The Night Manager has quickly become our TV addiction this winter. Returning after a 10 year gap, season 2 of the gripping John Le Carré-inspired spy thriller was a real ride. And after that brutal finale, the question on all of our lips is: will there be a Night Manager season 3? (What can we say, we love a spy caper that also manages to twist the emotional knife and leave us utterly broken! Give us more please!)
Season 2 of The Night Manager picked up with Tom Hiddleston's Jonathan Pine 10 years after he uncovered the plot of arms dealer Richard Roper. And, what do you know, it turned out that Roper was still out there. This time, with a plot to sell some weapons in Columbia. In a truly epic finale, Pine and Roper met again – and with devastating consequences, which you can remind yourself of here.
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Will there be a third season of The Night Manager?
Yes! Fear not, because The Night Manager season 3 has been officially confirmed. Some sadder news: season 3 will be the last.
“We're in the process and then my mouth is zipped,” said writer David Farr of season 3 to Esquire. “I'm not allowed to say anything. We are in the writing process and excited to finish the story because it will be the last one of this particular thing.”
Who will be in the cast?
So far, the cast has not been confirmed. However, it's likely that many of the characters who survived the Columbian jungle showdown of season 2 will reappear in some form or another. That's:
- Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine
- Hayley Squires as Sally Price-Jones
- Hugh Laurie as Richard Roper
- Indira Varma as Mayra
- Noah Jupe as Danny
We might also see more from Roxy, aka Camila Morrone – however, based on her ending which saw her jetting off to Miami, it's unclear whether her particular arc has wrapped.
Writer David Farr told Variety: "My instinct is that I’m satisfied with that resolution and Roxana’s journey. But the honest truth is that we are still writing the third season as we speak."
It's also unlikely that we'll see more from Diego Santos as Marin or Olivia Coleman as Angela after their characters' tragic ends in the finale.
When will The Night Manager 3 be released?
The good news is, we probably won't have to wait another decade for more Pine.
As Farr confirmed to Radio Times, "we're not going to have this whopping gap again." Phew.
However, don't start holding your breath just yet – chances are, it will be at least a year or even two before season 3 hits our screens. After all, the scrips are still underway and, you know, the whole things still has to be cast and filmed.
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What will the new episodes be about?
A whole lot happened in that season 2 finale – but it also left plenty of questions unanswered. Who killed Angela Burr? And, perhaps more importantly, why? And what was her mysterious voicenote about? Is there another Roper plot to uncover? Also, what is up with Mayra? Is Jonathan Pine going to make and take on Roper once more?
All of this would be a great jumping off point for the third season. And by the sounds of things, all of these questions will probably be answered (at least in part) when the show returns.
And it will probably all start with Pine learning of Angela's tragic death – and, undoubtedly, doing somethign about it. “[Angela's] death will absolutely figure very strongly as an ignition point for the next season, because we're going to follow on quicker this time,” Farr told Radio Times. "There will be consequences."
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