The fourth instalment of star-studded Apple TV+ show The Morning Show is set to hit us hard, according to Jennifer Aniston. And the trailer, which has just dropped, completely aligns with her comments.
In a recent interview with People, the Friends actor reflected on making the new season. “The Morning Show is just a beast to film,” she said. "It is layered, it's complicated, it's emotional, it hits on a lot of topics and current events, so let's just say, it's not Friends."
It looks like there's going to be drama coming from all directions – with Reese Witherspoon's Bradley researching a scandalous story that could bring down UBA, Jennifer Aniston's Alex fielding an attempted public takedown and Marion Cotillard absolutely slaying as a new antagonist character joining the network.
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Aniston added in an interview that making the show “takes a lot out of you”, not least because herself and Reese Witherspoon are executive producers.
"We're involved in every single aspect of the show, on top of just the performance side, which is a big piece of it," she explained. “But I've got incredible support, and we have such an incredible team.”
Last summer, the actor has posted on Instagram announcing the beginning of production.
Jennifer's post – which showed a cute pic of herself, co-star Reese Witherspoon and season three (and four) star and comedian Tig Notaro – read: “Let @themorningshow season 4 games begin. Here we come".
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So what do we know about The Morning Show season four? Here's a round-up of everything so far.
The Morning Show season 4 trailer
Watch below for a taster of the scandal to come.
The Morning Show season 4 plot
According to Apple TV+'s plot synopsis, The Morning Show season 4 "opens in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of season three. With the UBA-NBN merger complete, the newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives and the elusive nature of truth in a polarised America.
“In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories and corporate cover-ups — who can you trust?”
Several members of The Morning Show team have also hinted at what's to come.
Of course, Bradley's future as a journalist hangs in the balance after she hid the fact that her brother was involved in the insurrection at the US Capitol, even though she had it on tape. Meanwhile, Alex is left to grapple with the merger that UBA were hit with last season.
Jennifer has commented on Alex's “big move” and the fact that we will see “how gracefully she walks through that.” Meanwhile, Reese also commented on her characters potential fate: "Everybody keeps asking me if Bradley’s in jail, but I don’t know if I’m in trouble,” she said at a Deadline event.
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Showrunner Charlotte Stoudt has teased that both deepfakes and AI will feature in the plot of the new season, keeping in line with the current news cycle and debate around both.
“We blew everything up last year with the biggest bomb we could possibly build,” she said at a Deadline event. “So, we have to ask ourselves how is the band going to get back together, and what will that look like? We get into the world of DeepFakes and AI and the misinformation in the fog of war that we’re seeing now in the Middle East and stuff. We’re looking at who can trust. And can you trust what you’re seeing? Can you trust yourself? Can you trust your news outlet?”
She added that she'd like to explore Alex and Chip (Mark Duplass)'s “platonic” relationship, which always seemed like a little bit more. “I don’t know how Chip and Alex got started, so I would like to hear that story,” Charlotte told Deadline. “I think because it is so fast-paced and breathless, you can always turn over another emotional card. And that’s one thing I really want to do this season.”
The Morning Show season 4 cast
Of course, we know that Reese and Jennifer are returning as Bradley Jackson and Alex Levy respectively, alongside Billy Crudup, Greta Lee, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell and Karen Pittman.
Season three stars Nicole Beharie, Jon Hamm, Stephen Fry and, of course, Tig Notaro will also return. Jeremy Irons will portray Alex (Jennifer Aniston's father and Marion Cotillard will also join the cast as “‘Celine Dumont,’ a savvy operator from a storied European family”, according to Deadline.
Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper and Boyd Holbrook will also appear.
The Morning Show season 4 release date
The season will premiere on Wednesday 17 September on Apple TV+, with one episode airing weekly until the finale on 19 November. What a treat for us this autumn.
Chip actor Mark Duplass previously commented on the low likelihood of The Morning Show season four dropping before the US presidential election, but it looks like it will zero in on the political climate in the US.
“My assumption is that we’re going to airing the show well after that election has happened,” Mark Duplass told Deadline. “So my instinct is that while The Morning Show does chase current events, and we have historically, in the past, with the #MeToo movement and Covid, and everything that happened with women’s rights in Season 3, I don’t know that the election is even possible to chase, just with the logistical timeline of it."
