Overview
- Zendaya said she squeezed what is usually eight months of work into about four and has seen a little of the season, adding she is excited and hopes it turns out beautifully.
- The first trailer debuted in January ahead of the April 12 launch on HBO and HBO Max.
- Returning cast members include Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Martha Kelly, Chloe Cherry, Colman Domingo and Dominic Fike, with a five-year narrative leap setting a new chapter.
- Barbie Ferreira, Storm Reid, Javon “Wanna” Walton and Austin Abrams will not return; former cast member Angus Cloud died in 2023.
- New additions include Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Trisha Paytas, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, Eli Roth and Marshawn Lynch, as Zendaya also refuted viral AI wedding photos and separate unverified claims that she already married Tom Holland.