The Boys Creator Teases Season 5 Timeline — Here’s When It Might Drop
The Boys is barreling toward its last stand: creator Eric Kripke says Season 5 is well into post-production and hints a release window is finally in sight.
Eric Kripke just checked in with a status report on The Boys Season 5, and it is exactly the kind of tease you expect from him: helpful, specific, and just vague enough to keep everyone refreshing their feeds.
Where things stand right now
Kripke hopped on Instagram to say the Season 5 edit is done. That means the episodes are cut together. The team is now grinding through the other half of post: visual effects, music, and color. According to him, those pieces are about halfway there. He also tossed a thank-you to everyone who watched Gen V Season 2 and promised the mothership show is not limping to the finish line.
'We’re hard at work finishing @theboystv Final Season... we go out with a bang. COMING (reasonably) SOON.'
So when is it actually dropping?
Quick timeline check: Kripke confirmed filming wrapped in July 2025, so the show has been in post for a while. With the cut locked and the rest midway through, Season 5 looks on track for a 2026 release. If they stick to the series pattern, circle summer.
- Season 1: July 26, 2019
- Season 2: September 4, 2020
- Season 3: June 3, 2022
- Season 4: June 13, 2024
That history plus his 'reasonably soon' nudge makes a summer 2026 window feel like the safe bet. Not locked, but sensible.
What about the spin-offs?
The universe is not shrinking just because the main show is ending. Gen V recently finished its second season, and Kripke says a third is coming. There are a couple of new projects in the pipeline too: Vought Rising, which brings back Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) and Stormfront (Aya Cash), and The Boys: Mexico, with Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer writing. Given where Season 5 is in post, expect The Boys to land before those new spin-offs hit Prime Video.
Bottom line: the final season is deep in the polish phase, the schedule screams summer, and Kripke is out here promising to blow the doors off on the way out. Sounds about right.