Followers of Ted Lasso have one thing to have a good time right this moment, as it seems that Apple’s hit sequence has formally begun filming in Kansas Metropolis.
That’s kind of in step with the schedule we heard in late Might, nevertheless it’s nonetheless good to listen to affirmation, and it’s coming proper from the highest: Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner.
Apple’s head honcho shared a teaser on X right this moment to let everybody know that manufacturing has kicked off, accompanied by a picture of 4 key forged members.
The picture reveals Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins), Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton), Juno Temple (Keeley Jones), and Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) sitting round what seems to be a desk in a diner. It’s unclear whether or not it is a scene from the present or merely a candid shot of the 4 forged members stress-free between takes.
A really brief teaser video posted earlier right this moment means that it’s a scene, though it supplies comparatively little context for it.
Nevertheless, the beginning of manufacturing in Kansas Metropolis is especially noteworthy, as the primary three seasons of Ted Lasso had been filmed virtually completely in London, with outside places primarily within the real-life suburb of Richmond and studio filming carried out at West London Movie Studios in Hayes.
The Kansas Metropolis setting has led to hypothesis that maybe Leslie, Rebecca, and Juno have crossed the pond to steer Ted to return to the UK. That may tie in with the tip of season 3, when Ted left his job with AFC Richmond and returned stateside to be along with his son, Henry. It additionally dovetails properly into the general arc of the brand new season, which Sudeikis has confirmed will see Ted returning to educate a girls’s group.
Prepare dinner’s picture and the teaser video additionally affirm that Swift, Temple, and Waddingham will all be returning for season 4, which isn’t stunning, but additionally had but to be formally introduced. These are additionally logical characters to hold on into season 4; nonetheless, the concentrate on the brand new season being on a girls’s group leaves us questioning what number of different members of the outdated gang shall be returning.
In March, an Apple press launch confirmed that Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) and Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) are nonetheless a part of the writing group for the brand new season. This makes it possible that we’ll additionally see them of their on-screen roles. Along with starring because the title character, Sudeikis additionally serves as co-creator, govt producer, and head author, alongside Hunt, Invoice Lawrence, and Joe Kelly, who had been collectively answerable for bringing the sequence to life.
Ted Lasso was initially created to run as a three-season arc, and wrapped up properly in 2023 with what Sudeikis known as “the tip of the story we wished to inform.” Nevertheless, no one was fairly prepared to shut the door on the potential of a brand new story within the Lasso-verse, and contemplating that Ted Lasso introduced file viewers to Apple TV+ and obtained a record-breaking 20 Emmy nominations and a few substantial wins, it’s fairly comprehensible that Apple and Warner Bros have been desirous to see it return.
There’s nonetheless no phrase on when season 4 will premiere, however with filming now underway, it may arrive as quickly as late 2025 or early 2026.