Three years after being announced that it was in development, The Boys: Mexico gets a promising update.
The Mexico-set spinoff of Prime Video’s hit franchise is being written by Blue Beetle’s Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer and executive produced by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, with The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke aboard the project as well. A previous The Boys: Mexico update from Kripke revealed that it will be set after the events of The Boys season 5 and there is potential for characters from the original series to appear in the spinoff.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Kripke shared that a draft of The Boys: Mexico pilot episode has been delivered to Amazon, whose reaction was positive, and now their notes are being incorporated for revisions. The Boys showrunner expects that Dunnet-Alcocer is now working on another draft and is hopeful about the spinoff’s future. Check out his comments below:
Yeah. They just delivered a draft of the pilot to Amazon. Amazon seemed to really like it and seemed to be making all the right noises. They gave some notes, so we’re gonna incorporate those notes. Gareth [Dunnet-Alcocer], who is the writer, is so smart and good. He’ll do, I’m sure, another draft. But it feels like…who the hell knows? You can never predict this stuff, but we’re hopeful.
Kripke’s latest update comes less than 24 hours before The Boys season 5 debuts with a two-episode premiere on Prime Video. This is the show’s final season, the events of which will impact The Boys: Mexico’s story, since the spinoff is supposed to be set after season 5. What happens to Homelander and Vought has the potential to transform the larger world for supes, setting the stage for the franchise’s show set outside the United States.
*The Boys: Mexico *is not the only spinoff in the works, as the prequel series Vought Rising has wrapped filming and is expected to be released on Prime Video in 2027. Vought Rising takes place in the 1950s, with Jensen Ackles returning as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash returning as Stormfront, with a story that will reveal more about the origins of the titular corporation and the rise of supes. There is also the potential for the spinoff Gen V to continue with season 3, although it has not been officially renewed yet.
If Gen V season 3 doesn’t happen, The Boys: Mexico could become the franchise’s sole exploration of the universe after the series finale of The Boys since Vought Rising is a prequel. With Gen V’s Godolkin University controlled by Vought and appearances from familiar characters, the collegiate spinoff’s story has always been heavily intertwined with The Boys, but the *Mexico *series is an opportunity for a more standalone show despite being set in the same overarching universe.
While The Boys: Mexico’s positive progress is exciting, it and the other spinoffs are somewhat ironic given the original show’s parody of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and franchise fatigue. The Boys makes fun of this with the fictional corporation’s Vought Cinematic Universe, which includes 43 new Vought movies shown to be on the way for Phases 7-10 of the VCU. Kriple’s comment about Mexico “making all the right noises” bodes well for it not becoming what the franchise has been parodying.
As for when The Boys: Mexico will debut, it is likely still years away from happening. The spinoff is still in development and having its pilot episode refined, and there has been a two-year hiatus between all seasons of The Boys and Gen V released between 2022 and 2025.
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Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer