Amid a bunch of gossip, Euphoria is apparently still aiming for a 2025 season three
Since the HBO show's second season ended over two years ago and its cast are huge movie stars now, fans have been doubtful that season three is coming at all
At this point, the main question surrounding Euphoria season three is not “when” but “if.” Season two of the sparkly teen sensation concluded over two years ago. The majority of its cast—including Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, and more—have become highly in-demand movie stars. No one seems to have seen a single script. Rue still owes that lady $10,000.
But, despite all odds, HBO is sticking to their guns—and the season’s previously announced 2025 premiere date. “HBO and (Euphoria creator) Sam Levinson remain committed to making an exceptional third season,” the network said in a statement to Deadline today. “In the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities.”
This comes after industry news/gossip blog World Of Reel published an item earlier today claiming that the third season “has been totally scrapped” with plans to shoot this summer canceled. According to Deadline, no hard start date had been established, but the series did plan to go into production soon. Sources for the trade also claimed that “the possibility of doing a movie in lieu of a third season” was discussed, but “focus shifted back to producing a new season.” Even through all this, 2025 “remains the goal.”
Among the cast, Sweeney got the closest to some sort of confirmation of this schedule. When MTV recently asked whether or not she’d be taking time off after the premiere of her nunsploitation film, Immaculate, Sweeney responded: “I go into Euphoria,” adding that “it’s like home when I go back to it.” Other cast members—including Elordi, Nika King, and Colman Domingo—have pleaded ignorance when asked the same question.
According to Domingo, Levinson is at least pondering the arc for season three. “[Sam Levinson is] a person who writes and rewrites and writes and rewrites again, because I think he’s wrestling with what’s important,” the Oscar-nominee said in a February interview with GQ. “I know that the one thing I can tell you is that he’s very much interested in the existential question of who we are right now. Our souls. That’s what he wants to figure out with season three.” Separately, Levinson himself told Elle that he sees the season as a “film noir” centered on Zendaya’s Rue “explor[ing] what it means to be an individual with principles in a corrupt world.”
Frankly, we’ll believe it when we see it.