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The Boys Season 5 Doesn't Have Full Battle Scenes 'Because We Still Don't Have Game of Thrones' Budget,' Creator Says

The Boys creator and showrunner Eric Kripke has warned fans not to expect big battle scenes in Season 5, simply because the Amazon Prime Video show doesn’t have a Game of Thrones-style budget. Instead, the fifth and final season of the smash hit superhero series will have lots of “direct confrontations,” which Kripke hopes will be “cathartic and emotionally satisfying,” he told SFX, via GamesRadar. Season 5, due to hit Prime Video next month, revolves around The Boys' resistance to Homelander's rule. They believe the ultra powerful supervillain is looking for V1, Vought’s first iteration of Compound V. If Homelander gets some, he’d become immortal. The Boys’ plan is to use a virus to wipe out every supe on the planet, taking Homelander down in the process. "It's just a totally transformed world,” Kripke said. “It’s Homelander’s world and, unfortunately, we’re all living in it. Starlight is mounting a desperate resistance, but The Boys are scattered. Frenchie, Mother’s Milk, and Hughie have been captured. We talked a lot about the French Resistance and prison camp breaks. We were really working our way through that kind of season. I mean, there are not full battle scenes because we

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The Boys Season 5 Doesn't Have Full Battle Scenes 'Because We Still Don't Have Game of Thrones' Budget,' Creator Says

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The Boys Season 5 Doesn't Have Full Battle Scenes 'Because We Still Don't Have Game of Thrones' Budget,' Creator Says

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