The White Lotus season 4’s hotels confirm dual locations for the new episodes. HBO’s Emmy-winning anthology series follows the guests and employees of the fictional luxury hotel chain over the course of a week as a darker complexity emerges in the characters and the idyllic locale itself.
After the first three seasons were set in Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand, respectively, it was recently reported that The White Lotus season 4 will be set in France. Though the first three seasons were all filmed at Four Seasons hotels, HBO has not renewed its marketing partnership with the hotel chain for season 4.
Now, Variety reports that The White Lotus season 4 will, in fact, be filmed in France, and is already scouting luxurious locations in Paris and the French Riviera, including the five-star hotels Le Lutetia and the Ritz. However, HBO has not yet officially announced that season 4 will be filmed in France.
Like The White Lotus season 3 – which was primarily filmed on the island of Koh Samui with a few episodes in Bangkok, where Rick Hatchett (Walton Goggins) plans a revenge plot – season 4 is expected to take place mainly in the South of France, with a secondary storyline in Paris. So far, no hotels have been decided on for season 4, which reportedly isn’t scheduled to start filming until next year.
In Paris, the luxury hotels under consideration include the legendary Le Lutetia, which opened in 1910 and is located on the Left Bank of the Seine in the stylish Saint-Germain-des-Prés district. Another strong contender is the Ritz Paris, another Parisian palace and five-star hotel that opened in 1898.
Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, sitting together in The White Lotus season 3 episode’Same Spirits, New Forms’,©HBO / Courtesy Everett Collection
Creator Mike White, known for keeping an air of mystery around the show, dropped a cryptic hint about season 4’s setting immediately following The White Lotus season 3 finale, saying, “For the fourth season, I want to move a bit away from the crashing waves and rocks vibe.” On the French Riviera, rocky beach locations include Monaco and Nice.
Release Date
July 11, 2021
Network
HBO
Showrunner
Mike White
Natasha Rothwell
Belinda Lindsey