The surviving Yellowjackets will have one more season to make it home.
The Paramount+ thriller, produced by Lionsgate TV, will end with its upcoming fourth season, series creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson said in a statement Friday evening (which they also posted on social media). A writers room for the now-final season is open, with production set to start in 2026. A premiere date hasn’t been set.
“After three incredible seasons, and great consideration, we’re excited to announce that we will be bringing the story of Yellowjackets to its twisted conclusion in this fourth and final season,” Lyle and Nickerson’s statement reads. “We’ve always known there would come a point when the story would tell us it wants to end, and it’s our belief that our job — our responsibility — is to listen. Telling this emotional, wild, and deeply human story has been a profoundly meaningful experience and a true honor for us, and we’re so very grateful to the brilliant cast, crew and writers who have bravely gone on the journey with us to bring it to life. Most of all, we want to thank the fans who have stuck with us through every moment, mystery and meal — the Hive is nothing without you! We can’t wait to share the final chapter with you and hope you find it … delicious.”
Lyle and Nickerson will continue as showrunners in the final season and are in conversations with Paramount about extending their relationship with the company.
Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime in 2021 and became a word-of-mouth hit as it told the often wild tale of a high school girls’ soccer team surviving the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash in the late 1990s and the present-day stories of those who made it out and tried to put their lives back together. The show’s third season concluded in April, and it scored a renewal — from Paramount+, which has absorbed the Showtime brand as part of its Premium tier — in May.
The series has also scored 10 Emmy nominations so far, including two best drama series nods for seasons one and two.
Lyle and Nickerson had previously said they had envisioned five seasons for Yellowjackets, but Lyle admitted to The Hollywood Reporter following the season three finale that “Any time that you say, ‘We’re going to do five or six seasons,’ that’s a shot in the dark and incredibly wishful thinking, just from a practical standpoint. … We feel that there is more story to tell and we’re really excited to dive into it. As you said, to be able to tell the story of the reassimilation into society, to see what horrors are in store for them even without the horrors of the wilderness is very exciting. But you can never truly predict and we just will be very grateful that we keep getting to tell the story.”
Season three starred Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins and Simone Kessell. Elijah Wood had a recurring role, and Hilary Swank, Joel McHale and Ashley Sutton guest starred.
Lyle and Nickerson executive produced season three with co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco, Drew Comins of Creative Engine, Jeff W. Byrd, Sarah L. Thompson, Ameni Rozsa and Brad Van Arragon.
