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Season 3 of The White Lotus<\/span><\/i><\/a> just came to a shocking end, and fans are already anxious to learn where <\/span>season 4 of the HBO series<\/span><\/a> will take place. While the exact season 4 location hasn\u2019t been confirmed, creator <\/span>Mike White<\/b> has teased possible locations for the next murder mystery.\n<\/p>\n The location for season 4 has not yet been confirmed, though Mike hinted that the next season may take place in a cooler climate.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the fourth season, I want to get a little bit out of the \u2018crashing waves against rocks\u2019 vernacular,\u201d he said in a YouTube video<\/a> shared by HBO after the season 3 finale aired on April 6, 2025. \u201cBut there\u2019s always room for more murders at the White Lotus hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n Mike hinted at the season 4 location after rumors circulated that the upcoming season may take place in a Scandinavian country. Executive producer David Bernad<\/strong> shut down the speculation, stating that Mike wasn\u2019t a fan of cold climates and likely wouldn\u2019t want to film in the cold.<\/p>\n \u201cMike does not like the cold, that is why we will never do it. I feel confident we will never do a season in the cold \u2026 Mike is not for it. He is a California guy. He is not built for the cold,\u201d he said while appearing on an episode of \u201cThe Bill Simmons Podcast.\u201d \u201cNever say never, but I would be surprised. I think one of the best parts of my job now is hotels are calling me. I get the run-off. Mike says, \u2018No\u2019 \u2026 I am telling you every hotel is offering to fly us to see the hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n Another fan theory about season 4\u2019s location is that it could be set in Australia. \u201cGoing down under has been on White\u2019s radar,\u201d Mike previously said during Sydney\u2019s Vivid festival in 2023. \u201cWe kind of have to come to Australia if we keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n All three seasons of The White Lotus have taken place at different fictional White Lotus hotels around the world. Season 1 was set in Hawaii, while season 2 was in Sicily. The third season was set in Thailand<\/a>, meaning that all three of the first seasons took place in warm climates.<\/p>\n Mike revealed he originally wanted to shoot season 3 in a different Asian country. \u201cI wanted to shoot in Japan. I was in Thailand when my dad and I got eliminated from The Amazing Rac<\/em>e \u2014 two weeks in an elimination station with all these other bitter reality contestants, I was just like, \u2018I don\u2019t ever want to come back here.\u2019 But HBO was really pushing it because Thailand had good tax incentives,\u201d he told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> in April 2025. \u201cAs an artist, your knee-jerk reaction is, \u2018I\u2019m not doing that!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Despite his hesitations, Mike and the crew traveled to Thailand to scope out the possibility of filming there. \u201cI got really sick with bronchitis. They put me on a nebulizer. It was like I\u2019d smoked crack \u2014 not that I\u2019ve smoked crack,\u201d he recalled of the trip. \u201cFor two days, I did not sleep. I was just lying in a hospital bed [in Chiang Mai], trying to think about what the show was, and it came to me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve dabbled in Buddhism, and Thailand worked for the themes that I was trying to get into. The show is about identity and desire \u2014 and then there\u2019s another part of me, the mischievous gay part, that\u2019s just like, \u2018How do I create something that\u2019s dirty and funny?\u2019\u201d Mike continued about his vision for the show. \u201cIt\u2019s amusing to me when people approach the show in this very literal way, like the show is about incest. I\u2019m glad we found you, but you\u2019re not really the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWhere Is Season 4 of \u2018The White Lotus\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Where Did the First 3 Seasons of \u2018The White Lotus\u2019 Take Place?<\/h2>\n
Mike White Initially Didn\u2019t Want to Film \u2018The White Lotus\u2019 Season 3 in Thailand<\/h2>\n