The Boys SDCC panel has revealed that one particular character will be returning as a series regular after being absent for Season 4 – Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy. The news may not come as too much of a surprise to fans who saw Ackles’ character return in the post-credits scene of the Season 4 finale, where it was revealed he was being held in suspended animation – something that is clearly not going to last long in Season 5.
Showrunner Eric Kripke previously revealed that Soldier Boy would be returning for the final season of the show, but his level of involvement in the story was unclear.
Although there has been no further information revealed on how Soldier Boy’s story will come to a close alongside that of Homelander and Billy Butcher, the panel also revealed that Ackles will be returning to the franchise again in a new prequel spin-off entitled Vought Rising.
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