Succession is one of the most-watched HBO series and fans are eagerly waiting for the highly anticipated season 4. The makers are yet to announce the official release date of the much-awaited season, and the producer of the series teases major plot details. As the corporate battles continue to escalate on the HBO series, the upcoming season will get a temporary break from its usual location within the concrete jungle of Manhattan.
For season four, the Emmy-winning drama will move at least some of its deal-making and family backstabbing to the Scandinavian mountains of Norway, as reported by Variety. The Norwegian setting will be the backdrop as the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech mogul Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) moves closer and members of the Roy family travel to Matsson’s homeland.
Producer Scott Ferguson said to the outlet, “From the beginning, (showrunner Jesse Armstrong’s) idea was that the tech company was going to be led by someone from a Scandinavian country.” He added, “In the writer’s room, around February, Jesse had an idea for an episode they wanted to be in (Matsson’s) part of the world.”
Succession cast members like Skarsgard and Sarah Snook (Shiv) have been shooting at locations in western Norway including Atlantic Ocean Road, the Romsdalen Gondola, and the Juvet Landscape Hotel. Ferguson added, “When we saw images of the remarkable architecture and setting of Juvet we got really excited.” As expected further plot details for the fourth season are being kept under tight wraps.
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However, at the end of last season, the series left off with ruthless Waystar CEO/family patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) withholding control from his children: Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kiernan Culkin), Conor (Alan Ruck) and Shiv (Snook). In addition to Skarsgard, HBO confirmed the return of Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, Juliana Canfield, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Justin Kirk, Stephen Root, Hope Davis, and Cherry Jones as guest stars for the upcoming fourth season.
Meanwhile, in September, the HBO series won Outstanding Drama Series at the 2022 Emmy Awards. The series, which many believe is loosely based on News. Corp mogul Rupert Murdoch’s family has been a hit since premiering in 2018. While filming for the fourth season began in June 2022, HBO has yet to announce an exact premiere date.