Given the massive popularity of Amazon’s anti-superhero series The Boys, it was only a matter of time before the show produced a live-action show in its mundane, zany world.
Well, that time has finally come, and the show in question is Gen V, which takes place at Godolkin University’s crime-fighting school. The series will explore a group of younger characters who all come to terms with their powers during a turbulent time in their lives – their college years.
Now, Amazon Studios has dropped the first trailer for the series, which looks about as delightfully spoiled as the show it was spawned from. We get hit with gruesome violence, biting satire, surprise, and even some puppet murders thrown in for good measure.
You can check out a first demo of the fifth generation below, but be warned, the extra gore and gore on show means it’s not very sensitive.
What is Godolkin University?
In the comics, Godolkin University (or God U) is like a corrupt version of Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters in X-Men – The big difference is that it’s owned by Vought International, the same company responsible for the rise of “supes” in America.
The university takes its name from its founder John Godolkin, a twisted person who happens to be the leader of the G-Men, a superhero team made up of kidnapped children forced to take the drug Compound V.
In the ‘first look’ trailer above, we get our first glimpse of Clancy Brown (Starship Troopers, The Shawshank Redemption) as Godolkin, and we get a feeling he’ll be an even more troubled villain than Homelander in The Boys.
We also got a few glimpses of the rest of the show’s main cast, which includes not one, but two Chilling Adventures of Sabrina alumni Jaz Sinclair and Chance Perdomo, along with Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Terminal List), and Sean Patrick Thomas (The Terminal List). Save the Last Dance) and Broadway’s Lizzie (Bones).
Fans of The Boys will be thrilled to see an appearance by Jesse T.
Although the trailer for Gen V doesn’t provide an exact release date, it does promise that the show will hit Amazon Prime Video sometime in 2023.