Executive producers and long-time writing partners, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are always discussing The Boys spinoff ideas. The Boys is based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic of the same name, following a group of dysfunctional vigilantes who team up to bring justice to abusive, greedy superheroes Aka “Supes” and the corrupt conglomerate, Vought International, that manages them. While originally conceived as a feature film, The Boys premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2019, and has since become one of the streaming service’s biggest shows and was even nominated for Outstanding Drama at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

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In its first two seasons, The Boys revealed that superheroes/superpowers are the result of tests run by Vought using Compound-V—Supes are injected with the drug when they are children and then develop their abilities over time. In December, Karl Urban announced The Boys Presents: Diabolical from The Boys showrunner/executive producer Eric Kripke and producers Rogen and Goldberg. The animated anthology consists of 12–14-minute episodes, written/animated by different creatives, and set in the world of the flagship series. All eight episodes of the series became available Friday. The first of which, “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” follows its titular toddler and the Vought scientist trying to protect her in a bloody Looney Tunes-esque installment written by Rogen and Goldberg.

In a recent interview with Variety, Goldberg and Rogen talked about the first episode of Diabolical being inspired by Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Baby’s Day Out, and other things they’ve been fans of for years. They addressed the possibility of a “Laser Baby” sequel should Amazon pick the series up for a second season and discussed its inception being the result of musing live-action movie ideas. Diabolical episodes could “possibly, probably, maybe” become full-blown The Boys spinoffs. Read the full quote below:

“We’re talking about spinoffs all the time. We’re working on numerous different ideas,” Goldberg said. “Some will not happen, some will. But I think we got more franchising to do. We can grow. We can grow like Laser Baby.”

The other, live-action The Boys spinoff currently in development is an untitled Supe college series parodying the X-Men, which was fast-tracked by Amazon last September. Rogen and Goldberg revealed that showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters have a title, but it’s being kept under wraps as of now (likely because of connections to the flagship series). The untitled spinoff will follow America’s only college for Supes run by Vought with a plot examining the lives of hormonal characters as they compete for contracts “saving” cities across the country.

Both of the already-announced spinoffs are indicative of an intent to capitalize on The Boys’ popularity and ever-growing universe and mythology. As competing streamers like HBO Max, Disney+, and Netflix continue to expand their comic book/fantasy universes with shows and movies, it’s only natural Amazon would want to do the same with its juggernaut. While Diabolical does introduce new characters who could eventually make the transition to live-action and further explore Homelander, the show arguably doesn’t add anything essential to the lore of Vought and the Seven. Still, the shorts would be at home within the wonderfully deranged pages of the graphic novel and do connect to its “G-Men” with a version of Wolverine. It remains to be seen what else will become of that universe when The Boys season 3 debuts on June 3rd.

Source: Variety

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