The addictive drama is due to start shooting around April – here’s what else you should know about Succession season 3.
If you’re waiting for the Succession season 3 release date, you’ll be sad to know there’s no return scheduled for the engrossing HBO drama yet. Filming was set to begin in April and the episodes are being written now, but the Covid-19 virus and its associated disruption has halted its production start date and suspending pre-production.
Succession is the best returning HBO drama around right now (you can stream it in the US here), following the clashes, twisted affection and downfalls of the wealthy Roy family. After a strong first season, 2019’s second sent the show’s popularity soaring, and made must-see TV out of constant backstabbing and Brian Cox’s explosive swearing in swanky locations.
Succession season 3 was officially confirmed back in 2019, but details are scarce besides that. Nevertheless – while discussing spoilers, so be warned – we’ll be breaking down what you can expect from the Succession season 3 plot, when that all-important release date will arrive, and everything else you need to know.
While we don’t know the precise Succession season 3 release date yet, we have our suspicions. Both the previous seasons landed in the summers of 2018 and 2019, and considering that series 3 was commissioned by HBO only two episodes into season 2, a summer 2020 launch made sense – before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
At Sky UK’s Up Next event in February 2020, host Chris Evans mentioned that shooting would start shooting around « April-ish » as he interviewed creator Jesse Armstrong and actor Brian Cox on stage. However, with the script seemingly still in progress, WarnerMedia Entertainment shut down production on all its series, including Succession and Barry. With no end to the disruption in sight, it’s likely nobody knows the Succession 3 release date right now.
