During a press event in New York today, HBO and Max content CEOCasey Bloysrevealed that our next vacation might have gotten delayed. When asked about how the WGA strike and thestill-ongoing SAG-AFTRA strikehave impacted the Warner Bros. Discovery schedule, Bloys stated that highly anticipatedThe White LotusSeason 3 has been pushed back from 2024 to 2025.
Even though it seems like a pretty drastic move,The WhiteLotus was still in early production when the writers’ strikebegan back in May, which probably means that series creator and writerMike Whitedidn’t get the chance to write episodes before crossing his armsto demand fair wages from studios. Even though White might be working on new episodes as you read this, HBO can’t define a shooting schedule until the actors’ strike ends as well.
Story-wise, the plan forThe White LotusSeason 3seems to have remained the same: The new season should follow the six-episode format from previous ones and, this time around, we’ll get tosee the vacation of the super-rich in Thailand. Since the series is filmed on location, this is another reason why it might have gotten a massive delay: Coordinating a team to move to a different country with a strike in place is a close-to-impossible feat.
Once Again, ‘The White Lotus’ Will Bring Back Characters
So far, all we know from the story of the new season is that Season 1’sNatasha Rothwellisreturning for the future episodes. In Season 1 she played Belinda, a masseuse whose life was changed when fan-favorite Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) took a liking to her and decided she’d venture on a business along with her.The problem was, Tanya was Tanya, so she casually forgot she made a promise and Belinda’s dreams got shattered overnight. In Season 3, we’ll not only get to witness how she’s feeling afterward but also discover how the heck she got transferred all the way to Thailand.
The White Lotus premiered timidly in late 2021 and quickly became one of the must-watch titles from HBO. It wasacclaimed for its eat-the-rich satireand the lowkey ways in which it depicts how cruel rich people can be without even realizing.Season 2 became even more popularas the series took the concept to awhole new level. Even though it works as an anthology series, creator Mike White likes to keep some elements connected from season to season, since the story centers around the same chain of resorts.
The White LotusSeason 3 will premiere in 2025. A specific release window is yet to be unveiled by HBO.
