Fans of the gritty, no-holds-barred world of The Boys are really in for a treat with this new look at the show. Amazon Prime Video has officially announced a new prequel series called Vought Rising, and it will be returning two characters that fans really liked — or maybe hated — from the original show.
Indeed, the inclusion of Soldier Boy and Stormfront is big news for people who want to learn more about the creepy past of Vought International and how Compound V started. Specifically, you’ll get to see things from the late 1950s, a time when company ads tried to make everything good and hush up where Compound V really came from.
1. The Vought Cinematic Universe is really taking off right now!
The Boys has been a huge hit and has changed the way we think about superhero stories by showing them in a more realistic and funny way.
It’s no surprise that Amazon wants to keep growing the world of The Lord of the Rings. Beyond the main series, we’ve already watched the animated show The Boys Presents: Diabolical and the college-set spin-off Gen V. Vought Rising takes a big leap, moving the story back to show how Vought started and what goes on behind the scenes of the company.
This expansion gives people more chances to look at the kind of world where superheroes are part of big companies.
It’s a universe where having too much power always ends up going wrong, and it’s hard to tell if somebody is a hero or a villain because both can do good and bad things.
With The Boys main series finishing up with season five in 2026, these spin-offs are really needed to keep the show going and bring in new fans.
2. Soldier Boy and Stormfront: The Perfect Prequel Pair
The announcement that Jensen Ackles will get back into the role of Soldier Boy and Aya Cash will play Stormfront again (previously named Clara Vought) has made comic book fans pretty happy.
Their stories in The Boys showed that these superheroes had much worse pasts than what people knew about. This prequel gives you the opportunity to really look into how things started with the Imperials.
Soldier Boy: Introduced in Season 3 of The Boys, Soldier Boy showed up as the first superhero, looking a lot like Captain America from World War II.
However, he had a much rawer side, making him hard to handle and dangerous to be around.
His return in Vought Rising will probably show us what happened as he first got involved with the hero group and how the company turned him into their first real superhero.
We can expect to see him change from being seen as a strong symbol of America to the broken and threatening person he became later.
His story is closely connected to what Vought did at the start, especially the early experiments and the things they messed with.
Stormfront (Clara Vought):
Her big unmasking as an old Nazi super in Season 2 of The Boys was one of the most surprising moments in the show.
Vought Rising will show her in the 1950s, when things were changing a lot for her character. This series will help us see how she did sneaky things to control Vought as it was starting out.
How did she handle her work at the company in those days? What role did she have in spreading the idea of Vought being better than everyone else? These are questions that fans really want to get answered.
Bringing these two characters together in a prequel is a really smart move. Both of these stories show how Vought was involved in really bad things that have lasted over time.
Their interactions in the 1950s are definitely interesting because it shows how these two artists met and affected one another as comics started to become more popular.
3. A 1950s twisted murder mystery involves disappearances and strange occurrences.
Eric Kripke, who created The Boys, has said that Vought Rising will be a story about a murder that happens in the 1950s and might have some twists to it.
This premise is incredibly exciting. It suggests that the series won’t just tell the real-life events but will also include an interesting story that keeps you wanting to watch.
The 1950s setting is perfect for showing us what life is like for teenagers during that time. It was a time when things in society were changing a lot; people started feeling more hopeful, but there were still lots of worries and hidden problems.
Vought would have been one of the companies most involved with these two sides of big business.
A murder mystery in this kind of plot could show that even though Vought looked clean and trustworthy from the start, there were still a lot of problems and ugly secrets hidden behind the good face it tried to show the world.
Consider the implications:
Who is the victim? A rival supe? A whistleblowing scientist?
What secrets will be uncovered?
How Soldier Boy and Stormfront will handle this mystery is not clear, because both of them tend to do things that aren’t moral.
This part of the film where people try to figure out who the killer is makes the movie much more interesting than just telling the background story. It makes you want to keep reading and, at the same time, teaches you something useful.
4. Vought Rising: 1950s prequel, murder mystery, Soldier Boy, young Stormfront (Clara Vought).
While a lot of things about the movie are still not known, we do know some vital details.
Setting: The series takes place mostly in the 1950s. This period will feel visual and gives the story a lot to talk about, as it looks at America after World War II from The Boys’ own point of view.
Reprising Roles: Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash have both said they’ll be back. Their performances made the main games even more fun to watch, and I’m excited to see them again in the prequel.
New Cast Members: Elizabeth Posey and Will Hochman have joined the cast, but what parts they will play hasn’t been announced yet.
Posey is said to play the main character, and it’s not clear yet who Hochman will be in the movie. Their roles might make a big difference in solving the “murder mystery” part of the show.
Filming Schedule: Production for Vought Rising is reportedly going to start filming in New York from August to December 2025. This suggests the movie might come out sometime at the end of 2026 or early 2027.
