Yellowjackets season 3: Australian trailer and release date
After a bit of a delay thanks to the twin forces of global pandemics and industrial action, everyone’s favourite cannibalistic ’90s nostalgia mystery series is finally returning.
When is Yellowjackets season 3 being released in Australia?
Yellowjackets season three is streaming in exclusively Australia exclusively on Paramount+ from February 14, 2025, with a double episode premiere followed by new episodes dropping weekly.
What is Yellowjackets season 3 about?
Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets follows the members of a girls’ soccer team—the titular Yellowjackets—who survived a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness back in 1996, despite being left to their own devices, Lord of the Flies style, for 19 months.
But in the modern day, the now-grown Yellowjackets are faced with the very real possibility that someone is out to expose the awful things they did to survive in the wilderness (we mentioned cannibalism, yeah?). Mystery and murder ensue. Season three is being kept under wraps, but we understand that, following the apparent death of Juliette Lewis’s tough but troubled Nat Scatorccio at the end of season two, both timelines are jumping forward a bit. How far and to what purpose we have no idea.
The cast of Yellowjackets season 3
The adult former team members are played by Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, and a show-stealing Christina Ricci, while their younger counterparts include Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sammi Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, and Liv Hewson. That’s a lot of ‘90s icons in one show. They were joined by another in season two, with Elijah Wood sliding into the ensemble as a “citizen detective” looking into the situation. Season three sees Oscar winner and former Karate Kid Hilary Swank joining the ensemble, along with Joel McHale, both in roles that have yet to be disclosed. Bloody mystery shows.
Yellowjackets season 3 trailer
What are the critics saying about Yellowjackets?
Oh, they are loving it. The first season is sitting on an impressive 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and season two only slipped be six points. The series’ mix of the macabre and mystical, punctuated by some very black humour, has certainly struck a chord. Still, the squeamish should be wary—they don’t mess around when it comes to that whole people-eatin’ thing.