David Farnor | On 10, Apr 2019

Lucifer Season 4 will officially rise again this May on Netflix, with a new teaser video announcing the show’s return.

The show, which hails from Warner Bros. TV, is based on comic book characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg. It tells the story of the original fallen angel, played by Tom Ellis, who gives up his throne in the underworld for the underbelly of Los Angeles, where he helps the cops to punish criminals. He is joined by Lesley-Ann Brandt as devoted ally Maze, Lauren German as LAPD detective Chloe, Rachael Harris as Lucifer’s therapist, and DB Woodside as an angel trying to persuade Lucifer to return to Hell.

Fans have been clamouring for the fourth season ever since Netflix resurrected the series, which was cancelled by Fox unexpectedly last year. Now, Netflix has finally given its faithful followers an answer – although, at least for the near future, Season 1 to 3 will remain on Amazon Prime Video

Season 4 will see Lucifer face a new challenge: Eve, the original sinner herself, is back. Does she want revenge for when he tempted her out of Eden oh so many years ago… or something else entirely?

Lucifer Season 4 premieres 8th May only on Netflix. Here’s the teaser to… whet your appetite:

 

Filming begins on Lucifer Season 4

15th August 2018

Filming is now underway on Lucifer Season 4, following its revival by Netflix this summer.

The show, which hails from Warner Bros. TV, is based on comic book characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg. It tells the story of the original fallen angel, played by Tom Ellis, who gives up his throne in the underworld for the underbelly of Los Angeles, where he helps the cops to punish criminals. He is joined by Lesley-Ann Brandt as devoted ally Maze, Lauren German as LAPD detective Chloe, Rachael Harris as Lucifer’s therapist, and DB Woodside as an angel trying to persuade Lucifer to return to Hell.

Earlier this year, Fox decided not to renew the show for a fourth season, prompting a wave of fan campaigns to save the programme. Netflix obliged, ordering Season 4 in June. Now, within a couple of months, production is already underway, with filming beginning this week on Episode 1.

Lucifer. Season 4. Day 1 of shooting!

Knock 'em dead @tomellis17 @LaurenGerman @Aimee_Garcia @RachaelEHarris @kevinmalejandro & @LesleyAnnBrandt #LuciferOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/pR7VOCN0xk

— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) August 13, 2018

“We’re back in our very white make-up trailer because of you. Thank you so much, we’re so excited,” said Ellis in a video announcing the start of filming. He was joined in the video by the rest of the cast, with the ensemble then sharing joking updates from the set. That includes Lesley-Ann quipping from behind the bar that she has “pickled the soul of the decision maker who cancelled us” in a bottle of whiskey.

Now that it's #LuciferOnNetflix, @tomellis17 & @Aimee_Garcia have a pro-tip for the #Lucifans pic.twitter.com/9PHzC76GIp

— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) August 15, 2018

The writers room’s Twitter account has also tweeted a copy of the screenplay for the first episode, which is titled “Everything’s Okay” and written by Joe Henderson, with Sherwin Shilati at the helm.

What we don’t know yet is whether the previous seasons of the show will remain on Amazon Prime Video, which bought the exclusive UK rights when the series first premiered, or whether they will move to Netflix. What we do know are some details of what to expect in Season 4, after the showrunners spoke to TV Insider when Season 3’s cancellation was first revealed.

Warning: Spoilers for Season 3 follow

Season 3 ended with Chloe seeing Lucifer’s devil face, prompting her to come to terms with who he really is.

“We decided to take a really big swing and… change a major element of the show that would give us an entirely new story to tell in Season 4,” Henderson commented.

“You know both Joe and I felt really strongly that it was time,” said EP Ildy Modrovich. “Not just for Lucifer to own who he is — I mean, in the previous episode he tells her and does everything but show her. He was really at the precipice of owning who he is and not being ashamed of it. The great thing that Joe did in the finale was to bring back that shame, that he feels he’s a monster. In real life, we don’t learn something and then never go backwards. We don’t evolve and then we are complete.”

