{"id":252948,"date":"2026-01-23T04:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/252948\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:34:07","slug":"did-netflix-really-cancel-alice-in-borderland-season-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/252948\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Netflix Really Cancel ‘Alice in Borderland’ Season 4?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alice<\/p>\n

Picture: Netflix<\/p>\n

Alice in Borderland returned for its third season last September. Since then, the show\u2019s future has been unclear, but the final nail in the coffin has likely just been discovered. However, as we discuss below, it appears season 3 was always designed to be the show\u2019s send-off.<\/p>\n

ScreenRant recently reported\u2014garnering significant attention\u2014that season 3 will be the final season, citing a new report. We should note that ScreenRant has developed a habit of citing reports without linking to them. In fact, they offer little indication of what the report is, where to find it, or its specific contents. Presumably, this is an SEO strategy where withholding links convinces Google that they are the source. Either way, it\u2019s sloppy work, but I digress.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What report are they referring to? It is the \u201cWhat We Watched: The Second Half of 2025<\/a>\u201d engagement report, which dropped on January 20th alongside Netflix\u2019s Q4 earnings. This is the sixth such report, including viewership data for the previous six months. The \u201cfinal season\u201d confirmation comes from a specific mention regarding Japan. They wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cFans also flocked to titles from Japan like Last Samurai Standing Season 1 (21M) and third and final season of Alice in Borderland (25M). The Elixir (23M) from Indonesia and The Ba***ds of Bollywood Season 1 (10M) from India also stood out.\u201d<\/p>\n

For readers of What\u2019s on Netflix, the designation of season 3 as the final chapter isn\u2019t news.\u00a0In fact,\u00a0we updated our post in November 2025\u2014a couple of months after the season 3 premiere\u2014<\/a>with new intelligence. We covered\u00a0that director Shinsuke Sato was working on a new Netflix project (a live-action adaptation of\u00a0My Hero Academia<\/a>) expected to begin production in 2026, suggesting plans for season 4 had been put on hold.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\u2018Alice<\/p>\n

The smoking gun, however, emerged when we discovered that Netflix was running ads with influencers in the United Kingdom. One ad explicitly stated season 3 was the final season. Presumably, these collaborations utilized approved copy from PR and marketing teams, ruling out a mere slip of the tongue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The confusion stems from Netflix\u2019s failure to clearly communicate in advance that this was the final season, even though it appears this was always the plan.<\/p>\n

Arguably, the closest thing to an official announcement prior to release was the main trailer for the third season, which featured the title \u201cThe Final Card<\/a>.\u201d This was perhaps the first indication of a conclusion, but honestly, beyond that subtle hint, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking it wasn\u2019t the end. Even TUDUM, Netflix\u2019s own fan site, failed to label it as the final season.<\/p>\n

Of course, labeling it a \u201cfinal season\u201d feels now like a cancellation, considering the ending of season 3 included a cliffhanger that definitely set the stage for more albeit they have now adapted the manga in full. However, given what we know now, that ending was almost certainly a setup for a spin-off (similar to Squid Game season 3\u2019s ambiguous setup for a US spin-off) rather than a fourth season. Whether such a project is in active development or ever come to fruition remains unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The good news is that Netflix is prepping its Japanese slate for 2026 and beyond. With releases scheduled before the end of January, there is plenty to look forward to from the region. Fingers crossed a spin-off of some kind eventually surfaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture: Netflix Alice in Borderland returned for its third season last September. Since then, the show\u2019s future has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-252948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}