Vought Rising
Vought Rising is an upcoming American satirical superhero television series created by Eric Kripke for Amazon Prime Video, serving as a prequel series to The Boys, which is based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The series will star Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash as Stormfront, who will both reprise their roles from The Boys, alongside Elizabeth Posey and Will Hochman. It will be the fourth series in The Boys franchise.
Premise
The series follows a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of Stormfront.Cast and characters
Main
- Jensen Ackles as Ben / Soldier Boy
- Aya Cash as Klara Risinger / Stormfront
- Mason Dye as Bombsight
- Elizabeth Posey as Private Angel
- Will Hochman as Torpedo
- Jorden Myrie
- Nicolò Pasetti
- Ricky Staffieri
- Brian J. Smith
- KiKi Layne
Recurring
- Cecily Strong
- Mark Pellegrino
- Eric Johnson
- Annie Shapero
- Raphael Sbarge
- Romi Shraiter
- Aaron Douglas
- David Hewlett
Episodes
Production
Development
The series was announced at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. Executive producers of the series are Paul Grellong, Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Michaela Starr, Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash. Grellong will serve as the series' showrunner. Production companies involved in producing the series are Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures, and Original Film.Eric Kripke mentioned that we could see characters from other series of the franchise in potential future seasons.