And Just Like That…Adds Patti LuPone, Kristen Schaal and More Buzzy Names to Season 3 Lineup: 'It's a Lot of New'

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Patti LuPone and Kristen Schaal.Photo:Taylor Hill/WireImage; Michael Kovac/Getty

Taylor Hill/WireImage; Michael Kovac/Getty

And Just Like That…season 3 is shaping up to be even more star-studded!

Executive producerMichael Patrick Kingconfirmed toEntertainment Weeklythat Broadway legendPatti LuPonewill have “an arc on our show this season” but details of her role remain under wraps.

What We Do in the Shadowsstar Kristen Schaal will also join the hit Max series for season 3, whileRosemarie DeWittis set to reprise her role as Aidan’s (John Corbett) ex-wife Kathy.

King teased that the upcoming season includes “a lot of ‘new’ within the familiar, but even the familiar characters are going through new things.”

Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) are also making big changes on theSex and the Cityrevival, according to King.

“It’s more than Carrie that has a new apartment. Miranda has a new apartment,” he explained. “We feel that there’s a lot of newness in the world right now, especially for these characters. We wanted to tell new stories and put them through new obstacles.”

Sara Ramírez on ‘And Just Like That…'.Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Max

While welcoming new characters, the show will be withoutSara Ramírez, who played Che Diaz, andKaren Pittman, who portrayed Columbia professor Nya Wallis.

Max confirmedPittman’s departuredue to production and scheduling conflicts with her work onThe Morning Showand the upcoming Netflix series,Forever in March,while Nixon, 58,seemingly confirmedRamírez’s exit in an interview withVarietyin May, explaining both her costar and King “felt that that character had run its course.”

“They were so thrilling and so important, and then it just didn’t work out,” King said of the characters’ departures. “Just like with all the great loves that have been on this show, when an evolution comes, you’re like, that character needs to go on.”

“Carrie’s had a Berger, she’s had a Petrovsky. Miranda’s had a Skipper, and now she’s had a Che,” he continued. “And it was time for that character to move on. Karen was, of course, somebody who got many, many, many opportunities to continue to work. Our show has alreadysomany characters. There are five women right now on the show, and each of them has a world. Some of them have husbands, some of them have children, some of those children even have relationships. So it just gets bigger and bigger and bigger.”

From left: Kristin Davis, John Corbett, Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon in ‘And Just Like That’.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

King noted that the show — which also starsKristin Davis, Sarita Choudhury and Nicole Ari Parker — is reflecting the realities of real life, explaining, “We just moved forward because that’s what happens in New York City or in life. Sometimes you see someone who is so important to you and then you don’t see them again for 10 years.”

Those new stories will includeRosie O’Donnell, whorevealed that she would be joining the new seasonin May. The following month, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Cake, and Logan Marshall-Greenwere announced as additional newcomers.

Parker, 59, revealed that the upcoming season will have"growth with new faces”during an appearance at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia last month.

“Carrie [Bradshaw] has a wonderful storyline. The story takes some big swings and we fold some big ideas into those big swings. Some of the male characters are back, and there are some new men,” explained Parker, perVariety.

“There are so many interesting stories with additional characters that rightfully find a real home,” she added per the outlet.

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And Just Like That…seasons 1 and 2 are currently streaming on Max. Season 3 ofAnd Just Like That…is slated to premiere in 2025.

source: people.com