Ted Lasso season 4 ‘in the works’ as cast ‘sign up for new episodes’
It looks like season three might not have been the final whistle after all...
It look like the final whistle may not have been blown on Ted Lasso after all – with reports suggesting that three key cast members have had options picked up for a new run.
According to Deadline, Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) and Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins) have all been secured for a potential season 4 by Warner Bros. Television, who will now turn their attentions to the likes of Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) and Juno Temple (Keeley Jones).
The three actors already picked up all had contracts under UK acting union Equity, while the others are represented by the US union SAG-AFTRA, which explains why the process is at a different stage.
But the reports suggests that with the actors secured, season 4 could be close to getting the green light provided budgets and scheduling can be approved – with a production start date sometime in 2025 being eyed.
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Earlier in August, the show's co-creator Bill Lawrence had explained that he'd be open to doing more episodes on the condition that Sudeikis was up for it.
"As fans, we’d all kill if it was going again," Lawrence told Collider. "But everybody would say the same thing, which is: whatever Jason feels like doing and whatever his decision is, we’re all down with it."
Sudeikis and Lawrence created the show alongside Hunt and Joe Kelly, with Sudeikis serving as the head writer as well as playing the titular character, an American football manager who transforms the fortunes of fictional club Richmond FC with his optimistic spirit.
The emotional season 3 finale saw Ted leaving London to coach his son Henry’s team in the US, and although some had speculated that this marked the end of the show for good, the door was left open for a potential return in the future.
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Meanwhile Warner Bros boss Channing Dungey had previously admitted that the finale left "a little bit of a door that could be kicked back open if need be" when speaking with Variety.
He continued: "I wouldn't put the period on the end of that sentence just yet. There is still a lot of love for Ted Lasso. And I think that there still is a lot of enthusiasm on the part of Apple for Ted Lasso.
"Should the opportunity arise, we'd be excited to jump back in to making more… There are always conversations that are ongoing, just nothing that's official."
Well, it now looks that more official conversations have begun, suggesting that Sudeikis is indeed up for more. We''ll be keeping our eyes peeled for any further developments in the coming days and weeks...
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
