Eric Kripke TeasesThe Boys’“Exciting” Season 4 Plans

Amazon’sThe Boyswrapped its third time of year a few days ago , and now theraunchy superhero satireis taking a break until season four hits sometime presumptively next year . A pot happened throughout the eight - instalment time of year , and the show is shaping up to have a acutely unlike hereafter from the source textile by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson . And now that things have total to their conclusion , showrunner Eric Kripke has opened up about what ’s next for theheroes and dickheadsof the darling series .

In a post - mortem withVariety , showrunner Eric Kripke discuss what ’s in store for next season . Right now , the writing stave is in the midst of breaking the time of year down before shoot commences in August , but he said that the plan is for time of year four to be a more “ character - drive ” outing . “ Everyone ’s facing their core issues in a direction that ’s pretty exciting … But it ’s super interesting and fun and really , really emotionally rich . ” One specific illustration is certain to be Karl Urban ’s Billy Butcher , who discovered during the finale that he has 12 - 18 months before he dies due to Temp V — a drug that briefly gives its users superpowers — work havoc on his dead body . Since pretty much everything in Butcher ’s spirit has now gone to hell , the question Kripke and crew wish to ask is , “ Is he self - mindful enough to realize that he ’s causing his own misfortune ? Is he self - aware enough to actually see if he can modify ? ”

Speaking of modification , the Seven have had their own sizable amount of reorganisation . Right now , onlyHomelander ( Anthony Starr ) , The Deep ( Chace Crawford ) , and A - gear ( Jessie Usher ) survive as the sole members of the squad : Homelander killed Black Noir ( Nathan Mitchell ) after it turn out the silent supe withheld the knowledge that Soldier Boy ( Jensen Ackles ) was Homelander ’s biologic sire . Starlight ( Erin Moriarty ) result to join The Boys and Queen Maeve ( Dominique McElligott ) lost her powers and faked her death so she could leave the superhero plot and live with her girlfriend , Elena ( Nicola Correia - Damude ) . Suffice to say , whoever joins the hero team next will have to be “ large-hearted to Homelander ’s batshit brainsick lawsuit , ” in Kripke ’s words . “ He has to really stack the deck of cards with ally now that he has the ability to make those conclusion . ” Still , the Seven wo n’t be strip of Noir : Mitchell will be returning next time of year as a different adaptation of the fictional character , who Kripketold Entertainment Weeklywould be an “ interesting and hilarious character . ” Hopefully , Black Noir II is as much of aDisney princessas his precursor .

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Much of season three has been about the idea of fathers and sons , and a lot of it revolved around Homelander . At the very end of the time of year , he insert his Word superpowered son Ryan ( Cameron Crovetti ) to the public . Having forsaken Butcher for Homelander , Ryan is visibly aroused to learn his founding father laser a protestor to end after the kidskin gets hit . picture out a room to save Ryan ’s soul will be a cardinal priority for Butcher next time of year , with Kripke say it ’s like Kramer v. Kramer combined with Avengers : Endgame . “ If Homelander wins the kid over , ” teased Kripke , “ that ’s revelatory because then there ’s two Homelanders . ” But if Ryan can be turned , then he could in conclusion bring an end to Homelander and the Seven , and Butcher can go happy . That probably wo n’t happen , but hey , it ’s nice of The Boys to feign it ’s potential , yeah ?

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