Netflix's You season 4 is on its way, meaning Joe Goldberg is back. Only this time he's reinvented himself as university lecturer Jonathan Moore, and is joined by a whole new cast of characters in London.
Ahead of the show's release date (more on that later!), here's everything we know about the fourth instalment of the serial-killer-turned-married-dad-in-the-suburbs-before-moving-to-Europe story.
*Spoilers*
Is there a trailer for You season 4 part 2 yet?
Finished part one of You and already desperate for part two? Well whilst there's still just a month to go until the series returns on 9th March, we do have a trailer for part two.
The new trailer teases Jonathan's tense relationship with Rhys Montrose, Nadia running away from something, oh and Love's return. Yep that's right the trailer ends with a clip reveal of Love inside a glass box saying hello to Joe. We're so excited for part two now!
Watch the full trailer here:
Why is Jenna Ortega not in You season 4 as Ellie?
Some fans previously speculated about whether Ellie (Jenna Ortega) from season two might reappear, after a specific conversation she had with Love (Victoria Pedretti) resurfaced. As a Reddit user noted, "I'm rewatching season two and Love tells Ellie if the film thing doesn't work out you should go to culinary school in Paris... Idk I feel like could she be there?"
In February 2023, You season 4 showrunner Sera Gamble confirmed the fan theory, telling IndieWire that she also wanted Ellie to return. "We wanted to bring Ellie back and we heard, 'Oh, Jenna is doing some show'" she joked about the little known show Wednesday.
"It's been just such a pleasure to see Jenna this year. We have ideas for Ellie if her schedule allows her to visit us again."
Now that would be a plot twist.
When is Netflix's You season 4 part 1 and part 2 released?
There's not long to wait! This time, You season four is dropping in two instalments. Season 4 Part 1 will drop on 9th February 2023, while season 4 part 2 arrives a month later on 9th March.
As for the previous series, season 1 was released on 9 September 2018, season 2 dropped on 26 December 2019, and season 3 on 15 October 2021.So, that's four whole years of You - and, yep, we're ready for more.
Is there a trailer for You season 4?
On 9th January, a month before the first bunch of episodes drop on Netflix, the streaming service revealed a trailer for You season 4. In it, we see Joe Goldberg transform into London university lecturer Jonathan Moore, feeling paranoid that someone is watching his every move:
Before, on Saturday 24 September, Netflix dropped a teaser for the upcoming series of You. Watch it in alllll it's glory here:
Do we have any pictures from You season 4?
Indeed we do! Two months after we got our first glimpse of the brand new Joe (aka Professor Jonathan Moore) in the S4 teaser, we now have a whole gallery of pics showcasing the brand new You cast.
Netflix dropped the new shots on 6 December, featuring Joe in full professor mode, as well as introducing his new "subjects".
First up, here's Joe as Professor Moore:
Then there's Charlotte Ritchie (who you might recognise from Fresh Meat) as Kate, seen getting dangerously close to Joe. Plus, she's spotted with EastEnders' Tilly Keeper who plays socialite Lady Phoebe.
We've also got Amy-Leigh Hickman playing Nadia Farran, a troubled student, plus Eve Austin as Oxford graduate Gemma. Next, there's Ozioma Whenu who plays Blessing, a Nigerian princess who holds various post-grad degrees.
We've also got artist and entrepreneur siblings Simon and Sophie Soo, played by Aidan Cheng and Niccy Lin.
Elsewhere, there's Lukas Gage as Adam, the son of a wealthy family, plus Ed Speleers as authors Rhys and Ben Wiggins as aristocrat Roald.
There's also Dario Coates as Connie, who went to Oxford with Kate and Phoebe, plus Stephen Hagan as Malcolm, Joe's fellow professor.
We can't wait to see this lot on screen!
What is You season 4 about?
At the end of season 3, a cliffhanger in the final episode made it seem that You season 4 would be set in Paris. However, on 1 April the official You Instagram account dropped a BTS image that suggested Joe (Penn Badgley) would be making London his home for the new season. Now, the newly released teaser trailer confirms just that, with the introduction of Joe as Professor Jonathan Moore.
In the teaser, we also meet more than a handful of new characters as well as some returning characters, namely: Marienne. Beyond her, it doesn't appear Joe will be joined by anyone we recognise from season three - which possibly means a whole new batch of victims for him to target.
