Season 1

Gen V - Season 1

(2023)

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Synopsis

Marie and Emma find their way at the only uni in America for superheroes

Godolkin University is the only university in America for superheroes, where they can learn to fight crime and master their powers while also having a typical uni experience. When Marie and Emma arrive for their first year, they are sucked into a vibrant life of relationship dramas, fights, and homework that shape them into the supes they’re meant to be.

8 Episodes

Where does Gen V rank today?

The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.3 million movie & TV show fans per day.

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25.

+4

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+167

27.

+6

28.

-8

29.

+6

30.

-9

31.

+4

32.

+6

33.

+8

Streaming charts last updated: 21:23:29, 09/12/2023

Gen V is 29 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The TV show has moved up the charts by 6 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than My Life with the Walter Boys but less popular than Obliterated.

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What to know

The Boys creator Eric Kripke teams up with Seth Rogan to bring the supes to Amazon

Gen V Season 1 is the first season of the young adult superhero series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Amazon Studios. The series is a spin-off of Amazon’s successful series The Boys, created by Eric Kripke. The Boys itself is based on a comic book series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, while Gen V is based on the The Boys comic book arc called ‘We Gotta Go Now’. Gen V Season 1 is created by Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, and Craig Rosenberg, with Seth Rogan as an executive producer and Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters as the showrunners.

The two students at the heart of the story are Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, and Emma Shaw, played by Lizze Broadway. Marie is capable of manipulating veins and arteries, while Emma can shrink herself. They are joined at uni by Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity, Patrick Schwarzenegger as Golden Boy, and others. For more information, make sure to check out everything you need to know about Gen V.

Production News

  • September 24, 2020
    • Amazon Studios confirm that a The Boys spin-off series is in the works and has been fast-tracked for production. (Source: The Wrap
  • March 11, 2021
    • Lizzie Broadway and Jaz Sinclair are cast as the two leads in Gen V. (Source: Deadline
  • September 27, 2021
    • Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters are reported to be the series’ showrunners. (Source: Deadline
  • July 15, 2022
    •  The series known under the working title of Varsity gets its official title: Gen V. (Source: Variety
  • September 16, 2022
    • Golden Boy Patrick Schwarzenneggar posts on Instagram that production on season 1 has wrapped. (Source: Instagram
  • December 3, 2022
    • A short teaser trailer is released, giving audiences a first look at the new students. (Source: YouTube) 
  •  July 13, 2023
    • It is announced that the first season of Gen V will be released in September 2023. (Source: Collider)
  • July 20, 2023
    • The official release date for season 1 is confirmed to be September 29, 2023. (Source: ScreenRant)
  • July 24, 2023
    • A new teaser trailer is released, showing a bloody first season of the The Boys spinoff series set to arrive in September. (Source:  The Playlist)
  • September 6, 2023
    • A redband trailer is released for Gen V Season 1, which demonstrates the superpowers on display in the series. (Source: YouTube)
  • September 22, 2023
    • Entertainment Weekly publishes a photo of Jensen Ackles in his Soldier Boy costume on the set of Gen V, confirming he will appear in a cameo role in the series. (Source: Entertainment Weekly)
  • September 29, 2023
    • Gen V Season 1 premieres on Amazon Prime Video.

Streaming Charts

The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.3 million movie & TV show fans per day.

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29.

+6

Rating

JustWatch Rating 89%
IMDB 7.8 (64k)

Genres

Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction, Comedy, Drama

Runtime

47min

Cast

Jaz Sinclair
Marie Moreau
Chance Perdomo
Andre Anderson
Lizze Broadway
Emma Meyer / Little Cricket
Maddie Phillips
Cate Dunlap
London Thor
Jordan Li
Derek Luh
Jordan Li
Asa Germann
Sam Riordan
Shelley Conn
Indira Shetty