The show’s highly anticipated third season will see another set of affluent and easily influenced vacationers jet off to Thailand, where more murder and mystery surely awaits.
A new set of vacationers are getting ready for check in to The White Lotus!
Max released a cast announcement Friday, naming Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey and Tayme Thapthimthong as the new players joining returning cast member, Natasha Rothwell, a.k.a. Belinda Lindsey, for the show’s highly-anticipated third season.
Per Max’s release, the Mike White-directed series will begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok in February, and will follow a new group of guests for what’s likely to be another intriguing and of course, murderous, stay at a new White Lotus property.
HBO has also partnered with the Tourism Authority of Thailand to support the filming and promotion of the third installment.
“We are honored to have Amazing Thailand featured as the filming location for the highly anticipated upcoming season of ‘The White Lotus.’ The kingdom’s exotic natural beauty, rich historical sites and diverse landscapes are the perfect settings to share our fascinating culture, fantastic cuisine, top-notch wellness and luxury offerings, and most importantly our people and Thai hospitality,” Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said in a statement.
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Kiatphaibool continued, “Thailand has long been considered one of the world’s favorite filming locations. ‘The White Lotus’ project will certainly strengthen the kingdom’s status as a preferred filming destination and a beacon of experience-based tourism, inspiring even more visitors to Amazing Thailand.”
While no character details about the guests have been shared, Deadline reported in November that the multi-generational group includes a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, including a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi.
As for who else will join the cast, that remains to be seen, with many speculating that season 2 favorites, Aubrey Plaza, Theo James and Meghann Fahy could make a return.
One thing we know for sure though, is that White Lotus favorite, Jennifer Coolidge, who played Tanya McQuoid, will not be a guest at the hotel following her two season run on the HBO hit, after getting killed off in the show’s shocking Season 2 finale.
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Following Season 2’s end last December, White said that Season 3 will be exploring “death in Eastern religion and spirituality.”
Created, written and directed by White and executive produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine, the first installment, which premiered July 2021 and was set in Hawaii, and received 20 Emmy nominations across 13 categories and ten wins, the most wins of any program that year. The second installment, which premiered in December 2022, was set in Sicily and garnered 23 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and another win for Coolidge, who took home a trophy for her role two years running.