Who will star in Netflix's You season 4?
Netflix have slowly been drip-feeding details about You season 4 and this includes the addition of Lukas Gage from The White Lotus as "Adam, the warm, funny, and hard-partying son of a wealthy family who is famous for failing to meet their standards. But the one thing he did learn from his parents is to do whatever it takes to get what you want."
Deadline reports Call The Midwife actor Charlotte Ritchie is also joining the cast as a "smart, independent, suspicious" art gallery director named Kate, who is suspicious and distrustful of Penn Badgley's Jonathan.
On 1st April, more main additions to the cast were revealed. The recently revealed cast members include EastEnders' Tilly Keeper as socialite Lady Phoebe, Tracy Beaker Returns' Amy Leigh Hickman as troubled literature student Nadia, and Downton Abbey's Ed Speelers as author Rhys.
Who is in the You season 4 supporting cast?
You producers have also let loose some seriously juicy info regarding the cast of the show and introduced a whole load of characters... Brad Alexander plays Edward, a university student whose dad owns a powerful news outlet. According to Deadline; "Edward is popular and used to being the smartest student in the room. He has a fierce rivalry with fellow student Nadia."
Niccy Lin plays Sophie "an entrepreneur in the body of a pampered jetsetter" who is protective of her artist brother Simon, played by Aidan Cheng.
Stephen Hagan plays "drug-loving bon vivant" literature professor Malcolm, who happens to be dating Kate, and Ben Wiggins plays aristocrat Roald.
Eve Austin plays Gemma, "a member of a privileged circle of friends who met at Oxford" and Ozioma Whenu is Blessing, "a Nigerian princess with several post-graduate degrees" and a cryptocurrency investor.
Dario Coates plays Connie, a character who "attended Oxford with Kate and Phoebe’s friend group" and Sean Pertwee plays Vic "Adam’s personal driver/dealer/security."
Alison Pargeter plays paparazzi photographer Dawn and Adam James plays Elliot, who is described as "world-weary, calm, grounded, allergic to drama". Apparently; "Elliot’s employer is powerful, and Elliot always delivers, no matter how challenging the task."
Other than that, not that much is known about the fourth series although from the notes about these characters we can see that the art world and literary world of London may be explored and that academia, celebrity and privilege are strong themes.
In addition to the characters who have been officially announced, we could be set to see a pretty unexpected cast member joining the show - thanks to some intense fangirling between Penn Badgley and Cardi B.
Following a Twitter love affair between the pair - which saw the actor and rapper exchanging a series of gushing tweets and changing their profile pictures to each other - Penn has now addressed speculation that Cardi could land a role in You.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Penn answered questions on a possible Cardi cameo, saying, "Well, I don't know, I definitely can't say. But there is actually - I believe this is true - there's an actual Change.org petition." After being questioned further, he reiterated, "I can't say because I don't know."
The speculation follows yet another Twitter exchange from the rapper, with Netflix changing their Twitter bio to read, "Petition to get Cardi B to guest star in Season 4 of You," followed by a pitch tweet from Cardi: "So it's episode 1 and I'm at Paris Fashion week shutting it down! I turn around and there stands YOU. Ok finish it off @netflix."
Honestly, it sounds amazing - except with the newly announced filming location of London, maybe she'll have to shut it down at London Fashion Week instead...
As for whether the rest of the season 3 cast will return alongside Marienne, it's questionable whether the likes of Sherry (Shalita Grant), Cary (Travis Van Winkle), Matthew (Scott Speedman) and Theo (Dylan Arnold) will make a second appearance...unless they happen to be in Europe for some reason.
In the final episode, we saw Joe arriving in Paris in search of Marienne (Tati Gabrielle), so we're pretty sure the librarian will be back too. However, thanks to Joe's killing spree in season three, we know for sure that his latest victims Love (Victoria Pedretti) and Ryan (Michael Foster) won't be returning, unless it's in flashback form.
When was Netflix's You season 4 confirmed?
On 13 October (two days before You season 3 dropped), Netflix announced on Twitter that another season was happening. "YOU Season 4 is in the [body] bag," the official account revealed, along with some clips from the story so far.
When did Netflix's You season 4 start filming?
"Feeling YOU-4-ic. YOU Season 4 is now in production," the official Twitter account wrote on 22nd March, revealing filming had begun on the next instalment of the story
