Every question about Euphoria season 3 answered

The last time a new episode of Euphoria aired it was February 2022. While gaps between seasons of TV have grown in recent years, the long wait for the popular and acclaimed HBO show to return feels different. With cast members Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, Colman Domingo, and Sydney Sweeney all becoming A-listers in recent years and rumours of behind-the-scenes trouble running rampant, it’s easy to wonder whether the series will ever come back. Read on to find out what the latest is and when you can expect to see Rue, Cassie, Nate, and the rest of the gang back on our screens.

The good news is that yes, Euphoria will return for a third season. HBO announced in July 2024 that key cast members had signed on to return, with January 2025 eyed as the date they would begin filming.

The party line from HBO and creator Sam Levinson is that a combination of the 2023 writer’s strike and the availability of an in-demand cast caused major delays in getting a final set of scripts and a shooting schedule in place. Technically, the three years Euphoria has been off air is not that long. Hit shows like Severance and Andor both debuted in 2022 and returned this year after a three year gap between seasons.

Dig a little deeper, however, and it appears simple logistics are not the only issue affecting the production of Euphoria. A juicy 2024 Hollywood Reporter feature suggested there was tension between Zendaya and Levinson. A source involved with production alleged that Zandaya, who has appeared in Challengers and Dune 2 since Euphoria was last on air, demanded a meeting with the heads of HBO to know why they had allowed Levinson to make his ill-fated 2023 series The Idol while scripts for Euphoria remained unwritten. Her unhappiness was made worse when a whistleblower revealed troubling details about a toxic work environment on the set of The Idol, something she is said to have worried would have a knock-on effect for her as one of Levinson’s closest collaborators. “They went from being so close, and they couldn’t fix it,” said a source involved with the show about Zendaya and Levinson’s relationship.

Despite all of the speculation about delays and fallings out, Euphoria went into production in February 2025. HBO confirmed the start of production with a first-look image of Zendaya back in character as Rue.

The following cast members have been confirmed for Euphoria season 3.

Zendaya as Rue Bennett
Eric Dane as Cal Jacobs
Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard
Maude Apatow as Lexi Howard
Hunter Schafer as Jules Vaughn
Dominic Fike as Elliot
Jacob Elordi as Nate Jacobs
Alexa Demie as Maddy Perez
Colman Domingo as Ali Muhammed
Martha Kelly as Laurie
Chloe Cherry as Faye

Tragedy struck in 2023 when Angus Cloud, a.k.a the soulful drug dealer Fezco, died of an accidental overdose. The cast will also be missing Storm Reid, who plays Rue’s younger sister Gia Bennett. Barbie Ferreira, who played Kat, has also confirmed that she will no longer be part of the show. “After four years of getting to embody the most special and enigmatic character, Kat, I’m having to say a very teary-eyed goodbye,” she wrote in a 2022 Instagram story. Fans had previously speculated that Ferreira and Levinson had fallen out after Kat’s screen time was notably reduced in the second season.

Yes. Rosalía and former NFL player Marshawn Lynch will appear in the new season, as will Sharon Stone. Their exact roles remain TBC but Rosalía recently spoke about being on set. “It’s my first job. I’m learning. I’m figuring it out,” she said at the 2025 Met Gala. “It’s been very inspiring to be with these amazing actors. It’s great.”

While details remain under wraps, the most notable difference between season two and three of Euphoria will be a time shift. According to Zendaya, this will be as much for narrative purposes as it will be to avoid falling into the teen-movie trap of having adults play students.

“I don’t quite know exactly what the season is going to look like, but I do know that the time jump is happening and I know it’s important because there’s only so much high school drama you can deal with,” she told Entertainment Weekly in late 2024. “It will be fascinating to see and understand these characters outside of the context of high school and how all the stuff that we saw when they were kids and they were in high school affects the kind of adulthood they have and who they become in a much bigger world.”

Fans have been left to speculate on what Rue, Nate, Cassie, and the others will be like in the future. Previous reports suggested that Levinson had floated the idea of Rue as a private detective, an idea that was reportedly rejected by both HBO and Zendaya. Another suggestion from Zendaya’ that she play a surrogate mother was also rejected.

HBO CEO and President of Global Streaming for Warner Bros Discovery JB Perrette said that “we’ll see the third season of Euphoria probably in early 2026.”

There isn’t currently a trailer, no. With production in full swing we can anticipate further updates and previews in the coming months.

Almost certainly. “We’ve talked about it, I don’t think anything is over until it’s over, but it’s been discussed that this is the end,” HBO’s Francesca Orsi told Deadline in February.

Euphoria is available to view on HBO.