“She wouldn’t just accept it right away. She’s going to go through all the emotions that we’ve been through, the audience,” Modrovich continued. “For her to be able to see his struggle, every single side of him, and she is going to feel a little bit like what he says in the penultimate episode, which is ‘I feel like you’ve seen one side of me.'”

“The first three seasons were Lucifer and Chloe coming to understand each other, coming to trust each other,” added Henderson. “And then, this is just the beginning of a whole new story, which is Chloe in-the-know and, at the same time, finding out about Amenadiel (D.B. Woodside), finding out about Maze (Lesley-Ann Brandt)…”

Season 4 of Lucifer is expected to air on Netflix in 2019.

 

Netflix resurrects Lucifer for Season 4

16th June 2018

Netflix is resurrecting Lucifer for a fourth season.

The series, which hails from Warner Bros. V, is based on comic book characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg. It tells the story of the original fallen angel, played by Tom Ellis, who gives up his throne in the underworld for the underbelly of Los Angeles, where he helps the cops to punish criminals. He is joined by Lesley-Ann Brandt as devoted ally Maze, Lauren German as LAPD detective Chloe, Rachael Harris as Lucifer’s therapist, and DB Woodside as an angel trying to persuade Lucifer to return to Hell.

After airing its third season, Fox announced that it would not renew the programme for a fourth run, prompting a huge campaign from fans to bring the show back. The groundswell of support continues a trend for audiences crusading to revive the shows they love – and 2018 has proven a successful year, with SyFy’s The Expanse saved by Amazon following its cancellation, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine saved by NBC, after Fox also gave that series the chop.

Now, Lucifer is joining the resurrection club, with THR reporting that Netflix has closed a deal to revive the show. The deal marks the first DC series on the streaming service, which has a long-running agreement with ABC for its string of Marvel original series. Netflix is no stranger to Warner Bros’ TV studio, though, with Longmire (which was cancelled by A&E) resurrected as a Netflix original, and The CW’s Riverdale an international exclusive for Netflix, which is now also developing a Riverdale spin-off, Sabrina, with Warner Bros.

Fans, your voices have been heard. Season 4 coming to Netflix!!! 😈

— Lucifer (@LuciferNetflix) June 15, 2018

Lucifer was never the biggest-hitting show, in terms of ratings, but it has built up a veritable army of fans, particularly in the UK, where the show his aired exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Indeed, Netflix faced stiff competition from Amazon, with Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke recently commenting that talks with Amazon were still “ongoing”. Now, though, just before the options on Lucifer’s cast could expire, Netflix has become the new home of the drama, paying off weeks of campaigning by the creators of the show to shop the show somewhere else, including multiple streaming services.

The deal is likely to be a complicated one, because Fox sold the rights to different broadcasters in each territory: while Amazon held the rights in the UK and Germany, Hulu was its SVOD home in the USA. Deadline reports that Lucifer is expected to jump to Netflix from Amazon in the UK, but that is not yet clear – not unlike Amazon’s deal for The Expanse, which has previously been a Netflix original in the UK.

However that pans out, the news is positive for Lucifer fans, after Tom Ellis has proven a strong voice on social media to #SaveLucifer, and not least after Season 3, which left things on a cliffhanger just waiting to be resolved. An episode count for Season 4 has not yet been announced, but for now, Lucifer’s prayers have been answered.

#LuciferSeason4 on @Netflix wow that sounds nice. You fans made this happen. #LuciFansrock #Lucifersaved ✊😈

— tom ellis (@tomellis17) June 15, 2018

 

Amazon talks “ongoing” about resurrecting Lucifer

12th June 2018

Amazon talks are “ongoing” about whether to resurrect Lucifer, after it was cancelled by Fox this year.

The story of the original fallen angel, which recently aired its third season, is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo, from DC Entertainment. Tom Ellis stars as the titular archangel, who gives up his throne in the underworld for the underbelly of Los Angeles, where he helps the cops to punish criminals. He is joined by Lesley-Ann Brandt as devoted ally Maze, Lauren German as LAPD detective Chloe, Rachael Harris as Lucifer’s therapist, and DB Woodside as an angel trying to persuade Lucifer to return to Hell.

