Euphoria Season 3 Adds This Is Us Alum — Here's Everything We Know So Far

A former This Is Us cast member must be feeling a little euphoric these days.

Asante Blackk, who played Malik on the NBC drama, has joined Euphoria for Season 3. HBO announced the casting via social media Friday. TVLine has confirmed that Blackk will play a character named Kidd; no other details are currently available.

He joins other Season 3 newcomers Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct), Kadeem Hardison (A Diffferent World), Spanish pop star Rosalía, former NFL star Marshawn Lynch, Anna Van Patten (Gossip Girl), Darrell Britt-Gibson (Barry), James Landry Hébert (1883) and Priscilla Delgado (A League of Their Own).

Blackk's other credits include When They See Us, for which he was nominated for an Emmy, and Live in Front of a Studio Audience.

Season 3 of the HBO drama — which was previously slated for sometime in 2025 — is now on track for a premiere in 2026. Per our sister publication Variety, Warner Bros. Discovery global streaming president JB Perrette shared the latest timetable at the Wells Fargo Technology Conference in December.

Euphoria Season 3 will consist of eight episodes, just like its previous two runs.

Consider the information below to be your handy guide to all things Euphoria. We'll keep you up to date on castings, photos, trailers — all the good stuff. And we'll update the list as new information becomes available, to make sure that you have the latest and best intel possible. What are you waiting for — get scrolling now!

At the end of Season 2, Rue was once again clean from drugs and looking to rekindle her friendship with Lexi; Ashtray was killed during an encounter with the police at Fezco's home; Nate turned in his dad Cal; and Cassie and Maddy continued to deal with the remains of their friendship. Read a full recap of the finale here.

Series creator Sam Levinson has said that upcoming episodes may feature a time jump and/or have a film-noir feel, told from the perspective of Zendaya's Rue.

Yes, production on Season 3 is currently underway. In November, Bloys gave the following update: "We are shooting Euphoria. I think we have a start date, mid- to late January. We are shooting the season. I have read the scripts. We're happy. We're moving ahead."

On Feb. 10, the series released its first photo from the set of Season 3 (above), confirming that the show is on track with Bloys' aforementioned timetable. As for what's on the pensive Rue's mind, that will remain a mystery for now.

While HBO has not yet released a full cast roster for the upcoming season, the network confirmed in July that the "principal cast" — which includes, in part, Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow and Alexa Demie — will be back for Season 3. Then, in November, HBO boss Casey Bloys confirmed that "everybody is expected to come back."

Additionally, in a July 2024 episode of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live!, Colman Domingo confirmed that he would be back to play Rue's sponsor, Ali, in the upcoming season.

In November, Zendaya told Vanity Fair that she hadn't read any Season 3 scripts yet, but "My most important thing is to do justice by the people who love and care about Rue, and make sure that she's looked after as a character. I think that's my Number 1 duty."

We don't yet know if any new cast members will join the upcoming season, but we will update this post as soon as we learn of any cast additions.

We can, however, report that composer Hans Zimmer (The Simpsons, Gladiator, Inception) has joined Season 3, which he will score alongside returning series composer Labrinth.

The HBO drama's cast has sustained some losses since the Season 2 finale aired. Tragically, Angus Cloud, who played Fez, died in July 2023 of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine. Former series regular Barbie Ferreira also will not return; she announced her departure from the role of Kat in August 2022. We also don't expect to see Javon Walton, who played Ashtray, to appear in Season 3; his character died during a shootout with police in the Season 2 finale. And finally, Storm Reid, who played Rue's younger sister Gia for two seasons, confirmed in November that she won't be back for Season 3.

The date of the Season 3 premiere is not yet known, but we'll be sure to update this post when it is. In July, TVLine learned that HBO was planning to start production on the forthcoming season in January 2025. JB Perrette, Warner Bros. Discovery's global streaming chief, has since shared that Season 3 will premiere in 2026.

Euphoria is available to stream on Max (with subscription), Amazon Premium and Hulu (with premium subscriptions) and on Apple TV+ (for purchase).

A trailer for Season 3 of Euphoria doesn't exist yet. But as soon as it does, we'll post it here.