Toronto Star

‘The Boys’ getting spinoff series

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“The Boys,” the superhero TV drama that films in Toronto, is getting a spinoff described as part college show, part “Hunger Games.”

Yet untitled, the new “irreverent, R-rated” show will be set at America’s only college for young adult superheroe­s, Amazon Studios said in a news release.

“Much like ‘Mork & Mindy’ spun off from ‘Happy Days’ — which is an insane and true fact — our spinoff will exist in the Vought Cinematic Universe, yet have a tone and style all its own,” said “Boys” showrunner Eric Kripke, referring to the giant corporatio­n that controls the superheroe­s in the parent series.

“The Boys,” which received an Emmy nomination for Outstandin­g Drama this year, imagines a world in which superheroe­s are corrupt and self-serving, opposed by a band of vigilantes.

Production recently wrapped on the third season.

Debra Yeo

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