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.

Vought Rising
Genre	Satirical Black comedy Superhero
Created by	Eric Kripke
Based on	The Boys by Garth Ennis Darick Robertson
Showrunner	Paul Grellong
Starring	Jensen Ackles Aya Cash Mason Dye Elizabeth Posey Will Hochman Jorden Myrie Nicolò Pasetti Ricky Staffieri Brian J. Smith KiKi Layne
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	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 Aya Cash
Production companies	Kripke Enterprises Point Grey Pictures Original Film Amazon MGM Studios Sony Pictures Television
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Related
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.^[1]

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

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Red Scare"[2]	Sam Miller	Paul Grellong	TBA

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.^[3] 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.^[1][4]

Eric Kripke mentioned that we could see characters from other series of the franchise in potential future seasons.^[5]

Writing

Kripke mentions that the Supes in the series are military people who move to the private sector that gets "flashier" because "it's about showmanship", so "military discipline" becomes "consumerism" to "see them evolve that way".^[5] Jensen Ackles spoke with Variety about the differences between his character Ben / Soldier Boy in this series and in The Boys, that even they are the same person "There's a lot of life that Soldier Boy has lived when we see him in 'The Boys'...and then when he's starting." He mentioned that he's being able to "deal with the struggles that made him who he became."^[6]

Casting

Along with the series announcement, Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash were confirmed to star in the series as Ben / Soldier Boy and Klara Risinger / Stormfront, respectively, reprising their roles from The Boys.^[1] In March 2025, Elizabeth Posey and Will Hochman joined the cast in main roles.^[7][8] In August 2025, Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri, Brian J. Smith, Mason Dye and KiKi Layne were cast as series regulars,^[9][10] with Dye reprising his The Boys role as Bombisght.^[11]

Design

The suits the Supes wear in the series are military ones which take their cues from USO shows. Laura Jean Shannon will serve as costume designer.^[5]

Filming

Principal photography began on August 17, 2025,^[12] and is expected to run until December.^[13]

Release

The series is set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video.^[1]