Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus has been one of many greatest hits on the 2025 TV schedule, and it is about to wrap up with a 90-minute finale, I’m already pondering forward to Season 4. The fictional luxurious resort chain The White Lotus has grow to be a personality on the present, with every season filming in a unique location, first in Hawaii, then Sicily, and most not too long ago in Thailand. We all know Mike White’s present is renewed to return for Season 4, however the place will the following location be? I’ve been wanting into potentialities, so let’s get into it.
Probabilities Are, It’ll Be Filmed At A 4 Seasons
Thus far, in all three seasons, which you’ll watch with a Max subscription, 4 Seasons resorts have been the stand-in for The White Lotus resorts, and there’s no cause to suppose Season 4 will probably be any totally different. The present and the resort chain appear to have an excellent working relationship. It’s presumably been good for enterprise for 4 Seasons. They even have “immersive choices that mix TV magic with world-class hospitality,” which they’re selling along with the present. I hope it’s not too immersive, although, as we all know, tragic issues occur to visitors and employees!
Assuming this symbiotic relationship continues, it’s a secure wager that Season 4 will probably be at a 4 Seasons. We will additionally most likely assume it received’t be at a typical resort in a metropolis, however at one of many many 4 Seasons resorts in an unique location the place many of the principal motion would happen on-property. With that in thoughts, and looking out on the 4 Seasons’ web site, the present nonetheless has greater than 20 choices throughout the globe, together with locations just like the Seychelles, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Bahrain, amongst many others. Nevertheless, there are a couple of clues we will use to assist make some practical guesses.
It Most likely Gained’t Be At A Ski Resort
Throughout the web, some followers of the present have expressed curiosity within the present transferring to a chilly climate locale, like a ski resort someplace, of which the 4 Seasons has a handful. In accordance with one of many producers of The White Lotus, Dave Bernad, that’s unlikely.
In an interview on The Invoice Simmons Podcast, Bernad mentioned that showrunner/creator/author Mike White “hates the chilly” and that he would “be shocked” if there was a cold-weather season of the present. That places any rumors of a season in Norway on ice (extra on that later) and possibly guidelines out ski resorts — or at the least, ski resorts within the winter. That takes a handful of attainable areas off the record.
There Probably Shall Be Tax Credit
Talking of Norway, a couple of months in the past, stories got here out that The White Lotus was eyeing the Scandinavian nation as a location for Season 4 and that there was even a tax break being supplied by the nation to movie there. Two months in the past, that modified when a narrative in a Norwegian newspaper splashed chilly water on the rumor when it reported that Mike White and co. had determined to not movie there.
In accordance with Bernad, one cause the present was shot in Italy in Season 2 was resulting from tax credit. He mentioned that initially they had been planning on the South of France, however ended up switching when HBO requested them to take a look at the 4 Seasons in Taormina, Sicily. They beloved the placement, and Italy was providing tax credit. It’s one other secure assumption that HBO will probably be in search of an analogous deal for Season 4, that’s simply a part of the enterprise.
It Might Be In A New Half Of The World, Like The Caribbean
The world remains to be The White Lotus’ oyster, as there are nonetheless greater than a dozen choices from the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and Mexico to coastal Africa to even returning to Europe or the US for Season 4. The Caribbean looks as if an particularly pure match. It’s heat, it’s on the seaside, because the earlier seasons have been, it’s unique, and it’s self-contained. All components which assist make the present what it’s.
Dave Bernad additionally talked about in his interview with Invoice Simmons that the very first thing White and the producers work out is the themes they need to discover every season, and that impacts the place they need to shoot. For instance, Season 3 ended up in Thailand partly as a result of White knew he needed to discover Jap faith, as he has all through the season. After all, now we have no strategy to know what the Season 4 themes will probably be, in order that doesn’t shut down any choices.
Will They Return To Europe?
It feels just like the producers can be more likely to attempt a brand new a part of the world, just like the Caribbean or someplace within the Center East or Africa. Every of the primary three have had wildly totally different locales from the final, so to maintain it totally different, a wholly new location is smart. However that is probably not the case.
In February, after the Season 3 premiere, HBO government Francesca Orsi, who oversees programming for the cable channel, greater than hinted that the present could also be returning to Europe, telling Deadline, “I can’t actually say the place we’re going to land, however likelihood is someplace in Europe.” She shortly added, “Some international locations on the map that we talked about, however nothing to report on till they really go areas scouting.”
The place This All Leaves Us
It’s unimaginable to foretell at this level, and who is aware of, perhaps they received’t even determine to work with 4 Seasons for Season 4. Till they announce it, or we get some extra strong rumors, nothing is off the map. Nonetheless, I feel I’m able to make a few guesses: both the South of France, on the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat on the Riviera, or the 4 Seasons Resort Mallorca at Formentor.
France is feasible as a result of, as Bernad mentioned, Season 2 was initially deliberate to be there, and Spain due to one other factor Bernad talked about within the interview. When Mike White first pitched the thought to Bernad, they had been touring collectively in Tenerife, Spain, within the Canary Islands.
Each seem to be very attainable candidates, however just like the present, you simply know there are going to be some plot twists and sudden curveballs, so it’s greatest to not belief something fully till we all know for certain and manufacturing is underway for Season 4 of The White Lotus. In the meantime, should you’re not caught up on Season 3, there’s nonetheless time to observe on Max.