The White Lotus Season 3: Cast, Location, and Everything You Need to Know

The White Lotus has officially booked a ticket back to HBO. Production has wrapped on Season 3 (which will be set in Thailand, in case you haven't heard), and we finally know when we can expect to see Mike White's series back on our TVs. With a cast that includes everyone from Walton Goggins to Natasha Rothwell to Blackpink's Lisa, we couldn't be more excited to see what's coming our way. 

Read on to learn everything we currently know about The White Lotus Season 3.

The White Lotus Season 3 latest news

Finally, some good news: On Dec. 3, HBO confirmed during a tech and media conference that The White Lotus Season 3 will premiere in February 2025. Time to start theorizing about who's getting murdered!

Who will be in The White Lotus Season 3?

In February 2024, Variety reported that Lisa, a member of the K-pop girl group Blackpink, has joined the cast of The White Lotus Season 3, making her acting debut. She will reportedly be credited as Lalisa Manobal, her given name. Her casting was announced shortly after Variety reported that Scott Glenn had joined the cast, reuniting him with his Leftovers co-star Carrie Coon. Earlier that month, Deadline also reported that Julian Kostov had replaced Miloš Biković, following criticism from Ukraine over Biković's casting. Kostov will play "a recurring Russian character."

In January 2024, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, and Aimee Lou Wood joined the cast, per The Hollywood Reporter. Just a few days later, Variety reported that Nicholas Duvernay and Arnas Fedaravičius were added to the ensemble. Francesca Corney was also cast, but, per Deadline, Corney has since been replaced by Charlotte Le Bon.

They are all set to star alongside Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Michelle Monaghan, Jason Isaacs, Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, and Tayme Thapthimthong. Also appearing in Season 3 are Christian Friedel, Morgana O'Reilly, Shalini Peiris, and Lek Patravadi. 

The first casting announcement for this season was made in April 2023, with Variety reporting that Natasha Rothwell, who played Belinda, the spa manager who was strung along by Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) in Season 1, will return for Season 3.

The White Lotus Season 3 release date

The White Lotus will premiere on HBO in February 2025. While we don't have an exact date, at least this gives us something to look forward to.

The White Lotus went into production for Season 3 in February 2024. In January, HBO confirmed that the series would be filming "in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok." Filming for Season 3 wrapped in August; Walton Goggins posted on Instagram, "This is a suitcase of emotions I'll be unpacking for quite sometime."

In November 2023, Mike White teased the third season while speaking to Entertainment Weekly. "It's going to be a supersized White Lotus," he said. "It's going to be longer, bigger, crazier. I don't know what people will think, but I am super excited, so at least for my own barometer, that's a good thing."

The White Lotus Season 3 trailers and videos

A preview of what's coming to HBO was released in November, giving us our first extended look at The White Lotus Season 3. (It's not actually that extended, but at least we get some dialogue.) While it's only a quick glimpse, it certainly gives off the right vibes, complete with a glamorous cast and glamorous resort. There's also a peek at returning cast member Natasha Rothwell. Belinda's back, baby!

What will The White Lotus Season 3 be about?

Appearing on an April episode of Vanity Fair's Little Gold Men podcast, Carrie Coon, who was filming The White Lotus Season 3 at the time, shared a brief tease about the theme of the season. "[Creator Mike White] had a season about money; he had a season about sex. And this is his season about death," Coon said. "So here we are in this Buddhist country. It bumps up against some things in my own life right now that are really interesting to think about, and so I'm feeling incredibly gratified. And my family is incredibly stressed." Sounds about right! 

Where will The White Lotus Season 3 be set?

The White Lotus Season 3 is headed across the Pacific Ocean to Thailand, which was first reported by Variety in March 2023, and confirmed by HBO in early 2024. In October 2023, Deadline reported that series creator Mike White chose Thailand over Japan after being offered millions of dollars in filming incentives from the Thai government. "The Thai government had just announced a renewal and improvement on their film incentive system. A 30 percent rebate. For their project, that meant $4.4 million alone," said Japanese producer Georgina Pope. "Everyone looked at me with sympathy. At the time in Japan, we had no incentive in place at all. I could not respond with a concrete answer. All I could hear was the sound of a $35 million project flying out the window."

White previously hinted that Season 3 might be set in Asia. Executive producer David Bernad echoed him during a talk at the Berlinale Series Market, saying, "We've tried to work in Asia a lot and hopefully Season 3 will be our chance to make something happen there."

In HBO's after-the-episode featurette accompanying the Season 2 finale, White previewed the potential location and theme of the next season. "The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex," White said, via Variety. "I think the third season would be maybe a satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality. It feels like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round at White Lotus."

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Where to watch The White Lotus

The White Lotus Seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming on Max.