Showtime will continue with Yellowjackets .
Paramount Global’s premium cable channel has renewed the hit show for a third season. Received 3 months before the March 2023 premiere of Season 2 of Yellowjackets pickup.
Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson and produced by Entertainment One, Yellowjackets is a word-one hit Showtime a few years ago, attracting more than 5 million cross-platform viewers per episode. The series was also nominated for seven Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and performances by Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci.
“With Yellowjackets
” huge success in season 1 and depression for season 2 “Now, we want to maximize momentum by fast-tracking season three,” said Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime and Paramount Media Networks. Its ambitions can only be surpassed in execution, and I thank the incredible creative team behind it, including Ashley, Bart, Jonathan [Lisco], eOne and the Showtime team, for making this show such a success.”
Along with Lynskey and Ricci, Yellowjackets
starring Juliette Lewis and Tawny Cypress as a plane crash survivor Former high school football players were trying to keep their lives together a few years ago, while their pasts — and their lives in the wild Doing – could upend the present.
Sophie Nélisse, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher and Jasmin Savoy Brown play younger versions of the four main characters. Cast also includes Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Kruger, Warren Cole and Kevin Alves;
Lauren Ambrose and Simone Kessell have signed on to be season two regulars and Elijah Wood will have a pivotal cameo starring arc.
