Ozark season 3 is officially set over at Netflix.
Netflix’s renewal for Ozark season 3 comes as no real surprise. While season 2 of the series only just premiered on 31st August, the streaming giant clearly didn’t have to wait too long in deciding the show’s future, given its popularity and the industry accolades it has already reaped.
The acclaimed crime series, created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams, has garnered early awards season achievements, with four Primetime Emmy nominations – two of which for Jason Bateman for his duties as lead actor and director – and a Golden Globe nomination for Bateman’s performance, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards performance nods for Bateman and co-star Laura Linney. While it has yet to bank a win, heavily-nominated shows like Ozark tend to be groomed for future wins.
Ozark’s initial premise depicts the ordeal of a Chicago, the Byrdes, who are forced to migrate to the relative safety of rural Missouri due to the dealings of patriarch Marty (Bateman), whose façade as a financial adviser – up until now – hid his activities as a money launderer for a crime syndicate. However, the attempts to finally break free of the past by Marty, with wife Wendy (Linney) and children Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) and Jonah (Skylar Gaertner), are constantly threatened by elements from Marty’s former criminal enterprise.
Season 2 upped the antagonistic ante with the introduction of the syndicate’s shark of an attorney in Helen Pierce (Janet McTeer), who utilises the arena of the law in the continuing battle with the Byrdes. Moreover, the embattled Byrdes have become thrust into an evolving rivalry of local criminals between the Snell and Langmore families.
Ozark season 3 has yet to confirm a release date. However, based on the 21st July, 2017 premiere of season 1 and the 31st August, 2018 premiere of season 2, one might deduce that Ozark season 3 might arrive around late summer or early autumn in 2019.