Prime Video Orders The Boys Prequel Series

Prime Video has commissioned Vought Rising, a prequel to its hit superhero show The Boys.

Starring Jensen Ackles (The Boys, Supernatural) and Aya Cash (The Boys, You’re the Worst), the new series will explore the origins of Vought in the 1950s, following the early adventures of Soldier Boy and the maneuvers of Stormfront, who went by the name Clara Vought at the time.

Paul Grellong will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Additional executive producers are Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson and Michaela Starr. Ackles and Cash will serve as producers.

Vought Rising is being produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios, in association with Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures and Original Film.

This marks the third spin-off of The Boys, following Gen V and The Boys Presents: Diabolical.

“We are excited to bring you the next deranged series from the world of The Boys,” executive producer Kripke and showrunner Grellong said. “It’s a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront, who was then going by the name Clara Vought. We cannot wait to blow your minds and trouble your souls with this salacious, grisly saga drenched in blood and Compound V.”