Bad news for viewers who have been waiting for new episodes of Sophie Cross. The third season of the TV series, which is expected to air from November 2023, the second season’s broadcast date, will not see the light of day.
Two years after the shocking finale of the second season and while France 3 said at the time “Writing for season 3 is currently in development”In the end, it is Thomas Juan who ends all hope in an interview given to our colleagues at Télé 7 jours (n°3413). Indeed, the actress, who was recently seen in the credits of Mademoiselle Holmes and Brigade du rivière season 2, spoke about her projects: “Sophie Cross, the detective series I starred in with Alexia Barlier, on France 3, unfortunately will not be renewed.”
A statement that may come as a surprise given the audience reached by France 3’s broadcast. After its first season, which drew 3.94 million viewers, “That’s a 20.1% audience share, a record for fiction” emphasizes pure mediaSeason 2 drew an average of 3.6 million viewers, giving the channel the number one audience spot on episode airing nights.
Sophie Cross follows a brilliant lawyer (Alexia Barlier) as her five-year-old son Arthur goes missing as they spend a beautiful summer’s day in the dunes of the North Sea. Days, weeks, then years pass and the little boy is nowhere to be found. The investigation, led by his father (Thomas Juanetti), is at a dead end. What could have happened to Arthur?
Why did France 3 make such a decision? The difficulty of coordinating the French, Belgian and German teams – Sophie Kross is a European co-production – had to be weighed. Thus, season 2 filming will not begin until September 2022, a year after the first burst of episodes. So we had to wait two years between seasons 1 and 2.
Despite this cancellation, Thomas Juan has a busy schedule. A third season of Mademoiselle Holmes is in the works, and the actress will be seen in the casting of Allez ma fille, her daughter Chloe Juane’s first feature as a director.
Source: Allocine
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