Originally appeared on E! Online
“The White Lotus” is ready to check in for season four.
Nearly two months after HBO confirmed the series’ fourth installment would take place in France, the Mike White-created show has selected the Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez as its primary location, according to multiple outlets.
The 19th-century palace was converted to a luxury hotel in the 1920s and is now part of the five-star hotel group Airelles Collection, according to its website. Airelles Collection owner Stéphane Courbit is also the founder and chairman of Banijay Group, the production company behind shows like Survivor, which Mike is set to return to for its upcoming 50th season.
The Château de la Messardière is slightly inland from the French Riviera and offers spa experiences, restaurants and private beach access. The cost to reserve a room during the hotel’s open season, which runs from April to October, ranges anywhere from around $1,300 per night during opening weekend to upwards of $12,000 during the midsummer months.
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E! News has reached out to HBO for comment but has not heard back.
Although HBO has kept most details about the upcoming White Lotus season under wraps, the network confirmed last month that Hunger Games alum Alexander Ludwig and AJ Michalka —who fronts the band Aly & AJ with her sister Aly Michalka — are among the cast.
As for returning stars? While Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya McQuoid and Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda Lindsey have appeared in multiple seasons, Parker Posey —who played riches-to-rags housewife Victoria Ratliff on season three — isn’t holding her breath for another stay at The White Lotus.
As the Dazed and Confused actress told E! in September, “I have no idea if I’m in it.”
Meanwhile, Jon Gries has said that his three-season arc as Tanya’s husband Greg Hunt may be over.
“I don’t think [I’m coming back], but I don’t know so,” he told The Hollywood Reporter after season three ended with Gary’s secret safe for now. “All I can say is, every time I leave, I assume it’s over.”
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