It’s been 15 months since season two of Hulu’s The Great wrapped up and, finally, the streaming service has set a premiere date for season three. Elle Fanning took to Instagram to share the first photo of the new season and to announce season three will premiere on Friday, May 12, 2023.
All 10 episodes will be available on the premiere date for your binge-watching pleasure.
Created by Tony McNamara, The Great stars Fanning as Catherine and Nicholas Hoult as Peter. The cast also includes Phoebe Fox as Marial, Sacha Dhawan as Count Orlo, Belinda Bromilow as Aunt Elizabeth, and Adam Godley as Archie. Gwilym Lee plays Grigor Dymov, Charity Wakefield is Georgina, Douglas Hodge is General Velementov, and Bayo Gbadamosi plays Arkady.
McNamara writes, executive produces, and serves as showrunner. Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Marian Macgowan, Mark Winemaker, Echo Lake’s Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff, and Andrew Spaulding also serve as executive producers along with Thruline’s Ron West and Josh Kesselman.
The Season 3 Plot, Courtesy of Hulu:
Season 3 of The Great sees Catherine (Fanning) and Peter (Hoult) attempt to make their marriage work after some seemingly insurmountable problems. Peter witnessed his own attempted murder at Catherine’s hands, and she also imprisoned all of his friends. On top of this, Peter is at a loose end playing First Husband to Catherine’s reign, so he busies himself with fathering, hunting and salty culinary ventures. But they’re not enough to keep him contented as visions of his late father (played by Jason Isaacs) get in his head about his failures as Peter the Great’s son.
Catherine the Great starts making a name for herself beyond her borders and, inspired by a visit from the US ambassador, sets up a conference where peasants, nobles, and merchants can all give their input on developing a new Russia. She learns that even the best political leaders sometimes need to make compromises in order to progress.
