‘Yellowjackets’ will end with season four

Paramount+‘s hit survival thriller series Yellowjackets will be coming to an end with its next season.

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The news was announced over the weekend via the show’s creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. While a date for the show’s fourth season has yet to be announced, Lyle and Bart have confirmed that the next season will be its last.

They wrote in a statement posted on social media: “After three incredible seasons, and great consideration, we’re excited to announce that we will be bringing the story of Yellowjackets to its twisted conclusion in this fourth and final season. We’ve always known there would come a point when the story would tell us it wants to end, and it’s our belief that our job — our responsibility — is to listen.”

They continued: “Telling this emotional, wild, and deeply human story has been a profoundly meaningful experience and a true honour for us, and we’re so very grateful to the brilliant cast, crew and writers who have bravely gone on the journey with us to bring it to life. Most of all, we want to thank the fans who have stuck with us through every moment, mystery and meal — the Hive is nothing without you! We can’t wait to share the final chapter with you and hope you find it…delicious.”

Season four of Yellowjackets is expected to premiere sometime in 2026, with its writers room now open to pen the scripts for the final run of episodes.

The mystery thriller series follows a girls’ football team in 1996 who, while travelling to a tournament in Seattle, crash-land in the Canadian wilderness and are left stranded for 19 months. Between their attempts to survive, the show also jumps to their adult lives in the present day.

Season three of Yellowjackets – which earned high praise from critics when it premiered but surprised fans with a shock death in its season finale – starred Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson and more. Elijah Wood appeared in a recurring role, while Hilary Swank, Joel McHale and Ashley Sutton appeared in guest roles.