Rest assured, for those of us still mourning the end of the sophomoric season of And Just Like That… — the show is coming back for series three, and filming is about to begin on its third outing.
HBO announced the series’ renewal just a day before the second season’s finale aired. ‘We are thrilled to spend more time in the Sex and the City universe telling new stories about the lives of these relatable and aspirational characters played by these amazing actors,’ Michael Patrick King, the show's creator, said in a press release. ‘And Just Like That… Here comes season three.’
Sarah Aubry, the head of original content for Max added in a statement to Variety: ‘We are delighted to share that since the launch of season two, And Just Like That… ranks as the number one Max Original overall, and is the most-watched returning Max Original to date.’
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Carrie and the our favourite Manhattanites are officially coming back for more! This is everything we know so far about the third season of And Just Like That...
What will the plot of And Just Like That… Season 3 be?
Little is known yet about the plot of AJLT’s third season, but there were plot lines left open-ended in the season two finale. We rounded-off the season with Carrie leaving her beloved apartment and moving forward with her rekindled relationship with her ex-fiancé, Aidan Shaw.
As for the rest of the gang, Miranda called a truce with her two exes, Steve and Che, while Charlotte returned to working full-time and re-establishing a domestic equilibrium with Harry.
Who will make up the cast of And Just Like That... Season 3?
While the core cast is expected to stay the same, a couple of familiar faces won't be returning. Sara Ramirez, who played Miranda's love interest Che Diaz, has indicated that their polarising character won't be returning for the third season.
The actor recently referred to Che as 'the last character I played' in a statement made in January 2024 that also condemned the entertainment industry for allegedly making 'blacklists' of actors who show support for Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas war.
'Our industry is so duplicitous,' they wrote in an Instagram post on 16 January. 'While they give awards away, casting directors and agents are making blacklists of actors and workers who post anything in support of Palestinians in Gaza to ensure they will not work again.
'While they lift up some of their own clients who have spoken up against this genocide, they are firing and letting others who have smaller platforms go.'
While the news has yet to be confirmed by HBO Max itself, multiple sources confirmed to Variety in late February that the character would not be written into the upcoming third season.
Karen Pittman, who portrayed Dr. Nya Wallace in the first two series of the show, also won't be returning for its third outing. HBO Max confirmed her characters' exit from the series in March 2024 citing scheduling conflicts before Pittman confirmed, per Vanity Fair, that in leaving she is moving on to 'bigger and better things.'
'I think it was a lot of different things that didn't bring me back to the show," she said, according to the publication. 'But you know, in a perfect world I would have been able to do it and I can't. I can't do it … I love working on the show, but it just didn't work out.'
And as for whether Kim Cattrall will return as Samantha Jones, after the star did in the second season’s finale, but it’s unlikely that she’ll return for the third.
Cattrall, who reportedly earned a cool £1 million for her two-minute appearance, was rumoured to have agreed to star in AJLT to mark the 25th anniversary of SATC as a gift to fans, and for that reason only.
While being interviewed on The View, she shared some of her conditions for her return.
'It’s very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, "What can we do?" and I went, "Hmm. Let me get creative,"' Cattrall said. 'And one of those things was to get [costume designer] Pat Field back, because I just thought that if I’m going to come back I gotta come back with that Samantha style, I gotta push it.'
'And we did,' she added.
When will And Just Like That… Season 3 air?
Owing to the now-resolved actors' and writers' strikes in Hollywood, work on the third season of AJLT was significantly delayed, but things are finally looking up for fans of the show as, on February 7 2024, the series' costume designers, Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago, shared images of them shopping for the third season's costumes.
One of the sequel's leading ladies, Nicole Ari Parker, who plays Carrie's BFF Lisa Todd Wexley, revealed to Entertainment Tonight in February 2024 that she and the cast 'go back to work in May.' While the actress remained tight-lipped about casting for season three, she teased that she had been 'sworn to secrecy' about the upcoming story lines.
On March 12 2024, Kristin Davis, who plays Charlotte Goldenblatt-York, took to her personal Instagram account to share a montage of behind-the-scenes moments from the show, writing: 'It’s almost that time again… can’t wait to be reunited with my AJLT family.'
That's not all, either. During a presentation to press on November 2 2023, streaming service Max confirmed that season three won't arrive on the platform until 2025.
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Naomi May is a freelance writer and editor with an emphasis on popular culture, lifestyle and politics. After graduating with a First Class Honours from City University's prestigious Journalism course, Naomi joined the Evening Standard as its Fashion and Beauty Writer, working across both the newspaper and website. She is now the Acting News Editor at ELLE UK and has written features for the likes of The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, among many others.
