“The White Lotus” is headed to the Cannes Film Festival.
The highly anticipated fourth season of Mike White’s hit series will be set during the star-studded celebration of cinema, HBO confirmed on Wednesday as it announced that filming had officially begun on the French Riviera.
“The fourth season will follow a new group of White Lotus hotel guests and employees over the span of a week, taking place during the Cannes Film Festival,” the official synopsis reads. Hotels featured include the Airelles Château de la Messardière as the White Lotus du Cap and the Hôtel Martinez as the White Lotus Cannes. In addition to Cannes, the season will film in St. Tropez, Monaco and Paris, though the story will remain set in the Côte d’Azur.
The “White Lotus” production will be on the ground during the entire Cannes Film Festival, while the cast will be there for three or four days during the second week of the fest and are expected to walk the red carpet at least once, according to a source.
Back in October, Variety broke the news that “The White Lotus” Season 4 would film in France at five-star hotels in Paris and the French Riviera, precisely at the Airelles Château de la Messardière.
The full cast for Season 4 consists of Helena Bonham Carter, Vincent Cassel, Steve Coogan, Caleb Jonte Edwards, Dylan Ennis, Corentin Fila, Ari Graynor, Marissa Long, Alexander Ludwig, Chris Messina, AJ Michalka, Kumail Nanjiani and Nadia Tereszkiewicz. Additional cast includes Chloe Bennet, Sandra Bernhard, Heather Graham, Max Greenfield, Frida Gustavsson, Charlie Hall, Jarrad Paul, Rosie Perez, Ben Schnetzer and Laura Smet.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 12 to 23 and will feature new films from Asghar Farhadi, Pedro Almodóvar, Ira Sachs, Hirokazu Kore-eda and more, as well as tributes to Barbra Streisand and Peter Jackson. It is unclear if “The White Lotus” will be filming during the actual festival.
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“The White Lotus” is created, written directed and executive produced by White, with other executive producers including David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
Elsa Keslassy contributed to this report.
From Variety US