“The Flight Attendant” has change into one of many buzziest exhibits on HBO Max, to not point out an award-winning hit that earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for a number of group members behind the present, together with lead actress Kaley Cuoco. After two profitable seasons, although, will the comedy-thriller take flight a 3rd time, or is it completely grounded?
Whereas there is not any official phrase from HBO Max but, the behind-the-scenes reply to that query has shifted over the previous few months. Again in Could, Cuoco recommended that she, at the least, was performed with “The Flight Attendant,” whether or not a 3rd season occurred or not.
“I am like, ‘Nicely, we did two. We must always in all probability be performed.’ And I feel I have been outnumbered with that thought,” she informed Individuals on the time. “There’s undoubtedly curiosity in doing a 3rd season. I feel for me, at this second, the airplane has landed … I imply, we have performed a lot this season. Even within the eight episodes, we have performed a lot story that I am pondering, ‘Nicely, what might we do subsequent?’ So it may take loads of thought to ensure if we return that it is higher than the final two, which may be very laborious to do.”
She did, nonetheless, go away the door open. “I feel the writers and the group did a extremely stunning job in tying it up in a fairly bow [at the end of season two],” she stated. “However when you needed to open the bow, it will be OK.”
Quick ahead a couple of months, and the merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery has left the fates of many HBO Max exhibits, together with “The Flight Attendant,” in limbo. Add to {that a} reported presentation to traders from the brand new Warner Bros. Discovery (through Enterprise Insider), which appeared to recommend that HBO Max is seen throughout the firm as “male-skewing,” prompting additional concern over the way forward for the networks women-centric programming like “The Flight Attendant” below the corporate’s reported new imaginative and prescient.
Now, nonetheless, Cuoco has a distinct perspective, and he or she might need simply revealed {that a} third season is within the works in any case!
“I used to be at a dinner a few weeks in the past sitting subsequent to [executive producer] Greg Berlanti, and there have been lots of people there, so it was actually laborious to speak, however I whispered to him, and I am like, ‘Third season?’ And he simply nodded at me. I used to be like, ‘Wow.’ He did not even say something. He nodded: Yup!” she revealed in an interview with Selection.
Cuoco does produce other initiatives she’s engaged on, too, in order that third season may take a bit longer to come back out. For her, that is really a really perfect scenario.
“I feel season two was so heavy for me, that was an enormous a part of it. And now having some separation. And once more, we might should depend upon what it will seem like,” she informed Selection. “I like when exhibits take a breath. This is not ‘The Massive Bang Concept’ days — it is completely different. So I need to be wished, I do not need to power this down individuals’s throats. I need the storyline to be excellent sufficient. And I do know that producers and everybody feels the identical. I’ve talked to loads of the principle solid, and they’re up for it, too. In order that’s a terrific signal. I might see it occurring. However in all probability not anytime quickly.”
Lengthy story brief: the way forward for “The Flight Attendant” remains to be up within the air, however Cuoco appears recreation for one more flight!
