{"id":900403,"date":"2026-10-30T22:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900403\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:48:10","slug":"big-little-lies-season-3-production-began-this-week-for-one-day-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/900403\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Little Lies Season 3 Production Began This Week, For One Day Only"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFilming on the long-awaited Season 3 of HBO\u2019s \u201cBig Little Lies<\/a>\u201d got underway this week \u2014 sort of. The series shot for one day at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank\u2019s The Ranch Lot on Thursday; among those in front of the camera was recurring star Merrin Dungey<\/a>, who has played Detective Adrienne Quinlan on the series since its launch and appeared in the show\u2019s first two seasons.<\/p>\n

\n\tFull production on \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d Season 3 isn\u2019t expected to begin until next year, but a date has not yet been locked. Insiders said that this week\u2019s one day of principal photography took place in order for the show to maintain its California state tax credit, which has already been approved. (According to the California tax incentive rules, principal photography must begin within 180 calendar days of the Conditional Allocation Letter date \u2014 or 240 calendar days for projects with a qualified expenditure budget of $100 million or more. It\u2019s unclear when \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d Season 3 received its CAL.)<\/p>\n

\n\tA director has not yet been confirmed for Season 3, but insiders said the director on set this week was someone already involved with \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d who has been approved by the DGA. HBO, which has not yet officially announced the return of production, declined comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tExecutive producer David E. Kelley has been a big proponent of keeping production in California, and the first two seasons of \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d were also filmed in the state, even without previous tax incentives for the show. Season 1 of \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d aired in 2017, and the show returned for Season 2 in 2019.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBig Little Lies\u201d stars Nicole Kidman (Celeste), Reese Witherspoon (Madeline) and Laura Dern (Renata) as friends in Monterey, California, whose kids also attend the same school. They befriend Shailene Woodley\u2019s character, Jane, whose kid is new at the school. Soon they learn a dark secret, which ultimately leads to a homicide investigation. Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Adam Scott, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling also star in supporting roles, while Meryl Streep joined the cast in Season 2.<\/p>\n

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\n\tDungey\u2019s character, Det. Quinlan, is seen investigating the murder at the heart of the show, and maintains deep suspicions about the \u201cMonterey 5\u201d (Celeste, Madeline, Renata, Jane and Kravitz\u2019s character, Bonnie).<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeculation that \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d might return for Season 3 after a lengthy hiatus picked up steam after Kidman revealed in November 2023 that it could be happening. Then, in September 2025, Francesca Sloane (\u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith\u201d) joined the project to write the first episode and executive produce the third season with Kelley, Kidman and Witherspoon.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn August, \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d author Liane Moriarty released her new novel in that universe, \u201cBig Little Truths,\u201d which continued the story of Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata and Bonnie. The new book moves the action forward by a decade and is expected to serve as the backbone for the Season 3 storyline.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for Dungey, her extensive list of credits is a reminder that she\u2019s truly been seen #everywhere; her most recent credits include \u201cMalcolm in the Middle: Life\u2019s Still Unfair,\u201d \u201cChicago Med,\u201d \u201cThe Lincoln Lawyer,\u201d \u201cS.W.A.T.\u201d and \u201cShining Vale.\u201d She\u2019s also known for \u201cAlias,\u201d \u201cThe King of Queens,\u201d \u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d and much, much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filming on the long-awaited Season 3 of HBO\u2019s \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d got underway this week \u2014 sort of.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[92377,88,377203,92],"class_list":["post-900403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-big-little-lies","tag-entertainment","tag-merrin-dungey","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}