Fans of The Orville have been waiting for news on its third season for years now, and now it seems as if the series is finally moving toward getting a third season finished.
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According to Jordan Helman (via Deadline), head of scripted originals at Hulu, he’s seen cuts of the sci-fi drama’s third season and is hopeful that it’ll be out sooner rather than later. “The past year and a half has been complicated on a variety of levels as it pertains to production,” he said. “I can’t share a launch date, but we’re really excited about what we’ve seen thus far.”
After moving from Fox to Hulu in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic essentially disrupted all of the show’s production, leaving fans waiting for any updates on what a third season might look like. The news will be music to fans’ ears, though, and Helman has even teased the possibility of another season of the show coming, saying that the “future of the show remains an open conversation and there have been no conversations otherwise”.
“I believe the fans of the show that are coming to us from Fox will be deeply excited and satiated. I also think for new fans that maybe didn’t experience it, it will feel new to them,” he said.
The Orville is a live-action, one-hour space adventure series set 400 years in the future that follows The U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the problems of everyday life.
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The Orville is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Fuzzy Door Productions. The series was created and written by Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane, Brannon Braga, David A. Goodman, Jason Clark, and Jon Cassar serve as executive producers on the series. Jon Favreau directed the series premiere episode.
