HBO’s hit anthology series will take viewers to Thailand in 2025.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The White Lotus season 2.

What surprises await us in our next stay at The White Lotus? Mike WhiteHis twisted comedy-drama/softcore-thriller will return to HBO and Max in 2025 – and we can’t wait. The second season exaggerated conclusion finder Jennifer CoolidgeTanya McQuoid makes a fatal move after her duplicitous husband Greg (Jon Gries), whom he met during season 1, hired a gang to send his wife away.

The White Lotus Season 3 will likely offer more twists and ironic misadventures, with at least one fan-favorite character returning to the eponymous resort. More awards could also be in store for the series, which has already garnered 43 Emmy nominations and 15 wins, plus five Golden Globe nominations and two wins.

With a 2025 premiere in sight, here’s everything you need to know about The White Lotus season 3.

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Where The White Lotus is season 3 happening?

The White lotus season 3 will takes place in Thailand. Previous installments of the anthology series have been set in locations of the titular resort chain, taking place in Maui for Season 1 and Sicily for Season 2.

“What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand,” an unidentified character said in an HBO teaser clip from earlier this year.

Production for Season 3 took place in and around Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok. “We are delighted to partner with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to bring Mike’s creative vision to life and showcase all that the beautiful country of Thailand has to offer as the next group of guests check in at the White Lotus,” said Janet Graham Borba, EVP. of Production, in a press release.

Filming began in February 2024, with the official White lotus Instagram page posting a scenic image from the captioned set: “Unforgettable experiences are in the making at #TheWhiteLotus. We look forward to welcoming new guests to our resort in Thailand.”

what is The White Lotus season 3 about?

A precise description of the plot has not yet been released, but White said Entertainment Weekly that fans should expect “an oversized White lotus.”

“It’s going to be longer, bigger, crazier,” White promised. “I don’t know what people are going to think, but I’m really excited, so at least for my own barometer, that’s a good thing. … I’m really excited about the content of the season.”

In a separate interview with Vanity FairWhite said the new season will explore “Eastern versus Western religion or Western people in an Eastern culture.” He added that it might have “something to do with spirituality,” suggesting that “after sex (throughout season two), it would be nice to have something that’s a little more heavenly or something that’s a little more out of the carnal.” .

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Who joined The White Lotus cast for season 3?

In January 2024, HBO announced that Leslie Bibb (Iron Man), Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter franchise), Parker Posey (Scale), Michelle Monaghan (Bad monkey), Dom Hetrakul (Bangkok Dangerous), and Tayme Thapthimthong (Leather trade) were cast The White Lotus season 3.

Carrie Coon (The Golden Age), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex education), Patrick SchwarzeneggerChristian Friedel (Area of ​​interest), Walton Goggins (REASONABLY), and Nicholas Duvernay (Purple hearts) will also appear next season. Lalisa Manobal, better known as Lalisa in K-pop group Blackpink, makes her acting debut in The White Lotus.

In March 2024, The deadline has been reported that Charlotte Le Bon will replace Francesca Corney’s character next season. Julian Kostov was too cast as a replacement for Miloš Biković due to the latter’s support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the ongoing war in Ukraine. “Is it okay to work with a person who advocates genocide and violates international law?” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine he tweeted at HBO following the casting of Biković.

It is not clear what roles the new actors will play, but deadline reported that the third season “follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus property, including a multigenerational gang with a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi”.

Will other cast members from the first two seasons return?

In April 2023, it was announced that Natasha Rothwellis Belinda, last seen in season one, will return for the third exit. The character, who was one of the good staff of White Lotus, dreamed of opening his own business and chose Tanya as a potential investor.

All seemed to be a roaring dory until Tanya revoked her investment, seemingly dooming Belinda to a future of resort servitude… or not?

“Belinda is back baby!!!” Rothwell tweeted about the news.

Rothwell’s arc in season 3 is unclear, and she is currently the only confirmed cast member from previous seasons.

How about Tanya?

Unfortunately, Tanya probably won’t be back from the dead for Season 3.

Tanya died in the Season 2 finale after discovering her husband Greg’s plan and he shot the men he had hired to assassinate her, including Quentin (Tom Hollander). In a cruel twist, after surviving Greg’s ordeal, Tanya fell overboard and drowned while trying to escape.

Coolidge told EW that White informed her early in the conception of Season 2 that she wouldn’t make it to the third round. “Actually, there were more than two people who thought it was some kind of dream,” Coolidge explained of her character’s fate. “They thought it was a dream even though I was in a body bag. They somehow thought it was all in Tania’s head or whatever. They didn’t understand that I was dead dead, forever. Dead in every way.”

Greg, the only character to appear in both previous seasons, is likely alive and well, but it doesn’t look like Gries will be back for Season 3.

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When does The White Lotus season 3 premiere?

HBO announced in November that The White Lotus season 3 will return in 2025, but an exact premiere date has yet to be announced.

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There is a trailer for The White Lotus season 3?

Yes! Well, sort of. On November 11, 2024, Max launched a teaser for future shows including the third season of The White Lotus. While details are scarce, the teaser shows Manoban’s character welcoming this season’s merry tourists to the resort. The trailer also gives us a look at Rothwell’s Belinda, who seems very excited to have made her way from Hawaii to Thailand.

The White Lotus Season 3 premieres on Max in 2025.