The show isn’t coming back until 2025.

The third season of Yellowjackets will not be premiering until 2025, executive producers Ashley Lyle, Jonathan Lisco and Bart Nickerson told Deadline on the red carpet at the Emmy Awards in January.

“I don’t think this year, I think early next year…we will learn more about the secrets that they’re keeping,” they teased.

Pre-production for the series was shut down just one day after the WGA strike began last May. The writers room for the show reopened in September 2023 after the Hollywood strikes ended.

The show is planned to run for five seasons – for now.

Showrunner and co-creator Ashley Lyle confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the plan is for the show to run for five seasons.

“Five is still currently the plan, but we’re big believers in the idea that the story will tell us when it’s over. We just want to tell the best story that we can and so that means not rushing, and it also means not dragging things out. And we’ll find the natural conclusion point,” she said.

They know how the show ends already – for now.

“We actually did [pitch the ending] as part of the pitch. For full transparency, the plan was a five-season plan, but just like the realities of television are, the plan is more detailed in the beginning because that’s what you’re working on. But we did actually pitch a last scene that … would still work…obviously, when we first pitched this we had ideas. And in season one, we’ve talked about them even further, and then even more in season two. But we pitched this show in 2019, and there’s a certain amount of hubris involved in thinking you’ll know exactly what’s going to happen six years in the future! So I think we like to leave ourselves open to our own creativity. And people change and grow, and I think stories change and grow similarly. But it’s a comfort to us that we do have a plan.”

Yellowjackets Season 3 officially started filming in May 2024 after the Hollywood strikes led to production delays.

The network revealed the first photos on social media, teasing what’s ahead with the caption, “We know you’re starving.”

Season 3 of the series will air in 2025. Showrunners Bart Nickerson and Jonathan Lisco are directing episode two episodes, with Bart taking on episode 301, and Jonathan directing episode 303, per Deadline.

We also know who is expected back for Season 3, including…
Yellowjackets Cast
Melanie Lynskey as Shauna – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Melanie Lynskey is expected back as Shauna in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Christina Ricci as Misty – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Christina Ricci is expected back as Misty in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Tawny Cypress as Taissa – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Tawny Cypress is expected back as Taissa in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Lauren Ambrose as Van – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Lauren Ambrose is expected back as Van in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Simone Kessel as Lottie – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Simone Kessel is expected back as Lottie in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Sophie Nélisse as teen Shauna – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Sophie Nélisse is expected back as teenage Shauna in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Samantha Hanratty as teen Misty – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Samantha Hanratty is expected back as teenage Misty in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Jasmin Savoy Brown as teen Taissa – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Jasmin Savoy Brown is expected back as teenage Taissa in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Sophie Thatcher as teen Natalie – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Sophie Thatcher is expected back as teenage Natalie in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Courtney Eaton as teen Lottie – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Courtney Eaton is expected back as teenage Lottie in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Liv Hewson as teen Van – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Liv Hewson is expected back as teenage Van in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Kevin Alves as teen Travis – EXPECTED TO RETURN

Kevin Alves is expected to return as teenage Travis in Season 3.
Yellowjackets Cast
Juliette Lewis as Natalie – STATUS UNKNOWN, MAY NOT RETURN!

After Misty accidentally poisoned her in Season 2, it’s unclear whether she will return for flashbacks or guest appearances in future episodes.

“I am beyond moved by the appreciation of my work on @yellowjackets…I believe this team can literally do and write anything, the chemistry and exquisite talent of this phenomenal — ever-growing — cast is something I will always marvel at…you all have my heart. ❤️ Until we meet again,” she wrote on Instagram.