Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) isn’t achieved making us watch TV by way of our fingers simply but. A 3rd season of YOU was officially announced by Netflix in January, and the deliciously bingeable series is already shaping as much as have an intense Season 3. Following the shocking events of YOU Season 2’s finale, which noticed Joe Goldberg setting his sights on his new neighbor simply after it appeared he’d discovered his true match, Joe’s very existence is about to vary. However will the marginally reformed cyberstalker fall again into his lethal previous habits? Let’s check out every thing we find out about YOU Season Three thus far.
It is coming subsequent 12 months. Netflix has confirmed that YOU Season 3 will premiere sometime in 2021. YOU showrunner Sera Gamble introduced in February that work had begun on the brand new season.
We have began work on season 3. Simply thought you’d need to know. #YouNetflix pic.twitter.com/Ih9MQl9BqU
— Sera Gamble (@serathegamble) February 7, 2020
It’s unclear right now whether or not the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing shutdowns will have an effect on that timeline, however the writers for YOU have been utilizing digital workplaces to create their scripts for Season 3.
Simply checking in throughout these attention-grabbing instances. We’ve been adapting to #WFH by working the writers’ room nearly. And with that, we have gained some new producers. Within the coming days, we’ll be introducing you to all of them. First up, meet our new Government Producer, Harold pic.twitter.com/ADQg1GeRFd
— youwriters (@youwriters) March 18, 2020
It will likely be 10 episodes lengthy. The brand new season, like every of the primary two, will encompass 10 episodes.
No less than two stars are coming again. As soon as once more, Badgley shall be again as Joe Goldberg, and the streaming service has additionally confirmed that Victoria Pedretti will reprise her position as Love Quinn. This information most likely will not shock followers who’ve made it by way of Season 2. Within the finale, Joe discovered that Love was extra like him than he thought — a dynamic that is certain to be explored extra in Season 3 — and the 2 settled into a brand new dwelling for a extra tranquil (and, hopefully, murder-free) life along with a child woman on the way in which.
The behind-the-scenes group will return, too. Gamble and co-executive producer Greg Berlanti shall be again to supervise the brand new season, and Gamble will proceed to function showrunner.
We may see another acquainted faces as properly. YOU‘s second season featured the stunning return of Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail) periodically return to Joe in visions, and even Dr. Nicky (John Stamos) made a comeback for a key scene. In line with that new custom, Gamble has hinted that fans might see some other favorites return to the display screen in Season Three as properly.
“Ellie (Jenna Ortega) remains to be in Joe’s life. He is sending her cash. She hates him, however he’s sending her cash. In order that door stays open for us,” Gamble advised The Hollywood Reporter. “And as you noticed in Season 2, I imply Beck was lifeless and he or she got here again. One in every of my favourite issues to do is carry again a lifeless particular person to hang-out you. So the door is huge open for everyone’s favourite characters.”
The brand new neighbor goes to play a job. Though particulars in regards to the plot of YOU Season Three haven’t been revealed, Netflix has hinted that the season will deal with the most burning question after Season 2: the id of the brand new girl Joe was eyeing throughout the fence within the ultimate sequence. In a tweet accompanying the announcement of Season 3, the show’s official social media channel teased, “See you quickly, neighbor.” There’s one factor we all know for certain in regards to the thriller girl although: she’s not Joe’s long-lost mom. Penn Badgley, who debunked the fan favourite principle in an interview with Bustle, stated, “She’s undoubtedly not his mother, I can say that.”
A 3rd e book might or might not consider. YOU‘s first season, which initially debuted on Lifetime, was based mostly on Caroline Kepnes’ 2014 book of the same name, whereas YOU Season 2 was based mostly on her 2016 sequel, Hidden Bodies. Kepnes is at the moment engaged on the third novel within the collection, and the writer has confirmed that she’s “almost done” writing the story. It stays to be seen whether or not or not Kepnes’ new e book will function the spine for Season 3, however at the very least within the literary model of occasions, Kepnes has said we’ll see Joe hit the library extra within the subsequent leg of the story.
There could also be much more YOU forward. Kepnes is writing a fourth book within the collection and Gamble has indicated that there could also be loads of story left to inform on this collection. As Gamble advised The Hollywood Reporter, “we’ve loads of tales nonetheless to inform. I’m not scared in any respect of claiming that we undoubtedly may observe Joe for a number of extra seasons.”
YOU Seasons 1 and a couple of are actually obtainable to stream on Netflix.
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