EUPHORIA: HBO’s Drama TV Series Renewed for a 3rd Season

Euphoria Renewed for Season 3 by HBO

HBO has renewed its drama TV series Euphoria for a Third Season. Euphoria: Season 3 is expected to be comprised of eight episodes like Season 2.

The official press release for Euphoria: Season 3 renewal is below.

Press Release

HBO announced…that the Emmy®-winning drama series EUPHORIA has been renewed for a third season.

Created, written, directed and executive produced by Sam Levinson, starring Emmy® winner Zendaya, and produced in partnership with A24, the eight-episode second season of EUPHORIA debuted on January 9 with episodes airing weekly on HBO and HBO Max. The season two finale airs on February 27.

Season 2 executive producers: Sam Levinson, Kevin Turen, Ravi Nandan, Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Zendaya, Will Greenfield, Ashley Levinson, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, and Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein. Based on the Israeli series of the same name, which was created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin, from HOT.

Season 2 series regulars: Emmy®-winner Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Nika King, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Javon Walton, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid and Austin Abrams.

Season 2 logline: Amidst the intertwining lives in the town of East Highland, 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya) must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.

NPR heralded the second season of EUPHORIA as “a creative triumph,” calling it “thrilling, daring, disquieting and compelling.” Vulture praised it for an “abundance of artistic confidence that makes it intoxicating to watch.” Mashable hailed the season as “spectacular,” “stupefyingly bold,” and “an electrifying ride,” noting “Zendaya is at a career-best.”

EUPHORIA’s season two premiere episode debuted as the most viewed episode of an HBO series ever on HBO Max, currently with more than 14 million viewers across platforms, more than double the average audience of Season 1 (6.6 million viewers per episode). The season two premiere episode was also the #1 most social premium cable episode since the “Game of Thrones” finale in May 2019.

Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming quote: “Sam, Zendaya, and the entire cast and crew of EUPHORIA have taken Season 2 to extraordinary heights, challenging narrative convention and form, while maintaining its heart. We couldn’t be more honored to work with this gifted, wildly talented team or more excited to continue our journey with them into Season 3.

Cast

Euphoria stars Zendaya, Alexa Demie, Barbie Ferreira, Maude Apatow, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Algee Smith, Nika King, Keean Johnson, Alanna Ubach, Storm Reid, and Sydney Sweeney.

Series Plot Synopsis

Euphoria‘s plot synopsis: “EUPHORIA puts a fresh spin on the coming-of-age narrative, exploring the teenage landscape of substance-enhanced parties and anxiety-ridden day-to-day life with empathy and candor. The series follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett (Zendaya), a drug addict fresh from rehab, who’s struggling to make sense of her future. Her life changes dramatically when she meets Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer), a trans girl who recently moved to town following her parents’ divorce, and like Rue is searching for where she belongs.

Also in Rue’s orbit are classmates Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi), a jock whose anger issues mask sexual insecurities; Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie), Nate’s on- and off-again girlfriend; Chris McKay (Algee Smith), a football star who finds the adjustment from high school to college harder than expected; Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney), whose sexual history continues to dog her; Lexi Howard (Maude Apatow), Cassie’s younger sister and Rue’s level-headed childhood friend; and Kat Hernandez (Barbie Ferreira), a body-conscious teen exploring her sexuality.

In addition to Zendaya, model-activist Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi (“The Kissing Booth”), Algee Smith (“The Hate U Give”), Alexa Demie (“Mid90s”), Maude Apatow (HBO’s “Girls”), Sydney Sweeney (HBO’s “Sharp Objects”) and Barbie Ferreira (creator of the Webby Award-winning video series “How to Behave”), the ensemble cast of EUPHORIA features Angus Cloud as Fezco, a drug dealer who is Rue’s friend; Storm Reid (“A Wrinkle in Time”) as Rue’s sister, Gia; Nika King (“Greenleaf”) as Rue’s mother, Leslie; and Eric Dane (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as Cal, Nate’s father, who has secrets of his own.”

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