Apologies upfront to our moral compasses, which can once more be tested with one other season of You, Netflix’s hit thriller starring the ridiculously hot Penn Badgley as a ridiculously creepy serial killer. The streamer renewed the series for a fourth season just days before the third arrived, pointing to its confidence within the show. While further details might still be top-secret (and perhaps stored in a shoe box somewhere in Joe’s ceiling), we’re gathering what we all know to this point about You’s upcoming chapter.
When will You season 4 be released?
The fourth season shall be split into two, with Part 1 arriving on February 9, 2023—just in time on your twisted Valentine’s Day plans—and Part 2 following on March 9, 2023. It is a day sooner than initially expected, and for You fans, day by day counts.
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(For reference, the third season arrived on Oct. 15, 2021.)
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Has filming began?
Filming took place in London, Paris, and Los Angeles, Netflix confirmed in a press release. The streamer announced in April 2022 that production had begun in London, sharing a photograph of Badgley on set with a pile of classic books, a nod to Joe.
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For anyone interested, the stack includes: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, A Good Man in a Cruel World by Rhys Montrose, Vanity Fair by William Thackeray, and Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
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Who’s within the solid?
Gossip Girl alum Penn Badgley will likely return as Joe Goldberg, the leading loner and bookkeeper who obsesses over and stalks women until, as his track record has shown, he often finally ends up murdering them. While the solid often changes from season to season, we’re hoping to see more of Love (The Haunting of Bly Manor star Victoria Pedretti), Joe’s wife and mother of his child, who also happens to be a killer.
Badgley as Joe in You season 4.
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Recurring stars in season 3 include Scott Speedman (Matthew), Tati Gabrielle (Marienne), Shalita Grant (Sherry), Travis Van Winkle (Cary), and Dylan Arnold (Theo). Time will tell in the event that they make it to season 4. Showrunner Sera Gamble and producer Greg Berlanti, nevertheless, are confirmed to return.
Tati Gabrielle returns as Marienne in season 4.
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British actress Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts) will join the solid and star opposite Badgley as Kate. Per Deadline, Kate is “fearsomely smart, independent, suspicious, misses nothing. She is fiercely loyal to her friends, a brick wall to everyone else. The daughter of a chaotic, bohemian single mother, Kate worked hard to create the life she now leads. She’s an art gallery director whose job means managing tempestuous artists. Kate tends to be “the adult within the room,” and has embraced the moniker of “icy bitch.” She’s especially protective of best friend Lady Phoebe, a sweet and trusting person whose extreme wealth and fame are inclined to attract opportunists. Kate prefers “arrangements” to like, which is why she dates fun but self-centered partier Malcolm.” She’s also said to be immediately suspicious of Joe when Malcolm invites him into their privileged circle.
Charlotte Ritchie
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The White Lotus and Euphoria star Lukas Gage will even join You season 4 as Adam, “an ex-pat American, the youngest son of a wealthy East-Coast magnate,” in keeping with Deadline. “He’s famous for spectacularly failing to satisfy the standards of his successful, venerable family. An entrepreneur and a gambler, Adam is a warm and funny party host and fast friend. But underneath, Adam is hiding a trove of secrets and papering over problems with heavy self-medication.”
Lukas Gage
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Netflix announced the remainder of the series regulars and recurring solid when it announced the beginning of season 4 production.
Niccy Lin (The Great) plays Sophie, an entrepreneur and jetsetter with a highly curated (and sponsorship-riddled) social media feed. She’s also a “watchful protector” of her younger brother, Simon.
Aidan Cheng (The Girlfriend Experience, Harlots) plays Simon, an artist and Oxford-educated son of a Chinese technology magnate. He’s “unimaginable to impress and abhors small talk and strangers.”
Stephen Hagan (The Larkins) plays Malcolm, a friendly literature professor and “drug-loving bon vivant.” He’s dating Kate (Ritchie), but seeing other women on the side.
Ben Wiggins (The Sandman, The Witcher) plays Roald, who hails from an old aristocratic family. He’s attractive but cold and rumored to have a dark side.
Eve Austin (ABC Murders) plays Gemma, “a member of a privileged circle of friends who met at Oxford;” a fun friend and fellow partier but tone deaf to the greater world round her.
Ozioma Whenu (The Lark) plays Blessing, a Nigerian princess “with a passion for cryptocurrency.” She’s cliquish and a risk-taker, and believes we’re all living in a simulation.
