But while some students are trying to nail down the perfect superhero name, control their powers, or secure lucrative endorsements, others are involved in something much more sinister. While it’s not clear what, exactly, that is…it doesn’t look good.
Gen V premieres on Prime Video with three episodes on September 29.
The series cast includes Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway (The Rookie), Shelley Conn (Liar), Maddie Phillips (Teenage Bounty Hunters), London Thor (Shameless (US)), Derek Luh (Shining Vale), Asa Germann (Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Staircase), Sean Patrick Thomas (Reasonable Doubt) and Marco Pigossi (Alta Mar). Gen V also features guest stars Clancy Brown (Dexter: New Blood) and Jason Ritter (Raising Dion), as well as appearances from Jessie T. Usher, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit and P.J. Byrne, reprising their roles from The Boys.
Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters are the showrunners and executive producers. Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Craig Rosenberg, Nelson Cragg, Zak Schwartz, Erica Rosbe and Michaela Starr also executive producer of the spin-off series.
Co-executive producers are Brant Englestein, Sarah Carbiener, Lisa Kussner, Gabriel Garcia, Aisha Porter-Christie, Judalina Neira and Loreli Alanís. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios, in association with Kripke Enterprises, Point Gray Pictures and Original Film.
You can watch the new Gen V trailer below.
