Sam Levinson is coming off his highly polarizing, and much-hated, HBO series “The Idol.” However, he’s a household name because of “Euphoria,” a TV sensation with cinematic elements to it.
Levinson’s three features as a director — “Assassination Nation,” “Another Happy Day,” and “Malcolm & Marie” — were not that well-received. He’s more of a TV phenomenon, and a third season of “Euphoria” seems to be happening.
In an Elle Magazine feature, Levinson describes “Euphoria” Season 3 as a “film noir.” He plans to explore through Zendaya’s Rue “what it means to be an individual with principles in a corrupt world.”
In February 2022, HBO announced that “Euphoria” had been renewed for a third season, citing that the second season premiere had been the most-watched episode of a series ever. There is however no production start date scheduled for now and, with the writers and actors strike still happening, we might have to wait until 2025 for this third season.
Details about season 3 remain mum at this point. Levinson’s comments are the closest we’ve gotten to actual confirmation that it is indeed being worked on. The recent death of young star Angus Cloud has also, possibly, muddied the waters, with rewrites potentially occurring because of it.
Heidi Bivens, the costume designer for Euphoria, told Vogue in April that the upcoming third season might be set approximately five years after the second season, depicting the characters’ lives after their high school days.
For now, you can bask in the glorious mess that is Levinson’s “The Idol,” a fascinatingly self-indulgent act of pop art on the part of Levinson. Drugs, dancing, nihilism, narcissism and lots of sex. All shot in vibrantly stylized frames.