Outer Banks – Picture: Netflix
Outer Banks season 3 was one other resounding success and has confirmed within the charts why it was blessed with an early season 4 renewal. Filming acquired underway on season 4 however has since halted as a result of SAG-AFTRA strikes. Here’s every part we learn about season 4 of Outer Banks.
First debuting on Netflix again in April 2020, Outer Banks is the ensemble teen drama that follows a bunch of Pogue youngsters who’ve been looking treasure over the course of the previous three seasons.
Season 3 of the present debuted on Netflix globally on February twenty third, 2023
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Outer Banks Was Renewed for Season 4 Ahead of Season 3 Release
The collection was handed a renewal per week or so earlier than the brand new season arrived and got here as a part of a dwell occasion Netflix put collectively referred to as “Poguelandia: An Outer Banks Experience” which passed off on February 18th. The dwell live performance noticed the solid announce the fourth season and performances from the likes of Khalid, Lil Baby, alt-J, and Elley Duhé.
Poguelandia: An Outer Banks Experience – Picture: Getty Images
It was additionally confirmed that Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke would proceed of their respective roles as co-creators, showrunners, and govt producers on season 4.
In an announcement launched to the press in the course of the occasion, they mentioned:
“Seeing Poguelandia come to life was nothing short of spectacular. The Pogues are enjoying an adventure of a lifetime, and we now get to map out more twists and turns as the joyride continues into season four of Outer Banks. Thank you to Netflix, our cast, and the amazing fans who helped to make this happen.”
WE RAGED. WE SAW. WE CONQUERED. OBX SEASON 4!!!! 💥💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/EOlamlCBTg
— obxnetflix (@obxnetflix) February 19, 2023
Netflix cited robust efficiency in its renewal notes, saying, “The hit series held the #1 spot globally in Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list for the 4 weeks following its Season 2 launch on July 30, 2021 and in the Top 10 for 6 weeks; it reached the Top 10 in 74 countries.”
Early renewals forward of time like this are uncommon and sometimes reserved for Netflix’s greatest reveals that they will financial institution on a profitable run when a brand new season drops onto the service. Contrast that to most reveals that have to hit sure metrics (not identified to most people) inside an outlined time frame to justify a renewal.
Other Netflix reveals which have landed early renewals at Netflix embrace Stranger Things, Virgin River, and Bridgerton.
Netflix acknowledged of their renewal that “Season 4 details and additional information will be shared at a later time.”
How effectively did Outer Banks Season 3 carry out on Netflix?
Through a couple of sources (together with Netflix itself), we are able to look into how effectively Outer Banks season 3 is performing.
Let’s kick off with the reported hourly figures as supplied by Netflix each Tuesday. So far, we are able to see the present had a stable opening week, more and more massively on season 2 however displaying a steeper decline in weeks 2 and three. Why is that this? Well, our hypothesis is that viewers devoured up the present in report time within the first week, which is why we noticed a slight drop in weeks 2 and three.
The third season dropped out of the highest ten record at a sooner charge than season 2. However, it nonetheless carried out exceptionally effectively.
Here’s the week-by-week breakdown of Outer Banks season 2 vs. season 3.
| Week in Top 10 | Outer Banks Season 2 | Outer Banks Season 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100,160,000 | 154,970,000 |
| 2 | 105,330,000 (+5%) | 99,000,000 (-36%) |
| 3 | 51,600,000 (-51%) | 44,580,000 (-55%) |
| 4 | 31,800,000 (-38%) | 25,950,000 (-42%) |
| 5 | 20,790,000 (-35%) | 16,880,000 (-35%) |
| 6 | 12,910,000 (-38%) | 11,310,000 (-33%) |
| 7 | 23,860,000 (+85%) | N/A |
| 8 | 27,750,000 (+16%) | N/A |
| 9 | 16,360,000 (-41%) | N/A |
We can even have a look at FlixPatrol knowledge to see how the collection performs concerning the uncooked each day prime 10s.
If we do a fast look, we are able to see that the 2 very a lot examine, however the place season 3 seems to be doing higher is its week two figures having even a small bump in mid-March 2023.
