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Westworld
Season 3
Poster art
Starring
No. of episodes4
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseMarch 15, 2020 (2020-03-15) –
present (present)
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The third season of the American science fiction television series Westworld (subtitled The New World) premiered on HBO on March 15, 2020, and is set to conclude on May 3, 2020, consisting of eight episodes.

The television series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, and it is based on the 1973 film of the same name, written and directed by Michael Crichton. The third season stars an ensemble cast led by Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, newcomer Aaron Paul, and Ed Harris. Vincent Cassel is introduced as the main antagonist.

Premise

The third season takes place immediately after events of the second season, with Dolores having escaped Westworld along with the processing cores ("pearls") of a few hosts, including Bernard's. Taking residence in neo-Los Angeles in 2058,[1] Dolores develops a relationship with Caleb, and comes to learn how artificial beings and lower-class humans are treated in the real world. Meanwhile, Maeve finds herself in another part of the Delos park, one based on Fascist Italy during World War II.[2][3]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Westworld characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Yet to appear

Episodes

See also: Westworld (TV series) § Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
211"Parce Domine"Jonathan NolanLisa Joy & Jonathan NolanMarch 15, 2020 (2020-03-15)3010.90[17]
222"The Winter Line"Richard J. LewisMatthew Pitts & Lisa JoyMarch 22, 2020 (2020-03-22)3020.78[18]
233"The Absence of Field"Amanda MarsalisDenise ThéMarch 29, 2020 (2020-03-29)3030.80[19]
244"The Mother of Exiles"Paul CameronJordan Goldberg & Lisa JoyApril 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)304N/A
255"Genre"[20]UnknownUnknownApril 12, 2020 (2020-04-12)305N/A
266"Decoherence"[21]UnknownUnknownApril 19, 2020 (2020-04-19)306N/A
277"Passed Pawn"[22]UnknownUnknownApril 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)307N/A
288"Crisis Theory"[23]UnknownUnknownMay 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)308N/A

Production

The Helix Bridge in Singapore was used for some shots in Season 3.

A third season of the series was announced in May 2018.[24] Production began in 2019.[3] Parts of filming took place in downtown Los Angeles and Singapore during June 2019.[25]

Additional filming took place over a ten-day period in Singapore around July 2019, which was used to present a version of Los Angeles about 40 years out from the time of the production of the show. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy had considered how they would introduce the "real world" outside of the park in the early days of developing Westworld, and then had seen how Spike Jonze had filmed Her in Shanghai as a future Los Angeles, and took inspiration from that.[1] Joy, who had been suggested to shoot in Singapore by her friend and architect Bjarke Ingels, said the city was apt for the show as "It's the ways in which nature entangle with modernity here".[26] The show's main cast, including Wood, Newton, Wright, and Paul had been spotted at several Singapore locations during the shooting period across Pulau Ubin, Chinatown and the Central Business District (CBD) within the city, and included specific landmarks such as the National Gallery Singapore, Esplanade Park, School of the Arts, the Helix Bridge, Marina One, the Parkroyal Hotel, LASALLE College of the Arts, and the Oasia Hotel Downtown.[26] Additional filming took place at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain.[1] The production team collaborated with Jon Favreau who led the advances in the special effects filming for The Mandalorian on how they combined full exterior filming with on-set filming and digital post-production to create virtually expandable sets at these sites as needed.[1]

The structure of the third season is more linear than past seasons, which Variety's Adam B. Vary said was a "sleek, fleet, Heat-style-crime-thriller-with-robots" rather than a "time-twisting structure" from the second season.[1] Nolan and Joy stated that season 3 would have a much more comprehensible story line, with Nolan stating "This season is a little less of a guessing game and more of an experience with the hosts finally getting to meet their makers."[27] However, they also said that they were able to take a more direct narrative approach as, according to Nolan "We're very lucky in that we're at a place with HBO where they let us make the show we want to make" without having to "dumb the show down".[1]

Music

Ramin Djawadi returned as the series composer. An orchestral cover of "Sweet Child o' Mine" was featured in the main trailer and released as a single.[28]

Marketing

A first teaser trailer was presented at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con in July 2019.[2] A teaser for season 3 was released on November 9, 2019, presented as a video advertisement for the fictional company Incite, Inc.[16] At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2020, HBO held a special event hosted by Incite, with "hosts" attending the invited guests' needs.[29]

