BBC America has finally revealed the release date for the upcoming fourth and final season of the acclaimed drama Killing Eve, featuring the return of Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Emmy winner Jodie Comer as they reprise their respective roles as Eve and Villanelle for the last time. The series will be making its return next year, starting on February 27.
The date announcement also came with the release of the first Killing Eve Season 4 photos, which you can check out below (via EW), providing us with a glimpse of what to expect this season as Eve goes on a revenge mission, while Villanelle begins her journey towards redemption. It also teases Fiona Shaw’s Carolyn as she tries to find out who ordered Kenny’s death.
“Eve and Villanelle, having left each other in total turmoil on Tower Bridge at the end of season 3, are thrown into season 4 trying to figure out what they mean to each other and what their lives now stand for,” executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle said. “And while Carolyn has shot a man in cold blood, she is trying to find out who is responsible for the hit on her son. This one is going to be a lot more personal and passionate than the seasons before.”
In the first photos of the final season of ‘Killing Eve,’ Villanelle is finding her religion while Eve is wigging out. https://t.co/wvCjm1BDyD
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 16, 2021
First look at the final season of #KillingEve!
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Based on the novella by Luke Jennings, BBCA’s Killing Eve centers on two women: Eve (Sandra Oh) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle (Jodie Comer) is an elegant, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Killing Eve topples the typical spy-action thriller as these two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.
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The final season will be headed by new lead writer Laura Neal, who has also been set as the showrunner and executive producer for the fourth season, following in the footsteps of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, and Suzanne Heathcote. In addition, AMC Networks has also previously confirmed that they’re planning to expand the Killing Eve universe with a number of potential spinoff ideas currently in development.
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Killing Eve is produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd and executive produced by Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Gina Mingacci, Jeff Melvoin, and Damon Thomas with Sandra Oh co-executive producing. Nige Watson serves as series producer.
Seasons 1 & 2 had already earned 12 Emmy nominations and 4 Golden Globe nominations with lead stars Sandra Oh winning her second Golden Globe Award and Jodie Comer winning her first Emmy Award, both for Best Actress in a Drama Series. For its third season, the series had earned a few major Emmy nominations including Outstanding Drama Series, and Outstanding Lead Actress for both Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh.