Showrunner Paul Grellong is the main person in charge of making sure the show is on track, and Eric Kripke is also helping out as a producer.
This helps make sure the show keeps the same feel and quality that fans have come to love from The Boys stories.
Vought Rising
Set in the smoky back alleys and opulent boardrooms of 1950s America, Vought Rising is a gripping prequel and murder mystery that delves into the dark origins of the powerful Vought Corporation.
Long before superheroes dazzled the public eye, this noir-inspired tale uncovers the morally ambiguous foundation of the company destined to dominate the world stage.
Against the backdrop of post-war paranoia, emerging Cold War tensions, and the golden age of American ambition, a mysterious murder threatens to expose secrets that powerful forces would kill to keep buried. Stylish, suspenseful, and steeped in period atmosphere, Vought Rising explores how corruption, science, and greed converged to create a legacy of power—and blood.
Stars
Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy) and Aya Cash (Stormfront/Clara Vought) play two characters who have different jobs and outlooks but still end up showing human sides in the story.
New Cast
Elizabeth Posey did the lead vocals, while Will Hochman played the not-yet-revealed role.
Filming
August–December 2025 (New York)
Producers
Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios will also join the team to make sure that the world gets access to this amazing show this fall.
Showrunner
Paul Grellong
Executive Producers
Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jensen Ackles, Aya Cash, and Paul Grellong are just some of the people who helped make Supernatural.
5. Why a Prequel Now?
Bringing Vought Rising into The Boys now is a smart decision because it lets us see more of the company’s dark plans and gives us more backstory about how the show’s events got started.
As the main series gets close to its end, spin-offs and prequels let the franchise keep finding new stories from the same world without messing up the main story.
Deeper Lore: Vought Rising will help you understand what’s happening in The Boys, filling in the background and explaining why things go the way they do. Understanding the origins of Vought’s power and how the first heroes grew up will add more to the whole world these characters live in.
It lets people watch what caused the bad problems in the organization happen step by step.
Untold Stories: There’s a lot of backstory in The Boys world that we’ve only seen small pieces of so far. This prequel lets us share stories that happened in a different time period, helping us look at old ideas in new ways.
Character Exploration: Soldier Boy and Stormfront are complicated, having stepped on a lot of lines in terms of doing what they thought was right.
A prequel lets people learn more about why the characters did what they did, how they became more powerful, and the things that happened in their pasts.
It will look into how they changed from normal people into the monsters we are familiar with in the series.
Maintaining Momentum: With The Boys Season 5 probably coming out in 2026 and Gen V Season 2 returning this summer, Vought Rising will help keep the show popular and in people’s minds.
6. Vought Rising will likely feature advanced military tech and supes aiding US forces.
Fans can expect the same amount of sharp humor, rough action scenes, and detailed character growth that has always made The Boys stand out. However, choosing the 1950s as the story’s time period will bring a special feeling to it. We’ll likely see
Mid-century aesthetics but with a darker note for a bit more drama. Imagine seeing those colorful ads from the 1950s with happy families and the hope that came after the war in one hand, but on the other knowing that Vought was really messing with people for his own control energy. This visual contrast will really help your photos stand out.
The Dawn of Super Celebrity: Witness how Vought started to shape how people thought about the company, how they got their main characters likable to the public, and how they spread messages that helped the company grow.
Early Compound V Horrors: The prequel could show how early uses of Compound V might not have been as thoughtful or careful as the later versions, and it could also talk about any moral choices people had to make in making and using it.
Social Commentary: The Boys is known for pointing out and talking about problems that happen in the world today.
A 1950s setting will let the story look at what was happening then, like McCarthyism, the Cold War, and how society was changing, all mixed with how it felt to be a superhero that doesn’t quite fit in.
7. The Boys universe is growing, with Gen V (season 2 in 2025), Vought Rising, and The Boys: Mexico keeping fans hooked.
With The Boys Season 5 set for 2026 and Gen V coming back in summer 2025, the show’s creators are keeping regular new content coming with ‘Vought Rising’ arriving between late 2026 and early 2027. There’s also The Boys: Mexico is getting better when it comes to human rights, but it still has a long way to go.
This carefully planned expansion shows that Amazon really wants to make the stories and fictional world in its shows feel connected and strong.
Each new series can help us learn more about Vought and the people it makes into superheroes, giving us new ways to think about the main ideas the show talks about.
8. Conclusion: Brace yourselves!
The announcement of Vought Rising is great news for everyone who loves The Boys TV show. Bringing back Soldier Boy and Stormfront in the 1950s for a murder mystery sounds like something fun to see.
It promises to reveal how Vought started and shed more light on what made the first, strongest people created by the company think and act the way they do.
Get ready to see how a bad empire started and how some important things happened that led to the way the superheroes’ world is today.
The boys seem to be wrapping up their biggest conflict, but we are just seeing the start of Vought’s real problems coming out.