The Boys are getting Supernatural.
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, former Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins and Jensen Ackles got together for an announcement that has fans of long-running series thrilled.
“Season 5 just got a bit more supernatural,” a joint Instagram Reel shared by The Boys and Prime Video revealed.
“Hey, Jared,” Ackles, 46, said at the beginning of the clip. “We got work to do…again.”
Padalecki, 42, then appeared on camera, adding, “Okay. I’ll tell Misha.” While speaking, he panned the camera over to what appeared to be a very special Chevrolet Impala with witchcraft symbols drawn on the open trunk.
Finally, Collins, 50, made a cameo, replying, “Okay,” while giving a thumbs up and flashing a smile.
“What are we doing?” he hesitantly asked as the promo ended.
Supernatural starred Padalecki and Ackles as brothers Sam and Dean Westchester, who hunted down supernatural beings for 15 seasons on The WB and is successor network, The CW, from 2005 to 2020. Collins joined the show in its fourth season as Castiel.
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Ackles joined The Boys in season 3 as Soldier Boy and is expected to lead the spinoff Vought Rising alongside Aya Cash. Ackles also served as the narrator for The Winchesters, a short-lived spinoff about Dean and Sam’s parents that ran on The CW in 2022 and 2023.
When The Boys season 4 premiered, show creator Eric Kripke announced that season 5 would be the final installment of the beloved series.
“Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax,” he wrote on X with a nod to the evil corporation at the center of his series.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, both Padalecki and Collins will appear in guest roles during season 5. Additional details are not immediately available.
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While speaking to the outlet in 2024, Kripke pointed out how The Boys franchise isn’t just another superhero project.
“The Boys and their spinoffs, none of them are really superhero shows,” Kripke previously told THR. “They have the suits and powers, but The Boys is a show about celebrity politics and late-stage capitalism.”
The shows, which have seen characters who were good, bad and everything in between, have also formed strong bonds within the cast.
Since Supernatural wrapped, its stars have remained close.
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“I love Jensen deeply,” Padelecki told The New York Times in 2021. He’s my brother — he has been for many years, and he always will be, no matter what. He’s spent more time with me on camera than anybody probably ever will, so he knows my strengths and weaknesses more than I do, and vice versa.”
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