‘The White Lotus’ Season 4: Everything We Know So Far

By Michele Yeo

We are inching closer and closer to bidding “bonjour” to the fourth season of The White Lotus. With another casting announcement dropping this week including news that Heather Graham, Rosie Perez will be checking in, we thought what better time to round up everything we know so far about the upcoming edition of the award-winning anthology series.

Cast

It seems like season four of The White Lotus is poised to feature its largest ensemble cast yet. The most recent casting roundup announced Monday included Heather Graham, Rosie Perez, Swedish actress Frida Gustavsson, Norwegian actor Tobias Santelmann, Ben Schnetzer who can currently be seen on The Madison on Paramount + and French actress Laura Smet.

A previous announcement in mid-March included Max Greenfield of New Girl and The Neighbourhood fame, comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, and proud cat dad Kumail Nanjiani, Chloe Bennet, formerly of Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D, Charlie Hall – son of Julia Louis Dreyfuss and Brad Hall, and Jarrad Paul. In early March it was announced Sandra Bernhard, Vincent Cassel, Dylan Ennis, Corentin Fila, Ari Graynor, and French actress Nadia Tereszkiewicz would be checking in.

The first roundup announced back in January revealed veteran English actors Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Coogan were joining along with Caleb Jonte Edwards, Marissa Long, Canadian actor Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina from The Mindy Project, and AJ Michalka – actress and one half of the musical duo Aly and AJ.

Talk about a stacked cast.

Location

The fourth season of The White Lotus will take viewers down South, the South of France, that is. In January it was revealed filming would take place at The Château de La Messardière, a 19th century palace-turned-luxury hotel in St. Tropez on the Côte d’Azur. The property spans over 32 acres and its 86 rooms run from between $3,000 to $8,000 a night. The hotel has been named one of Vogue’s best hotels in the South of France.

Château de La Messardière is part of the Airelles Collection of hotels which is owned by French businessman Stephane Courbit who is also chairman of the Banijay Group – one of the world’s largest content producers and distributors responsible for major global formats like MasterChef, Big Brother, as well as Survivor on which The White Lotus creator Mike White has appeared twice. Perhaps he got a location discount? This latest season of The White Lotus marks the first time the show won’t be filmed at a Four Seasons hotel. The first season was filmed at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, while the second was filmed at the Four Seasons San Domenico Hotel in Sicily, and the third was filmed partially at the Four Seasons Koh Samui in Thailand.

Timing

The cast is scheduled to begin shooting at the end of April and filming is expected to wrap in late October. While nothing has yet to be revealed about the plot, it’s worth noting The Cannes Film Festival, which takes over the French Riviera every May, is set to run from May 12th to May 23rd during the show’s filming period. It remains to be seen (or scene?) if the annual star-studded event will play into the storyline at all.

A premiere date for season four is still unknown. Seasons one, two, and three premiered on July 11th, 2021, October 30th, 2022, and February 16th, 2025 respectively. 

Survivor crossover?

While guests of The White Lotus are lucky if they survive their stay – there’s at least one murder per season – this season may feature some actual Survivors – from the cast of the hit reality show, that is.

The White Lotus creator Mike White, who has competed on two seasons of Survivor, including the most recent season Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans told the media upon his recent elimination from the reality competition show that viewers can expect to see some Survivor competitor cameos among The White Lotus cast in this upcoming fourth season. 

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