Season 3

**Season 3** is the upcoming third season of the Syfy television series *Resident Alien*. The series was announced as being renewed for a third season, which will have 8 episodes, estimated currently to premiere in late summer to early fall 2023. The news of the renewal came just ahead of the premiere of the second half of the show's second season. The series was reported to continue to be a strong ratings performer for Syfy, having reached nearly 11 million viewers across all airings. It was expected to premiere sometime in 2023, however, has now been stated to premiere sometime in 2024 instead.

On January 10, 2024, it was officially announced by Syfy that Seaso 3 will premiere on February 14, 2024. A trailer for the new season was released on that date.

## Production and release history

On August 12, 2022, it was reported by Syfy that creator and showrunner Chris Sheridan had begun work on mapping out the arc for the third season. He stated that the third season would be "more like the first season but with two extra episodes" and that it would not be developed as a two-part season as with Season 2. He further stated that while he already had some ideas as to what the third season would be, he has new ideas now that they have gotten through the second season with a lot of stuff he had not envisioned at all.

On September 26, 2022, a couple days ahead of the second season finale, show star Alan Tudyk (Harry Vanderspeigle) shared a filming update on the third season, confirming that production on the season would kick up in January 2023, though he had yet to see any scripts for the third season.

On September 28, 2022, the day of the second season finale, *Parade* interviewed Chris Sheridan, who shared certain tidbits regarding Season 3. He stated among, other things, that he hoped to have Enver Gjokaj, who appears in the second season as Joseph Rainier, a Grey alien in disguise, appear multiple times in the third season. He stated that while the series will not move away from the town story, there will likely be more alien content. He promised that more alien species would be seen, but did not say which. He also revealed that the alien baby, Bridget, would be seen again, stating that it is too cute not to be back. Regarding D'Arcy Bloom, he stated that she will likely not be spending too much to competitive skiing as she will be too busy saving the world. He was tight-lipped on the possibility of revealing if any other characters would learn Harry's secret. When asked about Deputy Liv Baker, however, he stated that if she were to learn his identity, she would be incredibly emotional as it would validate everything she has ever believed about aliens, then stand on a large rock and shout 'I told you, you mother$%@@&!'”

Season 3 was originally ordered for 12 episodes. On November 15, 2022, Deadline reported that Syfy had chosen to reduce the episode order for the third season from 12 to 8. No reason was given for the reduction in order, though ratings for the second half of Season 2 were notably down from those of the first half.

Season 3 was reported to begin filming on January 30, 2023.  Members of the show's cast shared photos from the set.

More photos from the set were shared on February 27, 2023, along with the news that the new season is expected to release sometime in 2023. It was stated that, as expected, the new season will see the alien Harry Vanderspeigle working with General McCallister and that D'Arcy's knowing Harry's secret "changes everything" going into Season 3.

Filming in the field in Ladysmith, Canada was reported to have begun taking place in the final week on March 2023. On April 4, filming was reported to have wrapped, with additional filming taking place in Fort Langley as well. On-set filming was announced as being slated to wrap around May 2, with a few months of production work before the season's release in late summer or early fall.

In July 2023, it was reported that show creator Peter Hogan would appear in a cameo role in the final episode of the season.

As of late September 2023, a release date for the season has still yet to be announced. It is believed that the release of the season may have been delayed due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, though no official statement has been made by Syfy. The series will apparently premiere sometime in 2024.

The release date was officially announced as February 14, 2024 a little more than one month before.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Syfy -Resident Alien Season 3 Gets a Premiere Date & Hilarious New Trailer Teasing Armageddon by Caitlin Busch, January 10, 2024
2. ↑ *Deadline*: ‘Resident Alien’ Gets Early Season 3 Renewal By Syfy by Nellie Andreeva. July 21, 2022.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alan Tudyk Gives Alien Hand Thumbs Up by Gina Salamone. February 27, 2023.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Resident Alien Season 3 Release Timeline Gets Clarifying Update (& 1 Key Change Is Confirmed) by Abdullah Al-Ghamdi. October 11, 2023
5. ↑ *Syfy*: 'Resident Alien' showrunner reveals he's already mapping out 'one arc' plan for Season 3 by Tara Bennett. August 12, 2022.
6. ↑ *Screen Rant*: Resident Alien Season 3 Filming Update Shared By Alan Tudyk by Grant Hermanns. September 26, 2022.
7. ↑ *Parade*: Chris Sheridan Shares a Sneak Peek of 'Resident Alien' Season 3! Here's Everything You Need To Know by K.L. Wang. September 30, 2022.
8. ↑ *Deadline*: ‘Resident Alien’ Season 3 Order Cut By Syfy by Nellie Andreeva. November 15, 2022.
9. ↑ 'Resident Alien' Season 3 Begins Filming by Daniel Lawrence. January 29, 2023.
10. ↑ Syfy's *Resident Alien* Stars Share Behind the Scenes Pics as Production Kicks Off on Season 3 by Benjamin Bullard. February 7, 2023.
11. ↑ Ladysmith transformed into U.S. town for ‘Resident Alien’ TV show by Ethan Morneau. April 2, 2023
12. ↑ ‘Resident Alien’ wraps up filming of third season in Ladysmith by Jordan Davidson. April 4, 2023
13. ↑ Resident Alien Season 3: Co-Creator Hogan Making Stan Lee-Style Cameo by Rich Johnston. July 9, 2023
14. ↑ Resident Alien Season 3: Renewal, Release Date Prediction & Everything We Know by Tom Russell. September 22, 2023