At Last: Bridgerton Season 4 Confirms Its Release Window — New Poster Revealed

Netflix just slipped a mask over Bridgerton Season 4 and told us to meet them in 2026. Not exactly a detailed plan, but the tease is unmistakably Bridgerton: glamorous, coy, and designed to make you start building theories immediately.

The reveal: a date window and a very on-brand poster

Netflix confirmed that Bridgerton Season 4 is coming in 2026. No month yet, no day, just the year. The announcement arrived with a new poster shared on the official Netflix account on X (formerly Twitter) on September 29, 2025. The image is simple and sharp: a woman in a flowing silver gown, mask tucked behind her back. Translation: we are doing the masquerade thing, and secrets are going to be currency.

Netflix’s caption basically said as much, promising a 2026 debut and hyping a masquerade where anything can happen. Classic showmanship, minimal specifics.

Season 4 is Benedict’s story

The new season centers on Benedict Bridgerton, the second-eldest son played by Luke Thompson. The setup is straightforward and intentionally tantalizing: at a masquerade ball hosted by Violet Bridgerton, Benedict becomes fixated on a mysterious stranger known only to him as the Lady in Silver. She is Sophie, a sharp and resourceful maid played by Yerin Ha. Yes, that upstairs-downstairs spark is built in, and yes, the silver dress in the poster is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

This chapter runs eight episodes and draws from Julia Quinn’s third Bridgerton novel, 'An Offer from a Gentleman'. If you know that book, you know the vibes. If you do not, expect masks, intrigue, and the social rules getting twisted into knots.

'The scripts that Jess [Brownell] and her team have come up with are dynamite. They are really, really, really exciting,' Luke Thompson said, adding, 'It is such a great story, but it is also, I hope, really relatable.'

Who is back and who is steering

Familiar faces are back in the ton: Jonathan Bailey, Simone Ashley, Nicola Coughlan, Adjoa Andoh, Hannah Dodd, Luke Newton, and Claudia Jessie are among the returning cast.

Behind the scenes, Jess Brownell continues as showrunner and executive producer. Shonda Rhimes, Tom Verica, Betsy Beers, and Chris Van Dusen are also on board as executive producers. In other words, the creative brain trust remains intact.

The bottom line

Bridgerton Season 4 arrives in 2026 with Benedict front and center, a masked ball setting the stage, and a Lady in Silver who is not who society expects her to be. Netflix is keeping the calendar vague for now, but the poster drop on September 29, 2025 did its job: the ballroom doors are open, the masks are on, and the guessing games have officially started.