“White Lotus” will receive a fourth season

A few weeks before the release of the third season of the hit social satire, the fourth season of “White Lotus” has already been launched, according to the streaming platform HBO.

“Good news travels fast. “White Lotus is excited to welcome you to a new location,” the show’s creators wrote on Instagram, teasing the fourth season with decorative tropical fauna.

The location has yet to be announced, but fans were quick to suggest places like Brazil, Greece and a ski resort. Currently, Africa, South America and Australia are the continents that have not yet been used for filming.

The third season of the multi-award winning luxury resort series will begin airing on February 16. After the well-known first part of “White Lotus” in 2021, which will take place in Hawaii, and the second – in Sicily, the third should come to the screens. get to know the Thai resort of the titular elite leisure chain.

According to entertainment industry news site Variety, the fourth season is slated for production in 2026. However, the cast and location are yet to be decided.

After the shock ending of the second season, showrunner Mike White said he could imagine a prequel to the hit HBO series with a younger version of the popular lead character, played by Jennifer Coolidge.

Coolidge played down hopes that she would return for season three, saying she was sad not to be involved in filming, and has yet to comment on season four.

Along with The Crown and The Inheritance, The White Lotus is one of the last few shows to take a critical look at the lives of the ultra-rich, though White’s approach to wealthy guests at the titular hotel chain is a little more nuanced. farcical.

The second season again used a storytelling method that may also be a formula for the third and fourth seasons, whereby the first episode begins with a brief flash forward to suggest that an unknown guest at the hotel will later die.