When the series was first greenlit by Prime Video in 2021 with Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters as showrunners, Collider reported what information was available at the time, including a joke from the press release describing Varsity as ” part college show, part Hunger Games—with all the heart, satire and swagger of The Boys.” The spinoff will take place at the Vought-run Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, America’s only all-admissions school, and will feature some behind-the-scenes events from The Boys Season 3. With Varsity’s timeline coinciding with The Boys Season 3, that means no Translucent (Alex Hassell) or Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore) cameos, other than their appearance as commemorative alum statues on the college’s lawn, as seen in images from CBR.However, other alums like A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) and The Deep (Chace Crawford) it’s off the table! COLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Kripke discussed the possibilities of seeing fan favorites in the upcoming Varsity series: “There’s definitely crossover, and we’re doing our best to design a universe that sees some of the issues and storylines from season 3 carry over into the first season on Varsity. Like there’s a presidential campaign going on in the background of that season, and there are certain things that happen in that school that are both in reaction to The Boys Season 3. There’s Soldier Boy, etc., but also some new stories that happen in that spinoff season that we have to get and to consider season 4 of the show.” Image via Prime Video RELATED: ‘The Boys’ Showrunner on How That Ryan Finale Scene Sets Up Season 4 According to Kripke, the college will focus on America’s next generation of supes, specifically the G-Men, original comic book writers Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s parody of Marvel’s X-Men, which were briefly mentioned in its first season The Boys. The premise of the show will be “an irreverent R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they test their physical, sexual, and moral limits, compete for the best contracts in the best cities.” That means we’ll be seeing a lot more of brash and immature boy-level behavior of Homelander (Antony Starr) and, more than likely, many more Homelander fans. On the Fox News satire web series Seven on 7, Varsity was teased in a quick segment, saying, “In in just a few months, the best and brightest young heroes from Godolkin University will see their dreams come true or come crashing down. down… And while this year’s competition is sure to be fierce, people can’t stop talking about the Golden Boy Junior of Godolkin University, who is already considered the top pick for next year’s draft.” Since the show was greenlit, the road to production was extended, resulting in some cast members leaving after aspects of the creative direction and characters were somewhat changed from the source material of The Boys executive producer and Varsity writer, Craig Rosenberg. Production on Varsity began in May 2022 with Kripke as executive producer and is expected to wrap sometime in October. after diving headfirst into a parody of what can quickly become a vast pool of interconnected stories like Disney’s MCU, Kripke said of the spinoff: “It’s a very different corner of the world and it’s a different concern and thematic, but it was interesting. I give Kevin Feige a lot of credit because now that we’re dipping our toes into trying to make a universe and trying to make it Well… it’s quite hard to keep a fucking show straight, but trying to keep two shows, each one entertaining… it’s a whole new level of challenge.” Currently, The Boys Presents: Varsity will feature Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Staircase) as Golden Boy, Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance) as Polarity, Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Marie Moreau, Marco Pigossi as Edison Cardosa, Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Shelley Conn (Brigerton) and more. There is no premiere date for The Boys Presents: Varsity at this time, but all three seasons of The Boys and its animated spinoff The Boys Presents: Diabolical are streaming on Prime Video.
