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HBO Thought of Changing Creator Sam Levinson, However Forged Stays “Dedicated” To Showrunner In New Report

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Evan Walker

The discuss of TV this week has been the delay of “Euphoria” Season 3, and many questions on the HBO collection abound. When will the upcoming season begin capturing? Will Sam Levinson‘s up to date script hold the five-year time bounce that brings his characters out of highschool? And with its stars turning into more and more in-demand, will a brand new season of “Euphoria” even occur at this level? And will HBO proceed the collection with out Levinson on the helm?

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Selection has an replace on all of those issues and extra. First up: Levinson’s scripts for Season 3. Levinson’s authentic pitch to HBO in winter 2023 jumps forward 5 years, with “very compelling” arcs for Sydney Sweeney‘s Cassie and Jacob Elordi‘s Nate. However when the actors bought their palms on full scrips after the WGA strike, they didn’t fly with Zendaya. And whereas the actress doesn’t have the facility to veto script, she is the present’s Emmy-winning star and an government producer, so she supplied enter to Levinson, who overhauled Rue’s storyline. And that was okay with Levinson, since he was already transforming the scripts because of the demise of Angus Cloud final July and “Euphoria” producer Kevin Turen passing away final November.

However after Levinson completed his updates to the S3 scripts, one other celebration wasn’t proud of them: HBO executives. They didn’t like Rue’s new arc, which relegated the character to the sidelines as she works as a personal detective. HBO vetoed the overhaul, which despatched Levinson again to the writing desk with a number of new concepts pitched to him, together with Zendaya’s proposition to make Rue a being pregnant surrogate. In line with Selection, insiders say the up to date scripts additionally didn’t tonally really feel like “Euphoria,” which suggests Levinson should revise them once more.

So the place does that go away S3 now? HBO has reportedly explored a number of choices, together with Levinson stepping away from the present. However Levinson received’t like giving up a present the place he has full artistic management. Different concepts from HBO embrace a “Euphoria” film or specials, like the 2 HBO aired through the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2020 and January 2021. With “Euphoria” Season 2 now over two years outdated, one other couple of one-off particular episodes will not be a nasty thought. However no matter HBO decides to do, they’re dedicated to seeing Season 3 by means of, with Levinson on the helm, and with the present’s stars returning, as they’re contracted to do.

However even with that conviction, there shall be changes for “Euphoria” going ahead. With Sweeney and Elordi’s Hollywood stars rising, and Zendaya’s already absolutely ascendant, count on all three actors to obtain main wage bumps. That already occurred for the solid for Season 2, nevertheless it’s a distinct panorama now, and with all three stars in excessive demand, they’d earn more money doing motion pictures than a TV collection, irrespective of how hyped-up that collection is. And that will occur, as HBO has freed the solid from any dedication to the present for the remainder of the 12 months.

HBO has informed the “Euphoria” solid that they’ll get an replace about Season 3 on October 1, together with a plan for filming in 2025. The shoot for S3 will final 25 weeks, that means the brand new episodes could not attain audiences till 2026, 4 years after the present’s earlier season. Will HBO be cool with that, and can “Euphoria” nonetheless be in vogue two years from now? Given the star energy of its solid, that’s possible, however Sam Levinson is on shaky floor with HBO after what a debacle “The Idol” was final 12 months. In different phrases, these new scripts of his higher be superb (and utterly completed), or the long run “Euphoria” could also be no extra. And even when these scripts are superb, Season 3 of “Euphoria” will most definitely be its final.