The fate of Euphoria season 3 was up in the air for what felt like an eternity. The show was technically renewed for a third season in February 2022, but with several different factors forcing production to pause multiple times (more on that later), fans have been left with one big question: Will Euphoria season 3 ever arrive? The short answer: Yes, so long as filming goes according to plan.
The cast is indeed back in the saddle. As of early February 2025, filming on season 3 has commenced in Los Angeles. But there will be plenty to catch up on after a very eventful second season, in which viewers were most memorably left grieving Ashtray (Javon Walton) after he and Fezco (Angus Cloud) were caught in a shootout with a SWAT team.
Audiences were also treated to a performance of Lexi’s (Maude Apatow) play, Our Life (cue the line, “Is this fucking play about us?”), which led to Maddie (Alexa Demie) and Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) brawling onstage.
The finale also raised some questions, such as, “Doesn’t Rue (Zendaya) still owe drug dealer Laurie (Martha Kelly) $10,000 for the suitcase full of drugs that she took from her and promised to sell?” That’ll be even harder for Rue to pull off now, considering Jules (Hunter Schafer) and Elliot (Dominic Fike) flushed the drugs down the toilet, and Jules and Rue have had quite the falling out.
We also can’t forget how Nate (Jacob Elordi) called the police on his father, Cal (Eric Dane), who was then arrested.
So, what’s next for the teens of Euphoria High? Here are all of your season 3 questions, answered.
When will season 3 premiere?
Euphoria was previously scheduled to return in 2025, as HBO and Max’s Chairman and CEO Casey Bloys announced during a November 2023 presentation to press—but that will no longer be the case. HBO is now anticipating a 2026 premiere, Warner Bros. Discovery global streaming chief JB Perrette announced at a conference in December 2024, according to Variety, a report that was reaffirmed in February 2025 with the launch of production.
Fans aren’t exactly thrilled to wait years for more Euphoria episodes. But after the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes; the deaths of both star Angus Cloud and executive producer Kevin Turen; and the star-studded cast and crew’s numerous other projects, Euphoria’s timeline was forced to shift. (In 2024, HBO confirmed toVariety that season 3 had once again been delayed—but that the show would indeed move forward eventually. “HBO and Sam Levinson remain committed to making an exceptional third season,” a spokesperson shared. “In the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities.”)
When did season 3 begin filming?
Just when fans started to lose faith in a third season, HBO shared great news: Euphoria would officially begin filming again in 2025, with the main characters set to return. A24, which also produces the series, confirmed on February 10, 2025, that production had indeed launched as planned.
Who will be in the cast?
We can expect to see series regulars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Maude Apatow, and Eric Dane again. Martha Kelly and Chloe Cherry have also been bumped up to series regulars.
Barbie Ferreira, however, will not return to play Kat. She announced her departure from Euphoria back in August 2022, with a photo of fan art of her character drawn by her co-star, Schafer.
“After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” Ferreira wrote. “I hope many of you could see yourself in her like I did and that she brought you joy to see her journey into the character she is today. I put all my care and love into her and I hope you guys could feel it. Love you Katherine Hernandez.”
Austin Abrams, who played Ethan, Kat’s boyfriend, will also not return for season 3.
Nor will Storm Reid, who played the younger sister of Zendaya’s Rue. She revealed the news to Rotten Tomatoes at the 2024 Governors Awards, per The Hollywood Reporter. “Unfortunately, Gia’s not returning for the third season, but I’m so, so indebted to the cast and crew of that show [and] to HBO. Euphoria is a really special thing,” Reid said. Sources also confirmed the news to THR.
After the death of Cloud in July 2023, it remains to be seen how Euphoria season 3 will handle the remaining story arc of Fezco. On Aug. 2, 2023, Apatow—who plays Lexi, Fezco’s love interest—posted a tribute to Cloud on Instagram, writing, “Angus was the funniest person ever. I would get so excited to see on the schedule that we would be working together because I knew we’d have the best day, laughing so hard. He was the sweetest and made everyone around him so happy. He was just the best. Words can’t really capture how magical of a person he was. My heart is broken. Angus, getting to know and work with you was one of the greatest joys and blessings of my life. I will love you forever. ❤️”
There will be a handful of newcomers to season 3, per Deadline, including Grammy winner Rosalía; former NFL player and actor Marshawn Lynch (Bottoms); Kadeem Hardison (A Different World); Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost); Toby Wallace (The Society); Darrell Britt-Gibson (The Wire), Priscilla Delgado (A League of Their Own); James Landry Hébert (1883); and Anna Van Patten (Gossip Girl).
This Is Us and When They See Us alum Asante Blackk is also joining the crew. He’ll play Kidd, “a runner for a ruthless kingpin played by new series regular Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,” according to Deadline. Akinnuoye-Agbaje has appeared in the film Farming and TV series Oz.
What will season 3 be about?
Per Deadline, season 3 will feature a time jump, removing the characters from their usual high school setting. Beyond that, there’s little we know just yet about the plot.
As Levinson revealed to ELLE in a September 2023 cover story featuring Zendaya, the director sees Euphoria’s third chapter as a “film noir,” and shared that Rue’s storyline will “explore what it means to be an individual with principles in a corrupt world.”
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in August 2022, Zendaya expressed excitement about the forthcoming time jump. “I think it’ll be exciting to explore the characters out of high school,” she said. “I want to see what Rue looks like in her sobriety journey, how chaotic that might look. But also with all the characters, in the sense where they’re trying to figure out what to do with their lives when high school is over and what kind of people they want to be. What was special about this season was that we got to dive into [the other characters] in a much deeper sense. I think we can do that again with the third season.”
Expect “big swings” in season 3, according to Colman Domingo, who chatted with Deadline in 2022 after his Emmy win for his guest role in season 2. “It’s an organism, and [Levinson] wants it to keep shifting it in many ways and I think he’s going to take some really big swings actually with season 3,” the actor said. “He’s someone who, once there’s an expectation of the show, he wants to smash that expectation because he truly is a consummate artist, and he wants to make sure he’s telling some really compelling storytelling. And just because we had some successes before with this season, he said, ‘Let’s not rely on that. Let’s move forward. I’m going to go deeper with these characters. I’m going to really peel away the layers of them and just get to the human heart.’”
One big swing we can expect? A wedding sequence. Avert your eyes here if you’d prefer to avoid a spoiler, but April 2025 leaks from the season 3 set showcased Sweeney’s Cassie marching down the aisle in a white wedding gown, her feet gliding over a monogram that read “C&N.” What else could that stand for other than “Cassie & Nate”? Are they getting married? Or is this some sort of dream sequence? We likely won’t know until season 3 arrives.
Will season 3 be Euphoria’s last?
We aren’t yet certain if season 3 will be Euphoria’s last, but it seems likely.
In an interview with Deadline published in February 2025, HBO’s head of drama Francesca Orsi shared that the Euphoria team had “talked about” ending with season 3. “I don’t think anything is over until it’s over, but it’s been discussed that this is the end,” she said. “I think you will be very satisfied with this season, and how we bring each of the characters’ whole narrative.”
What about those cancelation rumors?
On Nov. 8, 2024, rumors started circulating on X, formerly Twitter, that the show had officially been canceled. An HBO representative told The Wrap that same day that the story was “absolutely false” and that production was still scheduled to begin in 2025.
This story will be updated.
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