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Filming is now underway in France for the new season of The White Lotus Since the third iteration of The White Lotus wrapped up more than a year ago, speculation has been rife about what what new collection of eccentrics and property porn showrunner Mike White ’s brain will concoct for us in the follow-up. One of the many thrills of Emmy-winning show is its ever-rotating cast and location – with season four arguably set to pack in more stars and luxury settings than ever before. Fortunately for White Lotus fans, we’re now one step closer to checking back into TV’s most chaotic resort, with filming now underway on season four . As fans wait patiently for the next instalments, here’s everything we know abut the new season, from cast members to shooting locations... When will The White Lotus season 4 be released? For the time being, exact details about when we should expect to see The White Lotus back on our screens are being kept under wraps. However, with production beginning in mid-April, it’s a fair bet that we can expect the next season of the sun-drenched hit show to debut in 2027. View this post on Instagram Where will the next season of The White Lotus be set? Season four will take us back to Europe after previous seasons in Thailand, Italy and Hawaii, with The White Lotus opening its doors in France this time around. And with shooting taking place across the French riviera and Paris, it sounds like we’re in for a characteristically luxurious experience. For the first time, the story will be set across two different White Lotus resorts, with the Airelles Château de la Messardière serving as the White Lotus du Cap, and the Hôtel Martinez being transformed into the White Lotus Cannes. Shooting is also due to take place in the French capital, but HBO has specified that these scenes will still be set in the south of France, even if that’s not where they’re filmed. The Château de La Messardière hotel is a rumoured filming location in the next season of The White Lotus What will season 4 of The White Lotus be about? So far, creators are staying tight-lipped on exactly what the next storylines will entail. In the early stages of planning the new season, Variety cited a combination of sources and alluded to filming dates that indicate we could see the Cannes Film Festival work its way into the plot. HBO later confirmed this to be the case in an official press release , which teased: “The fourth season will follow a new group of White Lotus hotel guests and employees over the span of a week, taking place during the Cannes Film Festival.” The Cannes Film Festival is rumoured to be a plot point in the next season of The White Lotus Season three saw the conclusion of the plot that straddled all series of the show, surrounding Jennifer Coolidge ’s Tanya and her eventual demise, so we can presume that that’s now totally done and dusted, and we’re in for a completely fresh storyline. Having said that, the show has a penchant for bringing back old characters, and with Natasha Rothwell ’s Belinda setting off to start a new life at the end of season three, there’s always the possibility that we could see a return from other familiar faces in the next run. Which actors are in the White Lotus season 4 cast? The good news is, we have a hefty list of cast members confirmed to be on the call sheet in the White Lotus’ next outing. Charlie Hall, Helena Bonham Carter and Steve Coogan are all set to appear in the new season of The White Lotus Among them are well-known faces like Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan, Vincent Cassel, Ari Graynor, Sandra Bernhard, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka (aka one half of musical duo Aly & AJ) and Alexander Ludwig. The likes of Caleb Jonte Edwards, Corentin Fila, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Dylan Ennis and Marissa Long will also be checking in. Meanwhile, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall’s son Charlie Hall, previously seen in The Sex Life Of College Girls, will take the “nepo baby” baton from last season’s Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola when he joins the cast. It was later announced that Kumail Nanjiani would be joining the line-up, along with New Girl actor Max Greenfield, Marvel star Chloe Bennet and Jarrad Paul. Kumail Nanjiani, Sandra Bernhard and Max Greenfield are more recent additions to the White Lotus cast Following this, Deadline revealed that established US names Rosie Perez, Heather Graham and Ben Schnetzer had also joined the cast, alongside European performers Tobias Santelmann, Frida Gustavsson and Laura Smet. And, of course, there’s also the possibility that we’ll see some unexpected guest stars later down the line, as was the case during last season’s surprise appearance from Sam Rockwell. What have the creators of The White Lotus said about season 4? While White Lotus creator Mike White is keeping his cards pretty close to his chest for the time being, he dropped a few season four tidbits in a recent interview with W Magazine . He spoke about shooting his latest stint on the reality show Survivor six months before kicking off his White Lotus prep, explaining: “I came up with the concept of the show and the characters while I was there. But I don’t know if the experience itself really influenced it.” Mike explained that the experience of returning from Survivor, and seeing the social media of people who he’d bonded with on the show, shaped his thinking for the series. The White Lotus returns for its fourth season next year “I don’t know if that’s exactly the theme of the next season of White Lotus, but it’s definitely something I’ve thought about a lot – prioritising likes or the attention of strangers over creating real relationships,” he noted. Pressed on what the new season will be about, the creator said “it’s a bit about fame, about who has the world’s attention, who is the plus-one, and how that can organise a relationship”. “Some people are satisfied with the love of just an intimate partner, and some people need the love of strangers and a bigger kind of attention,” he elaborated. The White Lotus creator Mike White And after the high melodrama of guns, blood and parables we saw in season three, last year Mike said he was keen to return to themes more aligned with season one in an interview for the official White Lotus podcast . “Maybe something a little bit back to the first season where it’s satirising stuff that I know about,” he pondered. “Art and criticism and movies and fame and celebrity and a film festival type of thing, or like an art world sort of situation. It just feels like that would be some kind of new theme to get into that’s maybe a little less heady than what we just did, but still have some juice to it.” The first three seasons of The White Lotus are available to stream on Sky and Now in the UK. MORE TV NEWS: The New Rivals Season 2 Trailer Is Giving Fans Even More Of What They Want Critics Are Saying Beef's 'Rare And Delicious' New Season Is Your Next Binge-Watch Everywhere You've Seen The Stars Of Netflix's New Hit Series Big Mistakes Before
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