Has Amazon Quietly Canceled The Boys’ Most Exciting Spinoff?

The Boys universe keeps growing — but one spinoff stumbles

What began as a single series about corrupt, superpowered figures and the ragged group trying to stop them has grown into a broad on-screen universe. While The Boys is expected to conclude with its fifth season in 2026, the franchise itself is far from finished. In an interview with The Wrap, showrunner Erik Kripke laid out the roadmap for several spinoffs — mostly encouraging news for fans, although there is one setback.

The disappointing update: the animated anthology The Boys: Diabolical appears unlikely to return for a second season.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a Season 2 of Diabolical,” Kripke said. “It’s not for lack of us pushing. I think ultimately the viewer numbers weren’t there to justify a second season, sadly. Although, we love it and Simon [Racioppa], the showrunner, would be game to do it, but we haven’t gotten a go ahead on that.”

If you missed Diabolical — and the show’s reported viewing figures suggest many did — it offered eight standalone shorts that let comedians and creators play within The Boys sandbox. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg delivered a Looney Tunes–inspired vignette about a superpowered infant called “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” while talents from Andy Samberg to Akwafina contributed their own distinctive takes. Even Garth Ennis, the original comic’s creator, penned an episode, and showrunner Simon Racioppa explored origin-story material for Homelander in another installment.

It’s unfortunate that a series that stretched the franchise into fresh tonal and formal directions didn’t catch on. Diabolical felt like a inventive rejoinder to critics who argued the flagship show leaned too heavily on shock and brutality without sufficiently evolving its premise. Some viewers and commentators have suggested the series reached its creative high point around season two.

Still, there’s reason for optimism about the rest of the franchise. Kripke told The Wrap he already has a trajectory mapped for Gen V season 3 — the college-set spinoff is concluding its second season — and he’s likewise planning ahead for Vought Rising, a 1950s-set prequel whose first season is currently in production.

One other project still moving forward is The Boys: Mexico, reportedly written by Gareth Dunnet‑Alcocer and featuring Gael García Bernal. Kripke described it as being in early development: the pilot script is underway and the creative team is actively shaping the tone, though the show has yet to be greenlit beyond that stage.

“Mexico is just being developed right now,” Kripke said. “The pilot script is being written. Gareth is a wonderful writer and I think it’s hilarious. I hope it gets made, but [it’s] just in that development phase.”

So, while fans have reason to look forward to more entries in the universe, it’s regrettable that the most experimental spinoff may not continue. At least for now, the rest of the franchise remains active and being planned out.

Where to watch: The Boys: Diabolical is available to stream on Prime Video.

Source: Polygon