After main delays — and a time bounce — Euphoria is lastly coming again for season 3.
HBO confirmed that the third and remaining season will premiere in April 2026 as. creator Sam Levinson provided a glimpse into the upcoming story traces.
“We mainly choose up Rue [Zendaya] south of the border in Mexico, in debt to Laurie [Martha Kelly], making an attempt to provide you with some very modern methods to pay it off,” he revealed in a press launch. Euphoria final aired in 2022, so in case you don’t recall: Rue ended season 2 sober however in debt to a drug supplier who beforehand threatened her with human trafficking.
Others will probably be going via even greater adjustments.
“After which Cassie [Sydney Sweeney] resides within the suburbs with Nate [Jacob Elordi],” he added. “They’re engaged and she or he’s very hooked on social media and envious of what seems to be the large lives that every one of her highschool classmates reside at this cut-off date.”
Levinson promised the “greatest season but” after the controversial couple wrecked havoc on season 2, sharing, “I’ll say that Cassie and Nate do the truth is get married. I’m confirming it. And I promise that will probably be an unforgettable night time.”
Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Zendaya in “Euphoria.” Eddy Chen/HBO
Hunter Schafer’s Jules will probably be “in artwork faculty, very nervous about having a profession as a painter and making an attempt to keep away from accountability in any respect prices.” Maddy (Alexa Demie), in the meantime, is “working in Hollywood at a expertise company for a supervisor, she’s clearly bought her personal facet hustles going.”
Lexi (Maude Apatow) has discovered success as “an assistant to a showrunner performed by Sharon Stone, who’s simply completely pleasant and a real icon,” Levinson concluded.
Euphoria, which premiered in 2019, initially adopted troubled highschool pupil Rue as she struggled to stay sober after rehab. The hit HBO sequence was rapidly renewed for a second season after its premiere, but it surely took practically three years for the episodes to air, with the community ordering two particular person specials in regards to the aftermath of Rue and Jules’ breakup within the meantime.
Season 3 was initially set to air on HBO in 2025 earlier than dealing with a number of obstacles, together with Levinson’s dedication to his short-lived sequence The Idol. The twin WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, which came about in late 2023, extended the delay.
“We’ve been via strikes earlier than, you already know, they enhance the fee,” HBO CEO Casey Bloys mentioned in November 2023 about manufacturing prices doubtlessly rising in consequence. “I don’t see a situation the place I’m going, ‘Effectively, I used to be going to make one other tentpole present, however now I’m not going to as a result of we’ve got to pay X quantity extra.’ I don’t suppose it really works like that.”
Manufacturing was finally delayed once more with out an official begin date on the time. “HBO and Yana Grebenyuk Sam Levinson stay dedicated to creating an distinctive third season,” a spokesperson for the community advised Us Weekly in March. “Within the interim, we’re permitting our in-demand forged to pursue different alternatives.”
Euphoria finally went into manufacturing on what would be the present’s remaining season. Along with the onscreen shifts, the forged went via a loss when Angus Cloud died at age 25 in July 2023 following an unintentional overdose. The present is predicted to deal with the destiny of his character, Fezco.
Euphoria is presently streaming on HBO.
