Prepare to go east, as a result of it looks as if we now know the official location of season three of “The White Lotus.” On March 27, sources advised Selection that the season will likely be set in Thailand. Reps for HBO didn’t reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark.
Again in February, “Reboot” creator Johnny Knoxville dropped a false lead in an interview with Vulture. Within the interview, Knoxville shared that he is good associates with “White Lotus” showrunner Mike White and that the pair had just lately “been in Tokyo collectively.” “I believe that is the place the subsequent . . . Oh, I am not giving something away,” he mentioned, making some followers assume “The White Lotus” season three could be set in Japan.
Followers had lengthy suspected that “The White Lotus” season three would happen someplace within the east. The “Unpacking Episode 7” phase pegged to the present’s season two finale, which aired on Dec. 11, 2022, gave a giant trace about season three’s location and theme. “The primary season type of highlighted cash, after which the second season is intercourse,” White defined. “I believe the third season could be possibly a satirical and humorous take a look at demise and Japanese faith and spirituality. It feels prefer it could possibly be a wealthy tapestry to do one other spherical at White Lotus.”
That wasn’t the primary time White shared a tidbit a few attainable jap location for “The White Lotus.” Forward of the present’s season two premiere on Oct. 30, 2022, he advised Deadline, “I believe it would be enjoyable to possibly go to a complete completely different continent. You recognize, we did Europe, and possibly Asia, one thing loopy like that, that may be enjoyable.”
Preserve studying for all the pieces we find out about “The White Lotus” season three.
“The White Lotus” Season 3 Plot
HBO renewed “The White Lotus” on Nov. 18, 2022, amid its second season, set in Sicily, Italy, noting that the third installment will comply with “a brand new group of friends at one other White Lotus property.”
“Reflecting on ‘The White Lotus”s humble, run-and-gun origin as a contained pandemic manufacturing, it is inconceivable to not be awestruck by how [creator Mike White] orchestrated one of many buzziest and most critically acclaimed exhibits. And but, he is solely continued to achieve new heights in season two, which is the last word testomony to Mike’s uncooked, unparalleled imaginative and prescient,” Francesca Orsi, government vp of HBO programming, head of HBO drama sequence and movies, mentioned in a press release on the time. “We could not be extra thrilled to get the prospect to collaborate on a 3rd season collectively.”
“The White Lotus” Season 3 Forged
Whereas White additionally expressed curiosity in bringing Jennifer Coolidge’s beloved character Tanya again for one more season, the possibilities of which might be extremely unlikely now contemplating the destiny she meets on the conclusion of season two. Of her tragic ending, White mentioned in “Unpacking,” “I used to be pondering, it would be so enjoyable to deliver Tanya again as a result of she’s such an incredible character, however possibly that is the journey for her, a journey to demise.”
He added: “Not that I actually needed to kill Tanya as a result of I like her as a personality and clearly love Jennifer, however I simply felt like, we’ll Italy, she’s such a diva — a bigger than life feminine archetype — it felt like we might devise our personal operatic conclusion to Tanya’s life and her story.”
Although Tanya could also be gone for good, one other fan-favorite character will be again for the third installment: Belinda Lindsey. On April 19, each Natasha Rothwell’s rep and HBO confirmed to POPSUGAR that the actor will reprise her function because the beloved spa supervisor after Selection first reported the information. No different particulars about her function within the upcoming season have been revealed.
“The White Lotus” Season 3 Premiere Date
HBO has but to announce a launch date for season three, however, presumably, we are able to anticipate it someday later this yr or in early 2024.
— Further reporting by Njera Perkins