The premiere date for the third season was announced on January 12, 2020, alongside a teaser trailer for the season.[30] The full season's trailer was released on February 20, 2020.[31] Additional teaser videos were found through an alternate reality game via way of the website of Incite that was updated on February 20, 2020.[32]

Reception

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 86% for the season based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 7.27/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Westworld succeeds in rebooting itself by broadening its scope beyond its titular amusement park while tightening its storytelling clarity – although some may feel that the soul has been stripped from this machine in the process."[33] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[34]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Credited with the main cast in the episodes in which they appear.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Vary, Adam B. (March 12, 2020). "'Westworld' Showrunners on the Series' Bold New Direction for Season 3". Variety. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Alexander, Julia (July 20, 2019). "Westworld's season 3 trailer questions the relationships between hosts and humans". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Harling, Bruce (April 13, 2019). "'Westworld' Season 3 Adds Lena Waithe To Its Cast – HBO Will Air In 2020". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Sandberg, Bryn Elise (October 17, 2018). "'Westworld' Stars Score Big Raises Ahead of Third Season (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Bennett, Anita (May 19, 2019). "HBO's 'Westworld' Season 3 Trailer Introduces Aaron Paul". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 13, 2018). "'Westworld': Aaron Paul Joins HBO Sci-Fi Series For Season 3". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Petski, Denise (January 12, 2020). "'Westworld' Gets Season 3 Premiere Date On HBO". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 30, 2019). "'Westworld': Vincent Cassel Joins HBO Sci-Fi Series Cast For Season 3". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "WESTWORLD Returns to HBO on March 15". Broadway World. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Nemetz, Dave (January 12, 2020). "Westworld Gets Season 3 Premiere Date". TVLine. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  11. ^ Monroe, Jazz (May 20, 2019). "Kid Cudi Stars in "Westworld" Season 3 Trailer: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  12. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (May 20, 2019). "Westworld Looks Like Another Show Entirely in First Season 3 Teaser". TVLine. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "پیمان معادی به سریال پرطرفدار «وست ورلد» پیوست" [Payman Maadi joined the West World series] (in Persian).
  14. ^ Harris, David (March 14, 2020). "Westworld star Leonardo Nam (Felix): Fans will be "pleasantly surprised" with Westworld season 3". Winter Is Coming. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  15. ^ Harling, Bruce (November 10, 2019). "'Westworld' Season 3 Trailer Drops, Hinting At A New Direction For The HBO Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  16. ^ a b Muncy, Julie (November 9, 2019). "The Newest Teaser for Westworld's Next Season Is an Ad for a Menacing Tech Company". io9. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  17. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (March 17, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.15.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  18. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (March 24, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  19. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (March 31, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.29.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  20. ^ "Westworld 25: Genre". HBO. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  21. ^ "Westworld 26: Decoherence". HBO. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  22. ^ "Westworld 27: Passed Pawn". HBO. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  23. ^ "Westworld 28: Crisis Theory". HBO. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  24. ^ Otterson, Joe (May 1, 2018). "'Westworld' Renewed for Season 3 at HBO". Variety. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  25. ^ Steves, Ashley (June 14, 2019). "L.A. What's Filming: HBO's 'Westworld,' Season 3". Backstage. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  26. ^ a b Loh, Genevieve Sarah (July 11, 2019). "Why Singapore was chosen as a filming location for HBO's hit series Westworld". CNA. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  27. ^ Hibberd, James (July 17, 2019). "Westworld season 3 to be 'less of a guessing game,' producers say". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  28. ^ Krol, Charlotte (February 21, 2020). "Hear a stirring piano version of Guns N' Roses 'Sweet Child O' Mine' in new 'Westworld' trailer". NME. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  29. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 9, 2020). "HBO's 'Westworld' CES Incite Activation Has Creepy Fun With Data Sharing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  30. ^ Good, Owen S. (January 12, 2020). "Westworld's season 3 teaser trailer finally puts the show on a timeline". Polygon. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  31. ^ Kreps, Daniel (February 20, 2020). "'Westworld' Season 3 Trailer: Androids and Mankind Face Off in 'The New World'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  32. ^ Muncy, Julie (February 22, 2020). "Intrepid Fans Found A Set of Hidden Trailers for Westworld Season 3". io9. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  33. ^ "Westworld: Season 3 (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  34. ^ "Westworld: Season 3". Metacritic. Retrieved March 17, 2020.

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