2019t long for this world. That couldn\u2019t be farther from the case, as Gen V is going strong in its second season and setting up plot lines that could fit at least another couple of seasons\u2019 worth of story. There are also two other major spinoffs on the way, Vought Rising, which will turn back the clock to the 1950s and follow two notable Supes, Soldier Boy and Stormfront<\/a>, as they get up to no good, as well as The Boys: Mexico.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no guarantee that future seasons of Gen V, Vought Rising, or The Boys: Mexico will have the same charm that\u2019s present in Diabolical. However, Kripke and Co. are doing all they can to guarantee that their franchise keeps fighting the good fight. It\u2019s a shame that animation doesn\u2019t seem to be a medium that they can explore, but there are enough worthwhile live-action stories that it\u2019ll be easy to move past the soft cancellation. And, hey, maybe the arrow continues to point upward for long enough that the powers that be at Prime Video have to reconsider their decision and let Racioppa give it another shot before it\u2019s all said and done.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below\u00a0and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Video continues to bet big on The Boys franchise. At a time when streaming shows struggle to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,53913,19622,35209,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-83694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-regular-news","12":"tag-the-boys","13":"tag-the-boys-presents-diabolical","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}