“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 staff 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 no 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 steered that she, no less than, was executed with “The Flight Attendant,” whether or not a 3rd season occurred or not.
“I am like, ‘Effectively, we did two. We must always most likely be executed.’ And I believe I have been outnumbered with that thought,” she instructed Folks on the time. “There’s positively curiosity in doing a 3rd season. I believe for me, at this second, the aircraft has landed … I imply, we have executed a lot this season. Even within the eight episodes, we have executed a lot story that I am considering, ‘Effectively, what might we do subsequent?’ So it is going to take lots of thought to ensure if we return that it is higher than the final two, which could be very arduous to do.”
She did, nevertheless, go away the door open. “I believe the writers and the staff did a very lovely job in tying it up in a fairly bow [at the end of season two],” she stated. “However in the event you needed to open the bow, it will be OK.”
Quick ahead just a few 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” beneath the corporate’s reported new imaginative and prescient.
Now, nevertheless, Cuoco has a distinct perspective, and she or he may need simply revealed {that a} third season is within the works in spite of everything!
“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 arduous 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 tasks she’s engaged on, too, in order that third season may take just a little longer to return out. For her, that is truly an excellent state of affairs.
“I believe season two was so heavy for me, that was a giant a part of it. And now having some separation. And once more, we would need to rely upon what it will appear to be,” she instructed Selection. “I like when exhibits take a breath. This is not ‘The Massive Bang Idea’ days — it is completely different. So I wish to be wished, I do not wish to power this down individuals’s throats. I need the storyline to be good sufficient. And I do know that producers and everybody feels the identical. I’ve talked to lots of the primary solid, and they’re up for it, too. In order that’s a fantastic signal. I might see it occurring. However most likely 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!
