THE BOYS Boss Eric Kripke on Spinoff GEN V Launching During a Strike: ‘It’s a Little Scary’
September 29, 2023 by Marisa Roffman
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THE BOYS franchise expands today with its new series GEN V. But the series comes at a strange time in the industry—the WGA strike just ended, and the actors’ guild will begin their negotiations with the AMPTP on October 2.
“Look, it’s a little scary,” THE BOYS creator (and GEN V executive producer) Eric Kripke told Give Me My Remote in August, before the WGA strike ended. “We can’t promote it, and we want to—the WGA rules are a little more lax than SAG. But no one really cares much as much what the writers have to say.”
