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Laz Alonso Pitches ‘The Boys’ Spinoff, MM Influence’s on Spinoff

Laz Alonso Pitches ‘The Boys’ Spinoff, MM Influence’s on Spinoff

[This story contains spoilers from the fifth and final season finale of The Boys.] Laz Alonso’s character Mother’s Milk was one of the few characters that got out of The Boys unscathed (if unscathed meant not dying by the series finale). After saying goodbye to the rest of his fellow supe fighters after Billy Butcher’s funeral, Mother’s Milk returns home to life with his wife and daughter. But he doesn’t leave the group alone, as it’s revealed that Ryan, the son to supervillain Homelander and Billy Butcher’s late wife Becca, has gone with him. Alonso tells The Hollywood Reporter the decision for Mother’s Milk to take Ryan under his wing “was a symbol of breaking generational curses.”  “If we understand who Ryan is to MM, he’s very close to MM’s story, because he’s the grandson of Soldier Boy, the man that killed MM’s grandfather and sent him down this completely different life of spiraling out of control,” he says. “When [series creator Eric] Kripke explained to me the whole arc of the character, it just …

‘The Boys’ Creator on ‘Vought Rising’ Spinoff’s Different Tone

‘The Boys’ Creator on ‘Vought Rising’ Spinoff’s Different Tone

The Boys is over — but spinoff Vought Rising is coming next year. The prequel series to Prime Video‘s satirical anti-superhero hit is set in 1950 and focuses on fan-favorite character Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) and season two breakout Stormfront (Aya Cash). The story has been described as a twisted murder mystery that charts the origins of the sinister Vought corporation. The Hollywood Reporter asked The Boys creator Eric Kripke about the spinoff and how the new show’s tone compares to the original. “It’s definitely got some Boys‘ DNA in that it’s irreverent and graphic,” Kripke said. “But it has this sort of lovely, almost noir-like murder mystery — not Black Noir but actual noir. There are detectives and twists, and there’s a murder that then opens up into a bigger conspiracy.” Continued Kripke: “We’re also trying to do a very gritty version of the ’50s. Most people’s feeling or sense memory of the ’50s is from movies, which are very sanitized. Even L.A. Confidential, as much as I love it, is visually a pretty …