The Boys Season 5 Release Date
The Boys Season 5 is officially set for release in 2026 on Amazon Prime Video. Although the exact day hasn’t been announced, updates from the cast and showrunner confirm that fans should expect the fifth and final season sometime in the summer of 2026, aligning with previous release patterns for the series.
Filming was completed in July 2025, and post-production is currently underway, with extensive visual effects work required before launch.
So, if you’re holding out hope for summer 2026, that’s a safe bet. Previous seasons have hovered around June to September, so pencil in a return for that window and cross fingers it’s the last ride for this squad.
Early teasers dropped at San Diego Comic-Con 2025. Let’s just say the show still knows how to make an audience wince, laugh, and second-guess humanity all in the same two minutes. It’s wild to see the fandom ride in waves: excitement, nostalgia, and a little dread for the ending.
The Boys Season 5 Cast
The old guard is back, but the new faces? Some wildcards in there. Expect to see:
Actors and Characters
|
Actor |
Character |
|---|---|
|
Karl Urban |
Billy Butcher |
|
Jack Quaid |
Hughie Campbell |
|
Antony Starr |
Homelander |
|
Erin Moriarty |
Starlight |
|
Jessie T. Usher |
A-Train |
|
Laz Alonso |
Mother's Milk |
|
Chace Crawford |
The Deep |
|
Karen Fukuhara |
Kimiko |
|
Tomer Capone |
Frenchie |
|
Nathan Mitchell |
Black Noir |
|
Colby Minifie |
Ashley Barrett |
|
Jensen Ackles |
Soldier Boy |
|
Jeffrey Dean Morgan |
Joe Kessler |
|
Misha Collins |
TBA |
|
Jared Padalecki |
TBA |
|
Daveed Diggs |
TBA |
This time, Supernatural fans, take a victory lap. Misha Collins and Jared Padalecki reunite with Ackles for a delightful mini-crossover vibe. A friend once joked that if you told your 2015 self half this cast would square off on a streaming superhero satire, you’d flat-out laugh. The series is pulling out all the stops, even bringing back some presumed-lost faces. Honestly, in a show like this, anyone could walk through that door if the writers dream it up.
The Boys Season 5 Latest Updates
This is the end, showrunner Kripke has loudly confirmed that season 5 is the swan song, capping off years of carnage, dark comedy, and twisted superhero mayhem. The big storyline? The “apocalypse” tone was set by early teasers and cast interviews. Backgrounds buzz with tension: Butcher and Homelander’s final confrontation, messier Gen V crossovers, and just enough gory spectacle to keep the group chats lit.
Spin-offs are buzzing, too. Gen V season 2 drops September 2025, and “Vought Rising” plus a Mexico-based offshoot are deep into development. Still, all eyes turn to season 5’s promise of closure, no neat bows, just something explosively true to The Boys’ wild DNA.
Stories tend to linger when characters genuinely embrace and break expectations. If you’ve stuck through the journey all these seasons, the upcoming closure feels a little like senior year’s last day: wild, weird, and an emotional sucker-punch you sort of brace for but never fully expect.
