‘The Boys’ College-Set Spinoff Gets Fast-Tracked at Amazon Prime Video

The Boys” are going to school.

Amazon has announced a spinoff of its popular satirical superhero series that the company has billed “part college show, part ‘Hunger Games’ — with all the heart, satire and raunch of ‘The Boys.’”Per Amazon, the show will be “set at America’s only college exclusively for young adult superheroes (and run by Vought International).

‘The Untitled Boys Spinoff’ is an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities.”The spinoff comes from Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television in association with Point Grey Pictures, Kripke Enterprises, and Original Film.

Craig Rosenberg is writing the pilot and set as showrunner/EP, falling under his overall deal with Sony Pictures Television.

Rosenberg and the original series’ showrunner Eric Kripke, as well

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