The Night Manager Season 3: When It’s Coming, Who’s Back, and What to Expect
After a nail-biting Season 2 finale, Emmy-winning thriller The Night Manager has fans demanding answers: when will Season 3 arrive, who’s coming back from its star-stacked cast, and how soon will the next mission drop? Here’s the latest on the release date outlook and key updates.
If you just finished The Night Manager Season 2 and want to know when the next chapter shows up, same. Short version: yes, Season 3 is happening; no, you shouldn’t expect it anytime soon.
So, when is Season 3 actually coming?
The working estimate right now is late 2027 to 2028. That’s not an official date, just a realistic window based on where things are in the pipeline. The team behind the show has started on it, but it is nowhere near filming yet, so pencil it in, not ink.
'We constructed the new story as a twelve-episode story,' Tom Hiddleston said on This Morning, confirming a third season is planned.
Where things stand
Hiddleston also told TV Insider that Season 3 is moving forward, but it hasn’t hit the full-on production stage yet.
'It’s not in official pre-production, but it’s in official development... We’re working on it, we’re refining the story and the architecture of what we really like.'
What we know right now
- The Night Manager is an Emmy-winning thriller, and Season 2 kept the momentum with another six-episode run.
- Season 2 landed 10 years after Season 1 and is set nine years after the events of the original story.
- Like the first season, Season 2 has six episodes. The plot does not wrap up there; it was designed to continue.
- Hiddleston plays Jonathan Pine and has been clear there’s more ahead; the current plan spans a twelve-episode story across Seasons 2 and 3.
- Status check: Season 3 is in official development (not yet in pre-production).
- Release timing estimate: late 2027 to 2028, subject to change.
- The cast for Season 3 could include Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Hugh Laurie, Diego Calva, and Camila Morrone, among others.
The takeaway
Expect a wait, but not another decade. Season 3 is intended to finish what Season 2 started, and the creative team is actively shaping it now. If you were hoping for a quick turnaround, temper expectations, but the upside is that this next batch was planned from the outset to be the back half of a larger story.