The Boys Launches Vought News Network Digital Series

Prime Video's gloriously pulpy superhero satire The Boys has launched a similarly satirical digital series on YouTube from the in-world's Vought News Network. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Eric Kripke explains that the next season will "dig deeper into [the media's] fair and balanced patriots."

Episodes of VNN are intended both as content to hold fans over until Season 3 of The Boys--which doesn't yet have a release date--while also dropping strong hints about where the next batch of episodes are likely to head. New episodes of VNN will drop on YouTube on the 7th of every month, featuring seven news items and one commercial. Kripke previously revealed that the comics story arc known as "Herogasm" will be adapted in the new season. This story involves the "supes" in The Seven traveling to a resort to engage in a week-long superhero orgy.

Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead, The Americans) was recently added to cast in a recurring role, as the supe known as Crimson Countess. Holden joins other recently announced recurring cast members including Sean Patrick Flanery as Gunpowder, Miles Gaston Villanueva as Supersonic, and Nick Wechsler as Blue Hawk.

The Boys also has a still-untitled spin-off in the works, which was fast-tracked last year on the strength of the Prime Video series. It's expected to take place in a college for young superheroes run by the ominous Vought International--the evil corporation that controls The Seven.