Reese Witherspoon Teases an Added 'Element' toBig Little LiesSeason 3, Says Updates Are Coming 'Very Soon'

Mar. 15, 2025

Reese Witherspoon attends Hello Sunshine’s Second Annual Shine Away Experiential Event.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty

Emma McIntyre/Getty

Reese Witherspoonwants fans to know thatBig Little Liesseason 3is still in the works — and she’s teasing how the new installment could differ from the previous two seasons.

Witherspoon, 48, andNicole Kidmanhave both been teasing that the beloved HBO series will be coming back more than five years after season 2 concluded — a conversation Kidman, 57,started accidentally last November— and Witherspoon is now sharing an update on where season 3 stands.

“Nicole and I have been waiting. We’re in waiting for Liane Moriarty,” Witherspoon toldE! Newson Oct. 5, referring to the author of the book on which the series was based. “She’s going to be turning in something very soon. We’re back to the original author and we’re going to go back to the original characters.”

Witherspoon also teased that the possibilities for the third season are “exciting,” as time will have passed for the Monterey Five — which is comprised of her character Madeline, Kidman’s Celeste,Shailene Woodley’s Jane,Laura Dern’s Renata andZoë Kravitz’s Bonnie.

“I think the kids are probably a little bit older now, so that might add another element,” Witherspoon said, referring to her character’s kids and her friends' kids.

She clarified, though, that nothing is set in stone yet as they’re still waiting on the author. “I don’t know yet, I haven’t read it yet.”

Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern in ‘Big Little Lies’ season 2.Jennifer Clasen/HBO

Jennifer Clasen/HBO

One of the actors who played one of the Monterey Five’s kids, Iain Armitage, has already thrown his hat in the ring to return for the third season. He said onLive with Kelly and Markin May that he had not “heard anything fully officially yet, but when such incredible, intelligent people as our leading ladies start talking, I think it’s pretty hard not to listen.”

“I’d be honored to be back,” Armitage, who played Woodley’s son Ziggy Chapman in seasons 1 and 2, said.

Since Kidman accidentally spilled that a season 3 was likely happening with an off-the-cuff comment at a fan event, Witherspoon later joked thather friend “went somewhere and said too much,” which led to her phone blowing up.

“Then I get the call, the ‘ring, ring,’ like, ‘Hey, is that happening?'” Witherspoon recalled in aVanity Fairvideo with Kidman.

She said she had “Laura [Dern] calling me, and Zoë and Shailene. They’re all like, ‘Nic said that we’re makingBig Little Lies3.'”

Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman in ‘Big Little Lies’.HBO

In August,Kravitz, 35, told PEOPLE she’s waiting “like everybody else” with bated breath to get her hands on scriptsfor the new installment.

She admitted she knows “nothing” about what’s to come, but she’s “excited to do it.”

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Big Little Liesseasons 1 and 2 can be streamed in full on Max.

source: people.com