Dario Coates (The Girlfriend Experience, The Rules of the Game) plays Connie, also an Oxford alum from Kate and Phoebe’s circle. He’s a complete upper-crust “sportsman gone soft” who loves “betting, horses, drinking and cocaine.”
Sean Pertwee (Gotham) plays Vic, Adam’s driver, dealer, and security guard. He’s a little bit of a fixer too, he’s “not afraid to get his hands dirty” to guard Adam and his friends.
Brad Alexander plays Edward, a preferred and smart student who’s father owns a robust news outlet.
Alison Pargeter (Chernobyl, EastEnders) plays Dawn, a paparazzi photographer.
Adam James (Vigil, I May Destroy You) plays Elliot, who’s “world-weary, calm, grounded, [and] allergic to drama.” He used to live in California but now travels through Europe for his job, as he answers to a robust employer.
Ozioma Whenu as Blessing, Ben Wiggins as Roald, Dario Coates as Connie, Lukas Gage as Adam, Tilly Keeper as Lady Phoebe, Charlotte Ritchie as Kate and Niccy Lin as Sophie Soo in You season 4.
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What’s going to or not it’s about?
Netflix shared the official synopsis below:
“After his previous life went up in flames, Joe Goldberg has fled to Europe to flee his ‘messy’ past, adopt a latest identity, and, after all, to pursue true love. But Joe soon finds himself within the strange latest role of reluctant detective as he discovers he will not be the one killer in London. Now, his future relies on identifying and stopping whoever’s targeting his latest friend group of uber-wealthy socialites…”
The primary season was adapted from Caroline Kepnes’ novel, You, while the second followed the sequel, Hidden Bodies. Season 3 echoes the plot of the third book, You Love Me, which was published in 2021.
Up to now, there’s no fourth book within the series, but onscreen, Gamble teases that season 4 will “explore latest, dark facets of affection.” She wrote in a press release about You’s renewal, per The Hollywood Reporter:
“Reading Caroline’s novel, Greg and I were immediately obsessive about Joe Goldberg and his twisted worldview. And it’s been thrilling to observe Penn bring Joe to creepy yet compelling life. We’re deeply grateful that Netflix has shown You such monumental support, and that folks around the globe have enjoyed watching Joe really get all of it very flawed over the past three seasons. The entire You team is happy to explore latest, dark facets of affection in season 4.”
One thing shall be very different from previous seasons: we can’t be seeing Joe in a particularly intimate position with anyone. Badgley said on his Podcrushed podcast in February that he has decided he desires to move away from intimacy scenes as an actor.
“I asked Sera Gamble, [the] creator, ‘Can I just do no more intimacy scenes?’” Badgley explained. “This was actually a choice I had made before I took the show. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it publicly, but considered one of the principal things is, ‘Do I need to place myself back on a profession path where I’m all the time [the] romantic lead?’”
The actor is happily married to Domino Kirke, and said on his podcast that attempting to compartmentalize and do sexual scenes has made him uncomfortable.
“Fidelity in every relationship, and particularly my marriage, is basically necessary to me. It just got to a degree where I don’t want to try this,” he said. “Before I took the show, it was an issue: Do I actually have a profession if I don’t? Take into consideration every male lead you’ve loved. Are they kissing someone? Are they doing loads greater than that?”
He went on, “It got to a degree where [I thought], ‘I don’t want to try this,’ so I said to Sera, like, ‘My desire can be zero [intimate scenes], to go from 100 to zero.’”
Gemble had a “positive response” and got here back with a “phenomenal reduction” in sex scenes. So Joe’s life shall be a bit more PG to any extent further, though that will not stop other lewdness from appearing within the series.
Is there a trailer?
A sneak peek arrived during Tudum 2022, which shares the primary take a look at Badgley’s character this season in addition to the remainder of the solid.
Joe’s alias this time will not be a bookstore worker, or suburban dad, or L.A. salesclerk, he narrates within the clip. No, now he’s Professor Jonathan Moore in London, complete with a beard and tweed blazer to finish the refined look. He says that “gone are the times of unrequited love and longing; this time I’m specializing in academia,” but from the way in which he watches Marienne from under the brim of his signature baseball cap, that surely cannot be true.
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The official trailer arrived in January 2023, showing Joe still desperately attempting to reunite with Marienne. While settling into London under his latest alias, Professor Moore, he tries to suppress his stalker tendencies but nonetheless becomes obsessive about a latest woman. He’s also not the one killer on the town; another person is plotting murders among the many elite, while also keeping an in depth eye on Joe.
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