The White Lotus creator Mike White promises a supersized third season of the HBO series

Longer, bigger and sexier: those are the words that Mike White used to explain what viewers of the third season of HBO’s hit series ‘The White Lotus’ can expect in a recent interview with EW. “It’s going to be a supersized ‘White Lotus,'” White said. “It’s going to be longer, bigger, crazier. I don’t know what people will think, but I am super excited, so at least for my own barometer, that’s a good thing … I’m super excited about the content of the season.”

However, fans of the comedy-mystery-drama, which hit screens in 2021, will have to wait until 2025 to see just how sexier it will become after both the writers strike and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. White explained “I’m seriously finishing scripts, still waiting to be able to cast. If the SAG strike isn’t resolved soon, then yeah, we’d have to push again because the show has a new cast every season, so there’s lots of parts to cast … I’m more than eager to get going.”

Information regarding the third season of the show started to drip-feed through the internet earlier this year, with Variety confirming that the new season will take place in Thailand with the third season’s theme looking at what appears to be the fad of New Age spirituality. 

“The first season kind of highlighted money, and then the second season is sex,” White said during a post-credit interview after Season 2’s finale. “I think the third season would be maybe a satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality. It feels like it could be a rich tapestry to do another round at White Lotus.”

That idea was further encouraged with the return of Natasha Rothwell, who played Belinda Lindsey in the show’s first season. Belinda, the manager of the resort's spa, had a storyline revolving around the character of Tanya McQuoid (played by Emmy Award winner Jennifer Coolidge) and her attempts to start a holistic care business with the financial start-up from McQuoid.

One of the breakout characters of the show, could we see Coolidge’s character return somehow, should Mike White decide to set the third season of ‘The White Lotus’ between the events that took place between the Hawaiian paradise and the super thirsty time many spent in Italy during the second season? It’s an idea at the very least that could be entertained before more information comes to hand. Watch this space for more details.