The White Lotus Season 4 Filming Hotel Has Been Revealed

Mike White’s landmark HBO dramedy has fans across the globe and, it seems, across each section of society. As season 3‘s spirituality-focussed drama drew to a close earlier this year, we said a reluctant goodbye to another higgledy-piggledy batch of moneyed guests, including Jason Isaacs as the tortured Timothy Ratliff, Parker Posey as his Southern belle wife Victoria, Walton Goggins as haunted Rick Hatchett and plenty more. And though the series sadly missed out on all 10 of its Emmy nominations, season 4 was always on the cards.

The hit series has taken us from Hawaii to Sicily to Thailand as we hop between the titular luxury hotel chain’s glamorous resorts, watching as a new batch of moneyed guests get muddled up in murder. But where to next? In September, the team behind The White Lotus revealed it had settled on France for its fourth season, with HBO exec Casey Bloys confirming the news on the Emmys red carpet and creator Mike White reportedly all set up in the land of cheese and wine, writing away. And now, we’ve got word on the exact hotel where the season 4 drama will play out, with the show moving away from the Four Seasons group for the first time. Meanwhile, there are plenty of rumours on stars, including an another British Harry Potter alum…

Here’s everything we know so far about The White Lotus season 4.

Morgana O’Reilly, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul & Lalisa Manobal in The White Lotus season 3. (HBO)

The White Lotus Season 4: Plot, Cast, Release Date & More

The White Lotus was renewed for season 4 ahead of the season 3 premiere in February 2025 (with Variety revealing the season 4 renewal on 22 January), meaning a whole new ensemble of troubled yet exuberantly wealthy tourists will land in a glitzy, far-flung destination sometime in the future.

According to HBO chairman and CEO Casey Bloys, season 4 has been germinating for quite some time: when Bloys visited the season 3 set in Thailand in December 2023, series creator Mike White pitched his season 4 concept. The executive reportedly responded that if White wants to do a fourth season, HBO will do a fourth season.

The White Lotus season 2 was filmed at San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Resort.

Where Will The White Lotus Season 4 Be Set?

Season 1 was set in Hawaii, season 2 took us to Sicily, and season 3 whisked us off to Thailand – but where will we land in The White Lotus season 4? It’s official: we will soon be checking into Le Lotus Blanc.

That’s right: The White Lotus season 4 will be set in France, specifically in Saint Tropez, with 19th century hotel Château de la Messardière picked as the primary filming location – not, as many fans suspected, the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (the first three seasons were all set at Four Seasons hotels). With its dramatic hilltop setting, fairytale pastel pink facade and Rolls-Royce chauffeur service, the castle fees like the perfect setting for the glamorous show. The property was originally built by a 19th century cognac merchant, Gabriel Dupuy d’Angeac, as a wedding gift for his daughter, before being bought by the five-star Airelles Collection in 2019 and reopened as a luxury hotel, complete with five restaurants and a jaw-dropping spa.

As with previous seasons, other locations will feature too, including some scenes filmed at a hotel in Paris.

Saint Tropez, France, Unsplash

The Cast

Helena Bonham Carter is the first actor rumoured to star in The White Lotus season 4, according to Deadline, with insiders teasing conversations are underway between both parties. The news follows fellow Harry Potter star Jason Isaac’s Emmy-nominated performance in season 3, a business/family-man who finds out shortly after arriving at the tech-free resort that he is under investigation by the FBI for financial wrongdoing.

Bonham Carter is best known for starring in flicks like Fight Club (1999) and Sweeney Todd (2007) as well as the Harry Potter franchise as Bellatrix Lestrange, but her television roles to date have been more limited. Recently she starred as Princess Margaret in The Crown and Nolly Gordon in Nolly, with a role in Netflix’s The Seven Dials Mystery set to premiere in January 2026.

The White Lotus has a reputation for attracting established stars (think Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Hollander, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, Aubrey Plaza, F.Murray Abraham, Parker Posey, Michael Imperioli and K-Pop star Lalisa) and stellar newcomers alike. Everyone from Sydney Sweeney and Leo Woodall, Aimee Lou Wood, Sam Nivola and Patrick Schwarzenegger found increased international attention here, while stars like Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Meghann Fahy, Theo James, Will Sharpe and Michelle Monaghan have had a little career boost. And the casting process relies on this reputation, and the prestige of the show in general: all main stars are offered an equal flat fee, usually around $40,000 per episode.

Meghann Fahy and Aubrey Plaza in The White Lotus season 2.

The White Lotus Season 4 Release Date

No official news just yet, but we expect filming for The White Lotus season 4 to get underway in 2026. Between the first two seasons of The White Lotus, there was a gap of about a year and a half – and between the second and the third, a gap of almost two years and a half, though this was disrupted by strikes. Optimistically, The White Lotus season 4 will land in autumn 2026, but we think spring 2027 is more likely.

All three seasons of The White Lotus are streaming now on nowtv.com