While the show has grown to amass an impressive body of fans, though, Fox announced that it was not renewing it for a fourth season. The news sparked a campaign from fans to bring back the programme – not unlike the groundswell of support that arose around SyFy’s sci-fi, The Expanse.

That was ultimately picked up by Amazon, in a deal announced at the National Space Society’s International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles by CEO Jeff Bezos. Speaking to Deadline, Amazon Studios’ new chief, Jennifer Salke, revealed that the decision was made minutes before he went on stage to announce it, after Amazon was bombarded with stunts and messages from fans.

“There were airplanes circling us, I was having cakes delivered, there was a whole thing happening,” Salke explained. “And then really smart people, whose opinions I really value creatively, started reaching out to me, saying ‘Have you seen this show, The Expanse? It’s actually great.’ I hadn’t, so I spent some time, I watched the show and I was like, this show is actually really well done, why is nobody watching it?”

“We had it pretty much done when (Bezos) emailed saying, ‘I’m at an event, a space seminar, I’m looking at the cast of The Expanse here, I would like to get up there and order the show. Can I, can I?’ I was like, let me check with business affairs, and then replied, you can do it, go for it.”

While Lucifer’s fate still hangs in the balance, though, Salke revealed that talks are still happening about whether Amazon will bring it back.

“We were talking about Lucifer,” she commented. “I know that international, especially the UK group, was really bullish on that show, I haven’t checked in on that today (Thursday), but I heard conversations were ongoing on that yesterday.”

Any deal would be complicated, though, by Hulu holding the US subsription streaming rights to Lucifer’s first two seasons, not unlike The Expanse’s overseas streaming rights being held by Netflix – how that will be resolved as part the sci-fi’s renewal is not yet clear.

 

Lucifer cancelled after three seasons

12th May 2018

Lucifer has been cancelled been Fox, prompting a wave of fan outrage and calls for its renewal.

The story of the original fallen angel, which just entered its third season, is based on characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo, from DC Entertainment. Tom Ellis stars as the titular archangel, who gives up his throne in the underworld for the underbelly of Los Angeles, where he helps the cops to punish criminals. He is joined by Lesley-Ann Brandt as devoted ally Maze, Lauren German as LAPD detective Chloe, Rachael Harris as Lucifer’s therapist, and DB Woodside as an angel trying to persuade Lucifer to return to Hell.

After a slightly shaky start, the drama has grown and grown in recent years, building up a body of positive reviews and a sizeable fan following. Indeed, when the news broke on Twitter that the show would not be returning at Fox for a fourth season, fans responded with a hashtag (#PickUpLucifer) that has trended multiple times, and also launched a petition on Change.org to prove the support the series has.

“It f—ng HURTS,” tweeted showrunner Joe Henderson. “I loved this show so damn much and everyone put their heart and soul into it. Heartbreaking doesn’t begin to describe.”

“It has been the most amazing experience over the past 3 years playing Lucifer and falling in love with you, the fans,” added Tom Ellis.

It has been the most amazing experience over the past 3 years playing Lucifer and falling in love with you, the fans. It fills me with great sadness to confirm the rumours that some of you have been asking. Fox has indeed cancelled #lucifer I’m so sorry guys. #gutted

— tom ellis (@tomellis17) May 11, 2018

The show joins Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Exorcist, The Last Man on Earth and The Mick in the list of shows given the axe by Fox this week. Why is Fox culling so many programmes? THR cites its recent deal with the NFL for Thursday Night Football matches, which will use up 30 hours of space in a broadcaster schedule that is already short on availability time. Unlike some of Fox’s ongoing programmes, meanwhile, Lucifer hailed from Warner Bros. TV and therefore wasn’t fully owned by the network.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine, however, has since been picked up by NBC for a sixth season, giving some hope to Lucifans campaigning for a rescue by another broadcaster. Indeed, it is also possible that a streaming service could pick the show up, with Amazon Prime Video having snapped up the UK TV rights to the programme in its first season.

 

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