David Farnor | On 14, Aug 2019

13 Reasons Why is back on our screens this August, and a new trailer plus a fresh batch of images give us a proper look at the series’ return.

The teen drama, which is based on the book by Jay Asher, follows the death of high-school student Hannah, who committed suicide and left behind a group of cassette tapes that explained her story and named all the people who should receive the box. The programme has proven controversial, due to its depiction of both suicide and sexual assault. Its reception has also become notably less positive as it has continued.

Nonetheless, a third season is on the way, and Netflix has also ordered a fourth and final season for next year. Season 3, meanwhile, will pick up over half a year after Season 2’s events, with the core cast – Clay (Dylan Minnette), Tony (Christian Navarro), Jessica (Alisha Boe), Alex (Miles Heizer), Justin (Brandon Flynn), Zach (Ross Butler) and Tyler (Devin Druid) – reprising their roles.

The penultimate Season arrives after Netflix announced it had cut the scene from Season 1 featuring the death of Hannah (Katherine Langford). All 13 episodes of Season will premiere on 23rd August. Here’s the new trailer – read on below for the images:

 

 

13 Reasons Why renewed for fourth and final run as Season 3 trailer drops

2nd August 2019

13 Reasons Why is back on our screens this August, and a new trailer gives us a look at the series. Before you can even watch that, though, Netflix has -already ordered a fourth season.

The teen drama, which is based on the book by Jay Asher, follows the death of high-school student Hannah, who committed suicide and left behind a group of cassette tapes that explained her story and named all the people who should receive the box. The programme has proven controversial, due to its depiction of both suicide and sexual assault. Its reception has also become notably less positive as it has continued.

“A messy, tedious and misjudged slice of teen drama, which ultimately overstays its welcome,” we wrote in our review of the second run.

Season 4 of the show will be its final season, the streaming giant has announced. It will follow the graduation of the core cast from high school. Season 3, meanwhile, will pick up over half a year after Season 2’s events, with the core cast including Clay (Dylan Minnette), Tony (Christian Navarro), Jessica (Alisha Boe), Alex (Miles Heizer), Justin (Brandon Flynn), Zach (Ross Butler) and Tyler (Devin Druid).

The news comes after Netflix cut the scene from Season 1 featuring the death of Hannah (Katherine Langford). All 13 episodes of Season will premiere on 23rd August. Here’s the new trailer:

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13 Reasons Why Season 3 starts production, following cast pay negotiations

18th August 2018

Production has begun on Season 3 of 13 Reasons Why, following extensive negotiations with the cast over pay rises.

The teen drama, which is based on the book by Jay Asher, follows the death of high-school student Hannah, who committed suicide and left behind a group of cassette tapes that explained her story and named all the people who should receive the box. The programme has proven controversial, due to its depiction of both suicide and sexual assault.

Netflix has nonetheless said the show is popular, renewing it recently for a third season. Before Season 3 started production, though, the eight key members of the cast asked for salary increases, as often happens as TV shows move beyond their initial first and second runs. Indeed, Stranger Things’ ensemble recently saw its cast receive a sizeable pay bump.

Deadline reports that the salaries of the 13 Reasons Why cast will range from $135,000 to $200,000, with options for the lower tiers to be increased should the show be renewed once more for a fourth season – all notably higher than the reported $20,000 to $80,000 range of the original episodes.

Production began this week on Monday with the first table read, although this was before the renegotiations has been signed and sealed, as the cast were still under contract for Season 3.

Production begins only a couple of months after Season 2 premiered worldwide.

“13 Reasons Why has been enormously popular and successful. It’s engaging content,” CEO Reed Hastings said to shareholders earlier this year. “It is controversial. But nobody has to watch it.”

13 Reasons Why renewed for Season 3

7th June 2018

Netflix has renewed 13 Reasons Why for a third season.

The show, which is based on the best-selling book by Jay Asher, follows the death of high-school student Hannah, who committed suicide and left behind a group of cassette tapes that explained her story and named all the people who should receive the box.

Season 2 picked up in the aftermath and the start of the characters’ complicated journeys toward healing and recovery, as Liberty High prepared to go on trial and series of ominous polaroids led Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) and his classmates to uncover a sickening secret and a conspiracy to cover it up.

The second run was met with a decidedly mixed reception from fans, with some criticising Netflix for milking the subject material, given that Season 1 ended at the same point as the original book. Concern was also raised by many about the show’s depiction of bullying, suicide and other sensitive issues, prompting Netflix create a special site – 13ReasonsWhy.info – dedicated to discussing sexual abuse, drug use and providing resources for mental health and suicide prevention. Netflix also issued content warnings about the programme.

Nonetheless, the series has been renewed for a third season, picking up in the aftermath of a controversial plot line involving a shooting.

Brian Yorkey will return as showrunner, with Season 3 to begin filming this year, with original star Katherine Langford not returning.

“What happened to Hannah will always be the first clause of the story,” Yorkey said at a Netflix awards consideration event last week. “The rest of the story is about young people, as so many young people, maybe all young people today (learn) how to heal from the things that have hurt them… to make the world that they want it to be, not just the world they are inheriting… and above all, how to take care of each other.”

The Parents Television Council sternly criticised Season 2, following its release lsat month.

“Netflix has delivered a ticking time bomb to teens and children who watch 13 Reasons Why. The content and thematic elements of the second season are even worse than we expected,” said PTC president Tim Winter. “We would have liked to have 13 reasons for hope and redemption following the graphic suicide of the lead female teen character, but rather than providing a path forward, the season only provides cause for despondency.”

In a statement released yesterday, the PTC added that it “condemns” Netflix for renewing the drama.

“13 Reasons Why has been enormously popular and successful. It’s engaging content,” Hastings said in the company’s annual shareholder meeting. “It is controversial. But nobody has to watch it.”

The decision follows an average audience of 2.6 million viewers per minute in the USA, according to Nielsen’s opening weekend ratings analysis, with Episode 1 of Season 2 drawing 6 million viewers over three days.

Here’s the teaser trailer announcing the series’ return:

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