It looks like fans may get a 'Ted Lasso' season four after all. The Emmy-winning soccer comedy is on track for a 4th season after the Warner Bros. Television picked up the options on three cast members from the show's original three-season run. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift, under U.K.'s acting union Equity, have been approached to reprise their respective roles of Rebecca Walton, Roy Kent and Leslie Higgins.
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00:00The Ted Lasso Welcome Wagon has arrived!
00:06It looks like fans may get a Ted Lasso Season 4 after all.
00:09The Emmy-winning soccer comedy is on track for a fourth season after Warner Bros. Television
00:14picked up the options on three cast members from the show's original three-season run.
00:19The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, and Jeremy Swift, under UK's
00:24Equity Union, have been approached to reprise their series roles.
00:28Once these options are secured, the studio would have to create new deals for the show's
00:32other main actors, who are represented by SAG-AFTRA, including stars Jason Sudeikis,
00:37Brendan Hunt, and Juno Temple.
00:39Plans for Season 4 were seemingly up in the air after it wrapped its pre-planned three-season
00:44run in May of 2023.
00:46Many of the show's actors revealed following the season 3 finale that they weren't sure
00:50there would be another installment of the comedy series.
00:53However, the stars also expressed their desire to continue telling their stories in some
00:59The season 3 finale did, however, function as a series finale of sorts.
01:03The main characters had a happy ending with Ted returning to Kansas to be with his son
01:07and ex-wife, Rebecca Ann Keeley making plans to start a women's team in Richmond, and
01:12Roy taking over as manager of AFC Richmond.
01:16Earlier this month, series co-creator Bill Lawrence admitted that a fourth season of
01:19the series depended on Sudeikis, who would have to uproot his life when he has two young
01:24children with ex Olivia Wilde.
01:26Not only is he the star, he's the head writer, and he's also the dude whose life just has
01:30to be completely overhauled and moved to a foreign country with young children.
01:35It's a big deal.
01:36So as a fan, if someone's like, oh it's gonna happen again, I'll go nuts.
01:39As a partner, I'm down for whatever he wants to do.
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