'Yellow Vests' Season 3 Renewal - 3 Months Ahead of Season 2 Premiere

Everyone's favorite cannibal football team is stuck in the woods a little longer. “Yellowjackets” has been renewed for a third season, Showtime announced Thursday.

The news comes more than three months before the thriller series returns for Season 2 on March 26. The series, which comes from creators and married couple Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, was a smash hit for the premium cable channel when it premiered. in November 2021, averaging over five million viewers per episode and a Season 2 renewal five episodes into the season.

"With the runaway success of 'Yellowjackets' in Season 1 and pent-up anticipation for Season 2, we wanted to maximize the momentum by accelerating Season 3 now," Showtime President Chris McCarthy said. in a press release. "The show's ambition is only exceeded by its execution, and I thank the incredible creative team behind it, including Ashley, Bart, Jonathan, eOne and the Showtime team, for making it such a success. ."

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“Yellowjackets” follows a high school football team in 1996 who find themselves stranded in the woods after a plane crash and are left to fend for themselves for 19 months. The series also focuses on several survivors 25 years later as they come to terms with the secrets of their time in the desert. Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis play the adult versions of Shauna, Taissa, Misty and Natalie, while Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sammi Hanratty and Sophie Thatcher play their teenage counterparts. The Season 1 cast also included Ella Purnell, Steven Krueger and Warren Kole, with Liv Hewson, Courtney Eaton and Kevin Alves in recurring roles.

For Season 2, Hewson, Eaton, and Alves are all promoted to main cast, while Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell are set to join the show as adult versions of Hewson and Eaton's characters. Elijah Wood will return throughout the season as Walter, a "citizen detective".

Since its debut, “Yellowjackets” has garnered critical acclaim, with accolades for the writing, directing, and casting. The series received seven Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series, while Lynskey won the Critics Choice Award for Best Drama Actress. In her review of the show's first season, IndieWire's Kristen Lopez wrote that the show "is a lot of fun, centered on a messy story and the messy people born out of it."

Lyle and Nickerson present "Yellowjackets" with Jonathan Lisco, and the three executive producers with Creative Engine's Drew Comins. Entertainment One is producing the series for Showtime.

Deadline first reported that “Yellowjackets” is renewed for Season 3.

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