Reese Witherspoon confirmed that “Big Little Lies” Season 3 is a go during an appearance on “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, telling Jimmy Fallon she’s excited to “get the gang back together.”
“We might be working on Season 3. Yeah, I mean, they’re writing it,” Witherspoon teased. “It’s exciting too, just to get the gang back together and have everyone start talking about it. It’s really fun.”
It was revealed earlier on Thursday that a third season of the hit HBO series was finally in the works, with “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” co-creator Francesca Sloane on board to write the first episode of Season 3 and executive produce. Alongside Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies” has an all-star cast including Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Adam Scott, Alexander Skarsgård and more. Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, it follows five women and their young children who become involved in a homicide investigation. Season 2 of the show, which was based on original material by Moriarty, aired its finale in July 2019.
Witherspoon added that it’s “been a minute” since the cast has all been together and nearly a decade since the first season was filmed. “It’s been about 10 years, maybe nine years?” she said. “All those little kids [who] were in second grade, they’re all teenagers now. And being a mom of a teenager, it’s a lot of big little lies.”
It remains unclear how the third season of “Big Little Lies” will address the time gap after Season 2, but a sequel novel from Moriarty is due out next year.
Watch Witherspoon’s full appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” below.
