“The Flight Attendant” has grow to be one of many buzziest exhibits on HBO Max, to not point out an award-winning hit that earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for a number of workforce members behind the present, together with lead actress Kaley Cuoco. After two profitable seasons, although, will the comedy-thriller take flight a 3rd time, or is it completely grounded?
Whereas there is no official phrase from HBO Max but, the behind-the-scenes reply to that query has shifted over the previous few months. Again in Could, Cuoco prompt that she, a minimum of, was carried out with “The Flight Attendant,” whether or not a 3rd season occurred or not.
“I am like, ‘Nicely, we did two. We must always most likely be carried out.’ And I believe I have been outnumbered with that thought,” she informed Folks on the time. “There’s undoubtedly curiosity in doing a 3rd season. I believe for me, at this second, the aircraft has landed … I imply, we have carried out a lot this season. Even within the eight episodes, we have carried out a lot story that I am pondering, ‘Nicely, what might we do subsequent?’ So it should take lots of thought to ensure if we return that it is higher than the final two, which could be very arduous to do.”
She did, nevertheless, go away the door open. “I believe the writers and the workforce did a very stunning job in tying it up in a fairly bow [at the end of season two],” she stated. “However in case you needed to open the bow, it could be OK.”
Quick ahead a couple of months, and the merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery has left the fates of many HBO Max exhibits, together with “The Flight Attendant,” in limbo. Add to {that a} reported presentation to buyers from the brand new Warner Bros. Discovery (through Enterprise Insider), which appeared to recommend that HBO Max is seen inside the firm as “male-skewing,” prompting additional concern over the way forward for the networks women-centric programming like “The Flight Attendant” below the corporate’s reported new imaginative and prescient.
Now, nevertheless, Cuoco has a unique perspective, and he or she might need simply revealed {that a} third season is within the works in spite of everything!
“I used to be at a dinner a few weeks in the past sitting subsequent to [executive producer] Greg Berlanti, and there have been lots of people there, so it was actually arduous to speak, however I whispered to him, and I am like, ‘Third season?’ And he simply nodded at me. I used to be like, ‘Wow.’ He did not even say something. He nodded: Yup!” she revealed in an interview with Selection.
Cuoco does produce other tasks she’s engaged on, too, in order that third season may take a little bit longer to return out. For her, that is truly a really perfect scenario.
“I believe season two was so heavy for me, that was an enormous a part of it. And now having some separation. And once more, we would should rely upon what it could seem like,” she informed Selection. “I like when exhibits take a breath. This is not ‘The Large Bang Concept’ days — it is completely different. So I wish to be needed, I do not wish to pressure this down folks’s throats. I need the storyline to be excellent sufficient. And I do know that producers and everybody feels the identical. I’ve talked to lots of the primary forged, and they’re up for it, too. In order that’s an incredible signal. I might see it taking place. However most likely not anytime quickly.”
Lengthy story quick: the way forward for “The Flight Attendant” continues to be up within the air, however Cuoco appears recreation for one more flight!
