‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Premiere Date News Revealed — Will It Return in 2025?

Benedict (Luke Thompson) babes, it’s our time! The Netflix juggernaut has been working hard on its highly-anticipated fourth season, with Benedict stepping into the limelight as he searches for his happily ever after.

On May 14, Netflix decided to drop a surprise on fans and revealed the Season 4 premiere date. And that’s not all. Viewers were treated to a clip of the moment Benedict meets Sophie (Yerin Ha) for the first time. Cue the squealing! (Watch above.)

In addition to the release date news, there’s been a significant update about the show’s future. Read on to get all the latest updates about Bridgerton Season 4.

When is Bridgerton Season 4 coming out?

Bridgerton Season 4, which will consist of eight episodes, will premiere in 2026. Netflix hasn’t revealed an exact date yet. Filming is still underway in London.

The show is expanding its filming locations on one of the newly constructed backlots of Shepperton Studios, showcasing exquisite Georgian and Regency architecture replicas, including homes, buildings, Mayfair Street, and more.  This milestone, eight months in the making, promises to envelop the beloved show in an even more delightful and authentic atmosphere, transporting audiences to a world of Regency-era splendor, according to Netflix.

Showrunner Jess Brownell previously admitted that it could be another two-year wait for Season 4, and now the 2026 premiere is confirmed. “We are working to try and put the seasons out more quickly, but they do take eight months to film and then they have to be edited, and then they have to be dubbed into every language,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “And the writing takes a very long time as well, so we’re kind of on a two-year pace, we’re trying to speed up but somewhere in that range.”

She added, “I’m really excited about what we’re writing. We’re towards the end with the writers’ room season, with the scripts. And I feel like it’s some of my best work and my writers’ room’s best work. We’ve just really gelled our collaboration, and we’re firing on all cylinders, so I can’t wait for fans to see what we have.”

Who is in the Bridgerton Season 4 cast?

Thompson will return as our leading man, alongside Ha, who will be making her debut as Sophie Baek in Season 4.

Netflix has also revealed new cast members who will play key characters in Benedict and Sophie’s story. Katie Leung, best known for playing Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films, has been cast as Lady Araminta Gun. According to Netflix, Araminta is “twice married and twice widowed” and has two girls debuting on the marriage mart this season,” Rosamund Li (Michelle Mao) and Posy Li (Isabella Wei). Araminta is “fabulous, discerning, and blunt.” Sophie’s stepmother “does not respond well when anything — or anyone — threatens her standing in society.”

Araminta’s eldest daughter, Rosamund, is described as “beautiful, vain, and eager to please her mother.” Rosamund has her eyes set on Benedict Bridgerton this season. Posy is “much kinder” than her older sister, but her “chatty, overly friendly demeanor often has her putting her foot in her mouth.”

Additional cast members returning include Jonathan Bailey (Anthony Bridgerton), Victor Alli (Lord John Stirling), Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury), Julie Andrews (Lady Whistledown), Lorraine Ashbourne (Mrs. Varley), Masali Baduza (Michaela Stirling), Nicola Coughlan (Penelope Bridgerton), Hannah Dodd (Francesca Stirling), Daniel Francis (Lord Marcus Anderson), Ruth Gemmell (Violet Bridgerton), Florence Hunt (Hyacinth Bridgerton), Martins Imhangbe (Will Mondrich), Claudia Jessie (Eloise Bridgerton), Luke Newton (Colin Bridgerton), Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), Will Tilston (Gregory Bridgerton), and Polly Walker (Portia Featherington). Emma Naomi, who plays Alice Mondrich, and Hugh Sachs, who plays Brimsley, will be a part of the main cast in Season 4.

One cast member noticeably missing from the Season 4 cast list is Simone Ashley, aka Kate Bridgerton. Netflix has not announced her status for the fourth season. “Both Johnny and I, we adore our characters, Kate and Anthony, so much and their relationship and what they mean for the show,” Ashley previously told PEOPLE. “I think we’ll do all we can with our schedules to make it work so that we can, hopefully.”

Regé-Jean Page has notoriously not returned as the Duke of Hastings since his dazzling debut in Bridgerton Season 1. Phoebe Dynevor, who plays Daphne Bridgerton, popped up in Season 2 but did not return in Season 3.

Will there be more seasons after Bridgerton Season 4?

Yes. Bridgerton was renewed for Season 3 and Season 4 in April 2021, when Season 2 was in production. The announcement was released on social media via Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers. “It seems we have a rather special announcement. Bridgerton shall return for seasons 3 and 4. This author shall have to purchase more ink…” the announcement read.

Dearest readers, this author brings a most exciting announcement… pic.twitter.com/sV0QiYcn8z

— Bridgerton (@bridgerton) April 13, 2021

In October 2024, the streamer dropped a new video of Thompson and Ha doing a dramatic reading from An Offer From a Gentleman, getting us all even more excited about the highly-anticipated masquerade ball in Season 4. The morsels of content have only made fans more excited about the fourth season and beyond.

Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha with a little story to hold you over until Bridgerton Season 4. pic.twitter.com/2FX9QYDpep

— Netflix (@netflix) October 28, 2024

In May 2025, Netflix announced that Bridgerton has been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6. Obviously, Lady Whistledown confirmed the news. “Rarely is this author granted the opportunity to share with you such information. It is with great pleasure I can announce Bridgerton shall return for Seasons 5 and 6. Do celebrate accordingly,” the statement read.

Dear readers, there is certainly much to celebrate, indeed… pic.twitter.com/LhkQmKLRAO

— Bridgerton (@bridgerton) May 14, 2025

While Lady Whistledown didn’t specify as to who will lead the fifth and sixth seasons, all eyes are on Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) and Francesca Bridgerton (Hannah Dodd)!

What will Bridgerton Season 4 be about?

Benedict will be the lead of Season 4. His love story with Sophie Beckett (Baek in the show) is the subject of Quinn’s third Bridgerton novel, An Offer From a Gentleman. Romancing Mister Bridgerton, which revolves around Penelope and Colin, is Quinn’s fourth book in the series. By following Penelope and Colin’s love story in Season 3, the show switched the order of Quinn’s novels.

The logline for Season 4 reads: “The fourth season of Bridgerton turns its focus to bohemian second son Benedict. Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.”

This Lady in Silver is none other than Sophie in Quinn’s novel, which is full of twists and turns. In a spin on Cinderella, Sophie shows up at the masquerade ball for a night away from her stepmother’s harsh treatment and crosses paths with Benedict, although she keeps her identity a secret. She works as a maid under father’s widow.

In the Season 3 finale, Eloise mentioned returning to Mayfair next year for Violet’s masquerade ball, where Benedict meets Sophie in his book. A time jump, one long enough for Colin and Penelope to have a son, seemingly brings us closer to the event that changes Benedict’s life forever.

Brownell told Tudum she is “very excited” to explore Benedict’s love story. “It felt important for him to explore the fullness of himself before he settles down,” she said. “He is someone who has big appetites, and we wanted to see him living a big life before he goes into settle-down mode.”

“I won’t give you anything, but I do think that there are some clues at the end of Season 3 of where we’re headed,” Brownell previously teased when she spoke to TV Insider about Season 4. “So yeah, I leave that to fans to pick apart, but I think we’re tipping our hand just a little bit.”

At the Bridgerton Season 3 premiere in New York City, Quinn revealed that the Season 4 love story had already been chosen. “I do know,” she cryptically told PEOPLE.

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