“The Flight Attendant” has develop into one of many buzziest reveals on HBO Max, to not point out an award-winning hit that earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for a number of crew members behind the present, together with lead actress Kaley Cuoco. After two profitable seasons, although, will the comedy-thriller take flight a 3rd time, or is it completely grounded?
Whereas there is not any official phrase from HBO Max but, the behind-the-scenes reply to that query has shifted over the previous few months. Again in Could, Cuoco prompt that she, at the least, was executed with “The Flight Attendant,” whether or not a 3rd season occurred or not.
“I am like, ‘Properly, we did two. We must always in all probability be executed.’ And I believe I have been outnumbered with that thought,” she advised Individuals on the time. “There’s undoubtedly curiosity in doing a 3rd season. I believe for me, at this second, the aircraft has landed … I imply, we have executed a lot this season. Even within the eight episodes, we have executed a lot story that I am pondering, ‘Properly, what may we do subsequent?’ So it will take numerous thought to ensure if we return that it is higher than the final two, which may be very exhausting to do.”
She did, nevertheless, go away the door open. “I believe the writers and the crew did a extremely lovely job in tying it up in a fairly bow [at the end of season two],” she mentioned. “However in the event you needed to open the bow, it could be OK.”
Quick ahead a couple of months, and the merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery has left the fates of many HBO Max reveals, together with “The Flight Attendant,” in limbo. Add to {that a} reported presentation to traders from the brand new Warner Bros. Discovery (through Enterprise Insider), which appeared to counsel that HBO Max is seen inside the firm as “male-skewing,” prompting additional concern over the way forward for the networks women-centric programming like “The Flight Attendant” underneath the corporate’s reported new imaginative and prescient.
Now, nevertheless, Cuoco has a unique perspective, and he or she might need simply revealed {that a} third season is within the works in spite of everything!
“I used to be at a dinner a few weeks in the past sitting subsequent to [executive producer] Greg Berlanti, and there have been lots of people there, so it was actually exhausting to speak, however I whispered to him, and I am like, ‘Third season?’ And he simply nodded at me. I used to be like, ‘Wow.’ He did not even say something. He nodded: Yup!” she revealed in an interview with Selection.
Cuoco does produce other initiatives she’s engaged on, too, in order that third season would possibly take a bit of longer to return out. For her, that is really a really perfect state of affairs.
“I believe season two was so heavy for me, that was a giant a part of it. And now having some separation. And once more, we might must depend upon what it could appear like,” she advised Selection. “I like when reveals take a breath. This is not ‘The Large Bang Concept’ days — it is completely different. So I need to be needed, I do not need to power this down individuals’s throats. I need the storyline to be good sufficient. And I do know that producers and everybody feels the identical. I’ve talked to numerous the principle solid, and they’re up for it, too. In order that’s an ideal signal. I may see it taking place. However in all probability not anytime quickly.”
Lengthy story brief: the way forward for “The Flight Attendant” continues to be up within the air, however Cuoco appears sport for one more flight!
