A Mayor of Kingstown producer provided a new update on what he believes could happen with Season 4's release.
Following star Jeremy Renner's major life-threatening injuries on New Year's Day 2023, he and the team pulled together to film Season 3 later that year before it hit Paramount+ in June 2024.
Featuring an impressive cast of characters behind Renner, Season 3 saw them deal with the ramifications of death and past trauma as Mike McLusky held his town together while facing a Russian mob.
Will There Be a Season 4 of Mayor of Kingstown Released?
Speaking with Variety, Mayor of Kingstown co-creator and star Hugh Dillon provided an update on the potential status of a Season 4.
While Season 4 has not been officially confirmed yet, Dillon feels it is almost inevitable:
Variety: "Not everything is tied up in a nice bow at the end of the season. Will we get answers to all the stories left dangling? A fourth season hasn’t officially been announced, but I can’t imagine it wouldn’t happen, right?"
Dillon: "It’s a bit cliché, but from your mouth to God’s ears."
Dillon was asked what the future holds for Mike McLusky after talking about returning to himself following the Season 3 finale.
Responding, he explained how so many of the characters are "predisposed to their darker impulses" and "very desensitized." However, the story centers on how to "absorb loss and defeat and compromise" while trying to come out on top:
"I think it’s a thing that we all hold onto, so we don’t just give up. So many of us and the characters are predisposed to their darker impulses, and they’re very desensitized. But you’ve got to have hope. That’s what it is. It’s going back to hoping that Iris can make it out. And hoping that Kyle can have a better life than Mike has. It’s all those family issues, and how do you absorb loss and defeat and compromise? That is the crux."
What should work in Mayor of Kingstown's favor are its excellent viewing numbers, which were recently revealed by Deadline.
Making its debut in the Nielsen Top 10, it ranked 10th place among originals with a total of 306 million viewing minutes, which coincided with Season 3's debut.
Additionally, Season 3 has remained on Paramount+'s Top 10 Series list in the United States every day since Season 3 began airing. More specifically, it has not fallen out of the top seven.
When Could Mayor of Kingston Season 4 Release?
Considering Season 3's viewing numbers are ranking so high, a Season 4 renewal is certainly not out of the question for Mayor of Kingstown.
Season 3 also marked the series' best year yet on Rotten Tomatoes, as critics gave it a 79% Tomatometer score and an 89% Audience Meter score.
Season 3 also had the extra challenge of working with Jeremy Renner as he fought to recover from gruesome injuries, which co-stars described as so intense that they almost killed him.
With Renner now well on the way to recovery, filming should not be as difficult once Season 4 is officially renewed, should that happen. The big question now is when.
Season 2 ended in March 2023, almost 15 months before Season 3 began in June 2024. Without Renner's injury to manage as he heals further or the writers' and actors' strikes of 2023, Season 4 should not take as long to develop and film before its release.
As of writing, the best bet is for Season 4 to arrive sometime in Summer 2025, although official details on renewal and filming will help narrow down that prediction once they come.
The first three seasons of Mayor of Kingstown are streaming on Paramount+.
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