‘White Lotus’ season 3 trailer sees the return of the beloved character as the premiere date has been confirmed

The White lotus The trailer for season three is finally here and a popular set of characters returns.

On Monday (December 16), HBO released the full trailer for the upcoming season of creator Mike White’s Emmy-winning series, set in Thailand with a new cast of characters.

The White LotusThe third season will debut on Sunday, February 16th on Max.

In the trailer, a new group of vacationers at the White Lotus Resort in Thailand are greeted by a hotel employee, played by Blackpink member Lisa. Natasha Rothwell, who played spa manager Belinda Lindsey in the first season, will take on the role in the third season. Rothwell is the second actor to return for another season The White Lotus following Jennifer Coolidge, who played Tanya McQuoid.

The star-studded cast also includes Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon and Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola.

White previously announced a “super-sized” third season after production was halted due to the concurrent writers and actors strikes. In early 2023, it was reported that the next installment of The White Lotus is filmed at a Four Seasons resort in and around locations in Koh Samui, Phuket and Bangkok.

A representative for Rothwell later confirmed this The Independent that she will be seen in the third season. In The White LotusIn the first season of the series, which premiered on HBO and Max in 2021, Rothwell’s character Belinda met with Tanya at the Hawaii-based luxury hotel. Tanya asked Belinda for support and made her unfulfilled promise to financially support Belinda to open her own wellness center.

The second season of The White Lotus was based in Sicily, where Tanya and her husband Greg (Jon Gries) were the only characters to reprise their roles in the Italian branch of the fictional luxury hotel chain. At the end of the season, Tanya slipped on a boat and shockingly killed herself.

In the first two seasons The White Lotus has won 15 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Limited Series or Anthology. Coolidge received two consecutive Emmy wins for her performance as Tanya.

The first two seasons of The White Lotus are available to stream on Max.