The third season of The Bridgertons It has been another success for Netflix. Since Julia Quinn’s literary saga made the leap to the small screen in December 2020, each new installment has swept the platform’s catalog, surpassing its predecessor. Even its spin-off, Queen Charlotte, conquered users.
Now, with the new episodes focused on the love story between Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) and Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan), The service has only confirmed that it has a period phenomenon on its hands.
The third season has adapted the fourth novel of the saga, Seducing Mr. Bridgerton, one of the favorites among readers. It is not in vain that she explores the transition from friendship to love of two very beloved characters in Quinn’s universe, one of them being the woman behind Lady Whistledown.
So, The Bridgertons has given us its most romantic delivery while laying the foundations for future seasons focused on other siblings of the protagonist family.
With the fourth season already confirmed, all that remains is to know who will be the new Bridgerton in love (everything indicates that the turn of Benedict (Luke Thompson) and when will his story arrive on Netflix. The creator Jess Brownell He has spoken about the future of the series and has revealed that there is still more time left than we would like until its premiere.
‘The Bridgertons’, season 4: release date
The columns of Lady Whistledown, who now signs as Penelope Bridgerton, are going to take a while. In statements for The Hollywood Reporter, Brownell has referred to the fourth installment, although he has not revealed who will be the protagonist.
“I am very excited about what we are writing,” she said: “We are towards the end with the scripts. And I feel that it is one of my best works and one of the best of my screenwriters.” Next, she stated that they are trying to develop the next installment quickly, “but the seasons take eight months of filming and then they have to go through editing and they have to be dubbed into each language.”
Therefore, it will be necessary to be patient before the reunion with the Bridgertons: “Writing also takes a long time, so it will be a two year journey. We are trying to hurry up, but we will move in those times.”
Thus, the creator has confirmed our worst omens: The Bridgertons It will take two years to return to Netflix, as already happened between seasons 2 and 3. With Queen Charlotte easing the wait on that occasion, will we return to the Regency through some new story in this universe? There has been much speculation about a possible spin-off of Violet (Ruth Gemmell) the matriarch of the family.
As for the fourth installment, as we said, the platform has not given details about the brother who will star in the new love story, although it is most likely Benedict. His story, which has already been postponed (he was the protagonist of the third novel), is on track to take center stage in the next episodes.
Let us remember that Benedict is the protagonist of I give you my heart, the reinterpretation of Cinderella in which the second son of the family falls in love with Sophie, the illegitimate daughter of an earl.
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