Regardless of the information that it was renewed for a 3rd season in February 2024, followers are questioning if Euphoria was canceled due to the newest information out of MAX. The present relies on an Israeli TV collection of the identical identify that ran from 2012 to 2013 and premiered in June 2019 however has weathered a number of setbacks through the years.

The collection, which is govt produced by Drake, stars Zendaya as Rue Bennett and tells the story of a recovering teenage drug addict who’s struggling to seek out her place on this planet. The primary season follows Rue as she finds a buddy in Jules Vaughn, a brand new pupil at her highschool.

As talked about, there have been a number of setbacks to manufacturing. Filming for season two was delayed considerably because of the pandemic, with filming pushed again to 2021. “We have been supposed to return to work, I consider, on March 16,” Zendaya instructed Selection in June 2020. “And, actually, three or 4 days earlier than that, they have been shut down. I used to be like, ‘I used to be so shut.’ We did digital camera checks and hair and make-up checks, and we bought to see all people and we had the units constructed.”

Euphoria season 3 was slated for a 2025 launch, having been delayed as soon as extra because of the author’s strike. Then, Angus Cloud, one of many present’s star actors, died out of the blue at age 25 and questions of whether or not the present would be capable to proceed with out him started to swirl. Now, there’s extra dangerous information for the present. Right here’s if Euphoria was canceled.

Was Euphoria canceled?

Was Euphoria canceled? As of March 25, 2024, no, however that doesn’t imply individuals aren’t speculating about its demise. “HBO and Sam Levinson remain dedicated to creating an distinctive third season,” an HBO spokesperson instructed Selection. “Within the interim, we’re permitting our in-demand forged to pursue different alternatives.” Scripts for season three are nonetheless being written, apparently.

One of many largest obstacles to creating a present about highschool children is that the actors are, like people are inclined to do, getting older. Star Jacob Elordi has even joked about how outdated he’d be for the present’s third season, suggesting they’d have to “Benjamin Button” him to make him look youthful.

“I hope [season 3 comes] quickly, or they’re going to need to Benjamin Button me or one thing,” he joked throughout an look on The Tonight Present. “I’m going to have a nasty again strolling down the hallway, you already know?” He added: “I’m assuming that we’ll need to go ahead, in any other case it’s going to look like a bizarre bit.”

Following Cloud’s tragic loss of life, many Euphoria followers referred to as for the present to be scrapped as a result of there was no level in it persevering with with out Cloud, such was the impression of his presence on-screen. “i don’t wanna euphoria 3 anymore,” commented one beneath HBO’s Instagram submit commemorating Cloud’s loss of life. “please don’t convey again euphoria there’s no level anymore,” one other wrote. “Can’t think about the present with out fexi,” one other commented, referencing Cloud’s character Fez and his love curiosity, Lexi (Maude Apatow).

Beforehand, HBO Drama Chief Francesca Orsi defined to Deadline on Could 26, 2023, that vital delays have been impacting the return of one of many community’s tentpole titles. “Euphoria is a type of that we had begun writing in tandem with post-production on Idol however at this level, we don’t have numerous scripts,” Orsi stated. “We will’t begin taking pictures, so the supply of that present — ideally in 2025 — shall be decided on after we can decide again up with Sam, who at this level is all pencils down and simply ending posts on Idol.”

A month prior, the present’s costume designed Heidi Bivens instructed The Run-By way of With Vogue podcast that Euphoria, “begins taking pictures in June, so prep in Could, so very, very quickly… in Los Angeles,” she stated, nonetheless, that was earlier than the author’s strike started on Tuesday, Could 2, 2023.

HBO introduced it had renewed Euphoria for a 3rd season in February 2022, because the second season premiere had been the most-viewed episode of a collection ever (earlier than it was overtaken by The Final of Us in 2023). “Sam, Zendaya, and your complete forged and crew of Euphoria have taken Season 2 to extraordinary heights, difficult narrative conference and type, whereas sustaining its coronary heart. We couldn’t be extra honored to work with this gifted, wildly gifted group or extra excited to proceed our journey with them into Season 3,” Orsi stated in a press launch on the time.