FlixPatrol factors for Outer Banks over two years – Season 2 vs. Season 3
When may Outer Banks Season 4 launch on Netflix?
We’re doubtless going to be ready till mid-2024 on the earliest earlier than we get our fingers on season 4 of Outer Banks.
Director Jonas Pate, Chase Stokes as John B in episode 303 of Outer Banks. Cr. Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix © 2023
As we reported in early March 2023, Netflix had scheduled the manufacturing dates for Outer Banks to start in late May 2023.
According to a manufacturing record by ProductionWeekly, Outer Banks season 4 was scheduled to start filming on May thirtieth, 2023, after which run by nearly all of 2023 with an estimated wrap date of December fifteenth, 2023. Further rumors of the filming begin have been posted by gossip account Deux Moi who acknowledged, “Production starts end of May. They’ll be in South Carolina until the end of the year.”
An up to date report from ProductionWeekly acknowledged the beginning date for filming has been pushed again to June twelfth, 2023, with it nonetheless to finish by December fifteenth, 2023.
CBS17 confirmed the filming would start on June twelfth, with numerous extras being solid all through that week. On June twelfth quite a few eyewitnesses caught that filming had begun in Charleston, SC.
Filming has begun on #OuterBanks season 4!https://t.co/eK9b3VhRZ6 pic.twitter.com/oMFCwFIdXn
— What’s on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) June 12, 2023
Based on previous tendencies and these new manufacturing dates, we may wait between 15 and 18 months. That’d place Outer Banks‘ fourth season to launch on Netflix someday between May and August 2024.
We acquired simply over a month’s price of filming earlier than the present was halted as a result of SAG-AFTRA strike that started on July 14th, 2023. For the primary time in over 60 years, the WGA and SAG-AFRTA (writers and actors) are putting for higher pay, advantages, and different key points to be resolved. Most of the actors on the present might be represented by SAG-AFTRA, and the present itself falls underneath the New Media Netflix Agreement contract.
Per 7 News WSPA, the casting company behind the present (Kimmie Stewart Casting) issued a discover on July 14th stating:
“Effective now we have suspended filming.
We will keep everyone updated as we receive information.”
Filming will resume as soon as the strike has been lifted.
What to count on from Outer Banks season 4 on Netflix
Warning: Spoilers forward.
What can we count on storywise from the fourth season? There’s rather a lot to cowl, given the cliffhanger on the finish of season 3.
As a fast reminder, episode 10 noticed The Pogue’s seek for El Dorado coming to a detailed with them closing in on the treasure deep into the jungle with John B and Sarah dealing with their hardest challenges and loss.
The loss, after all, was the 2 main deaths by the tip of season 3 within the type of Big John and Ward dying whereas combating off Carlos Singh and his males.
Picture: Netflix
Fast ahead to the tip few scenes, and we see an 18-month time bounce ending the season finally on a contented observe and organising the following journey.
In the ultimate scenes, a mysterious older man approaches The Pogues with a job supply. Though initially skeptical, it’s revealed that he possesses a manuscript from 1718 containing info on the infamous pirate captain Edward Teach, often known as “Blackbeard.” He seeks companions to help him in investigating the doc, which incorporates exact particulars of Teach’s voyages and the situation of his ship.
Expect the surprising is the beat the creators have mentioned in quite a few interviews following the discharge of Outer Banks. Josh Pate mentioned that season 4 is “not going to be the usual Blackbeard story” for example.
Of course, the solid and crew of the present have teased what we may see within the season forward. One absurd interview even led to the showrunners teasing that the present might take the Fast & Furious franchise route is heading to area.
Could there be a season 5 of Outer Banks at Netflix?
Almost actually.
In the present’s early days, creators instructed numerous shops that that they had initially deliberate for the present to run for 4 or 5 seasons.
In February 2023, they instructed EW that these plans are now not in place an as an alternative plan to maintain the present operating for so long as attainable.
Josh Pate instructed Entertainment Weekly, “I don’t know if I could put a real number on it right now — how long it takes to get to that ending might expand, but we now know the shape of the end of the story. We’re going to take it as long as we can, for sure.”
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