The Creator of HBO’s Most Divisive Show Has “No Plans” for Season 4

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Published Apr 9, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT

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2026 is the year of Zendaya. Last weekend, her hotly anticipated dark comedy alongside Robert Pattinson, The Drama, made an impressive splash at the box office, earning a strong $14 million and becoming A24's third-biggest opening ever. Zendaya will then re-team with Pattinson and an all-star cast in Christopher Nolan's follow-up to his Oscar-winning biopic Oppenheimer, an adaptation of Homer's classic The Odyssey. After breaking from Pattinson for the latest installment in the MCU with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Zendaya and Pattinson will be together yet again for the hugely exciting Dune: Part Three, the final part of the sci-fi trilogy.

But it isn't just the big screen where Zendaya is making her impact in 2026, as her most famous TV work, that of Rue in Euphoria, is set to return in the long-awaited third season. Debuting on April 12, Euphoria Season 3 will see "a group of childhood friends wrestle with the virtue of faith, the possibility of redemption, and the problem of evil," according to the official synopsis, as Zendaya returns alongside Hunter Schafer, the late Eric Dane, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, and Maude Apatow. Other stars in the new season include Sharon Stone, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Toby Wallace, Colman Domingo, Nika King, Alanna Ubach, and more.

But before the show's Season 3 premiere, Zendaya threw a wrench in the works by seemingly all but confirming that Season 3 will be the show's last. When asked on The Drew Barrymore Show if Season 3 of Euphoria would be the final season, she replied, "I think so, yeah," before doubling down on this comment and promising that "closure is coming."

'Euphoria' Creator Sam Levinson Has Had His Say

Shortly after Zendaya's social media-shattering comments, in a new interview with creator Sam Levinson, he broke his silence on Zendaya's comments, saying he writes "every season like it’s the last season" and has "no plans" for a fourth installment. "I want to finish this as strong as I can," he added. "I’m cutting [Episodes] 7 and 8 still. I’m putting some finishing touches. I just want to deliver a f**king slam dunk season." Despite these comments, HBO has yet to make an official announcement about the future of its controversial teen series.

Euphoria is available on HBO Max. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 3.