The White Lotus season 4 is officially happening

Here's what we know.
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Just as a release date for The White Lotus season 3 finally approaches, we've been gifted with confirmation that the hit show will also be back for season 4.

We've been waiting for this confirmation for a while. At the end of 2024, Variety reported that the show's creator Mike White had already pitched ideas for a fourth season. HBO and Max CEO Casey Bloys then told reporters: “Mike, obviously — if he wants to move forward and do the four seasons — he will do the fourth season.”

HBO confirmed the good news across their social channels, with the caption: “Good news travels fast. #TheWhiteLotus is excited to welcome you to a new destination.”

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For those not in the know (but really, where have you been?), the premise of The White Lotus is centred around a group of

Here's everything we know so far about The White Lotus season 4.

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The White Lotus season 4 location and plot

It's too early days to know where this new season will be based. A huge part of the story of each season is pinned to a different White Lotus hotel location – season one was set in Hawaii, season two in Sicily and the upcoming season three is set in Thailand.

We're excited to discover where the new season will be set, as well as what set of new spoiled privileged hotel guests will be staying at the luxe resort this time.

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The White Lotus season 4 cast

Casting announcements for the new season haven't been confirmed yet, but expect the line-up to be as star-studded as previous seasons. For instance, season one saw Jennifer Coolidge, Sydney Sweeney and Natasha Rothwell join the cast, with season two seeing Meghann Fahy, Aubrey Plaza and Leo Woodall feature.

Season three cast consists of Natasha Rothwell – who will return to play Belinda, a key season 1 character – Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola and Blackpink's Lisa.

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The White Lotus season 4 release date

We see roughly a year and a half between seasons at the moment, and seeing as we haven't seen confirmation that production has begun yet (and is set to begin in 2026) we would predict a release date of late 2026 at the very earliest. Watch this space.

The White Lotus season 4 trailer

No trailer as of yet, but we'll keep this article updated.