Mike White’s darkly comedic anthology series The White Lotus has returned for its triumphant third season in early 2025, and it has also already been renewed for a fourth installment. Premiering back in 2021, each season of the show is set at one of the locations of the titular resort chain, and has beautiful and exotic vistas as the stage for its drama. The real important bit is the characters who vacation at the resort, and the employees who work there, as their complicated lives (and sometimes their blood) spill out for all to see in increasingly shocking twists.
Season 3 relocates the anthology to Thailand, and serves up a fresh batch of disparate travelers, each with their own dark stories to tell. On top of that, the cast of The White Lotus gets more star-studded with each subsequent season, something reflected in the A-list talent on display in season 3. With a bevy of awards to its credit, and a massive audience on Max, it seems as if The White Lotus is going to stick around for quite some time. Reflecting the network’s confidence in Mike White’s creation, Max swiftly renewed the show for a fourth season.
The White Lotus Season 4 Latest News
Season 4’s Location Is Teased
With all eyes still focused on the third season, the latest news comes in the form of a location tease for The White Lotus season 4. Having hopped from Hawaii, to Italy, and now Thailand in the show’s three seasons thus far, the sky is the limit for where the next White Lotus Resort could pop up. However, HBO’s Francesca Orsi helped narrow things down a bit when she revealed that season 4 would probably take place somewhere in Europe. It’s important to note that Orsi also revealed that a location hasn’t been chosen yet, and that the decision is still up in the air.
The White Lotus employs a new cast each season, and no one is currently attached to star in season 4.
Read Orsi’s full comments here:
We’re going on some locations scouting in the next couple of weeks, so we’ll know soon. I can’t really say where we’re going to land but chances are somewhere in Europe.
[There are] some countries on the map that we talked about, but nothing to report on until they actually go locations scouting.
The White Lotus Season 4 Is Confirmed
The Anthology Series Scored A Preemptive Renewal Order
| White Lotus Season | Release Year | Rotten Tomatoes Score |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 (Hawaii) | 2021 | 90% |
| Season 2 (Italy) | 2022 | 94% |
| Season 3 (Thailand) | 2025 | 93% |
In a move that surprised almost no one, Max opted to renew The White Lotus for a fourth season around a month before season 3’s premiere. While early renewals are still exceptionally rare in the streaming era, the overwhelming popularity and critical success of The White Lotus makes it one of those big exceptions to the rule. It’s unclear exactly why Max opted to announce the renewal so early, but it could help drive an even larger audience to season 3, since they are now guaranteed to get at least one more outing.
it isn’t certain if season 4 will arrive in 2026 or sometime after.
As for when viewers can expect to actually see season 4 on the small screen, it’s tough to guess. Season 1 and 2 came at a yearly clip (releasing in 2021 and 2022), but it took over two years for season 3 to materialize. While a large part of that delay could be chalked up to the 2023 Hollywood strikes which brought the industry to a standstill for most of the year, it still took over a year after the strikes’ resolution to return. With all that said, it isn’t certain if season 4 will arrive in 2026 or sometime after.
