Everything to Know About The White Lotus Season Four

Warning: spoilers for season three of The White Lotus ahead.

Season three of The White Lotus packed a lot of questionable things into its eight-episode run: an incestuous threesome, intrusive murder-suicide fantasies, and endless brand collabs, to name a few. After ending on a shocking note, with toxic but lovable couple Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) and Rick (Walton Goggins) meeting a tragic end, the series’ Thailand-set third season set a high bar for chaos and mystic symbolism. Creator Mike White is surely up to the task, though—and naturally, the Emmy-winning HBO hit has already been renewed for a season four. Here’s everything we know about it so far:

Where will The White Lotus season four be set?

Deadline broke the news in September that season four will be set in France. Specifically, the story will take place along the French Riviera, with some scenes shot at a Paris hotel.

While past seasons took place at various Four Seasons properties, this time will break form. Variety reports that shooting will take place at a stunning 19th-century palace turned luxury hotel in Saint-Tropez on the Côte d’Azur called the Château de La Messardière.

As for the Paris scenes—no other hotels have been locked in for filming yet, but Variety reports that production has scouted the chic Le Lutetia on the Left Bank of the Seine in the Saint-Germain des Prés neighborhood (where artists including Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Josephine Baker all stayed), and the five-star Ritz Paris, which opened in 1898 and was visited by a similarly iconic crew of historic figures, including Coco Chanel and Marcel Proust.

Given its close, confined quarters at one hotel property, The White Lotus filming experience has been described by many past cast members as a cross between a sleepaway camp and a reality TV set. It’ll be interesting to see how the new setting affects this installment’s outcome.

Who is in the cast?

A few guests have already been confirmed for season four: Sandra Bernhard, Helena Bonham Carter, Ari Graynor, and British actor and comedian Steve Coogan (of Alan Partridge fame) are all joining the series. This is in addition to models/newcomers Caleb Jonte Edwards, Dylan Ennis, and Marissa Long, Canadian actor and country musician Alexander Ludwig (he played Cato in The Hunger Games), Chris Messina (Argo and The Mindy Project), and Amanda “AJ” Michalka (of cult favorite aughts pop duo Aly & AJ).

Are any former cast members returning?

Though each season of the anthology series features a new group of nepo babies, beloved character actors, and other casting wild cards, White has also always brought back at least one character to tie together the thread between seasons. In season two, it was Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) and Greg (Jon Gries), who gallivanted around Italy on a moped before Greg set Tanya up to be killed in a murder-by-gays plot. In season three, we were reintroduced to Belinda (Natasha Rothwell), who finally got hers after being ghosted by Tanya—though in a characteristically cynical White-twist, she turned around and did the same thing to someone else (Pornchai).

So who could be coming back next season? Wood confirmed to W that, despite some fan theories, there’s no chance of Chelsea or Rick returning. Maybe we’ll circle back to Belinda and Pornchai—will White want plot symmetry between seasons, with Pornchai somehow getting justice this time?

The other most apparent loose end is with the Ratliff family. After the slow, season-long build-up toward Timothy (Jason Isaacs) revealing to his family that he had lost all of their money, it was disappointing to be denied that climactic moment as a viewer. He was also apparently facing time in federal prison. Will there be Zoom calls with Isaacs from his cushy minimum security institution next season? Will we see Parker Posey’s Victoria working at a hotel, rather than visiting one as a guest? Will Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Saxon go on his own spiritual journey, inspired by the death of Chelsea? The possibilities are endless.

When will The White Lotus season 4 return?

There’s no release date yet—stay tuned for updates. Filming will begin in April and last through October, with a possible premiere in May 2027, if past release schedules are any hint.