Planning for Season 3 of The White Lotus in Thailand Gains Momentum

“YOU GUYS JUST always pull out all the stops,” Jennifer Coolidge, as her unforgettable character Tanya, says in one of the opening scenes of The White Lotus‘s second season. “Whenever I stay at a White Lotus, I always have a memorable time.” Jennifer Coolidge, as usual, is not wrong. The anthology series, created, written, and directed by Mike White, has become one of the buzziest, funniest, and all-around watchable shows over the course of its two seasons so far. And while we feel the full range of emotions watching each and every episode, at the end of the day, it’s exactly what Tanya says it is: memorable.

We’ve now gotten a look at two different stories at two different White Lotus resorts. Season 1 was set in Hawaii, where the manager (Murray Bartlett) slowly lost control as everything around him blew up and the resorts wealthy guests got into all sorts of madness and trouble. Season 2 moved the action to Europe, for a season in Italy, set on the gorgeous landscape of Sicily. For the second time around, the manager (Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore) seemed to have a slightly-stronger handle on things, but the drama and social faux-pas of everyone in and around the resort continued to run rampant.

We don’t know for sure what kind of story Season 3 of The White Lotus will tell, but we do know where it’s going to be set: Thailand. But while we don’t yet know the nature of Season 3’s story, we do know that The White Lotus has proven to be a show that can totally reinvent itself from season to season—not totally different from shows like Fargo, American Horror Story, or True Detective—and while the themes of its story may change, it manages to maintain much of the same DNA as it continues from one story to the next.

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Here’s everything we know about The White Lotus Season 3, and what kind of vacation may or may not be in store for us.

Will there be a Season 3 of The White Lotus?

Yes, there will! HBO announced back in November 2022 that The White Lotus will return for a third vacation. Francesca Orsi, HBO’s executive vice president of programming and head of drama series and films, released a statement along with the official news of the renewal:

“Reflecting on ‘The White Lotus’’ humble, run-and-gun origin as a contained pandemic production, it’s impossible not to be awestruck by how Mike orchestrated one of the buzziest and most critically acclaimed shows. And yet, he’s only continued to reach new heights in season 2, which is the ultimate testament to Mike’s raw, unparalleled vision. His courage to explore the uncharted waters of the human psyche, paired with his signature irreverent humor and buoyant directing style, » …
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