Bridgerton Creator Julia Quinn Confirms Season 4 Story Is Chosen (Unique)

There’s nonetheless a lot romance to return from the Bridgerton world.

As followers gear up for the highly-anticipated third season of the Netflix hit sequence — which sees Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton) discover their romantic chemistry in the end — the creator of the guide sequence, Julia Quinn, already has her sights set on what story will likely be hitting the display subsequent.

“I am unable to say a phrase, I am going to get in a lot bother,” Quinn tells PEOPLE of what story will take the display subsequent on the New York Metropolis premiere on Might 13.

She does, nevertheless, affirm that she is aware of who will likely be on the heart of the motion within the subsequent iteration: “I do know, however I am unable to say sure.”

To date, the primary two of Quinn’s eight guide sequence have been tailored by Netflix, with the upcoming third season making a little bit of a soar because it skips the third guide, An Supply From a Gentleman, which follows Benedict Bridgerton (performed by Luke Thompson), and follows the fourth guide, Romancing Mister Bridgerton.

The choice to change up the order has left followers questioning whether or not season 4 will return to Benedict’s story or transfer on to Eloise’s, who’s performed by Claudia Jessie, and is informed in To Sir Phillip, With Love.

Quinn says that there are technically solely “4 [seasons] contracted, however Shonda [Rhimes] is saying eight, and she or he’s the boss.”

As for the upcoming season, half one in all which debuts on Netflix Might 16, Quinn says, “Clearly it is the romance, and Nicola and Luke are superb, nevertheless it’s such an ensemble forged and there is so many little moments with everybody, which I feel are simply so fabulous.”

The present was renewed for a 3rd and fourth season simply 4 months after its first season debuted, and Rhimes has beforehand hinted that the order of the storytelling might come as a shock to viewers. “We’re not essentially going so as however we’re going to be seeing every of the siblings and their tales,” she informed Leisure Tonight after season 2 premiered.

Now, issues have been set pretty far into the long run, she revealed in an interview with Selection.

“I do have a really particular plan of the place we go every season — which one is which. Since you actually have to start out seeding within the different siblings, and what is going on on with them, to push them to the subsequent season,” Rhimes stated, including that they’ve deliberate by “season 6 or perhaps 7” already.

Forward of the premiere of the primary season in 2020, Quinn spoke to PEOPLE about the way it felt seeing the primary of her books come to life on the display, which she stated was “this extremely fairytale.”

“It is identical to a Cinderella story. My one choice did not simply get made, it received made by Shondaland.”

Quinn stated of how the present, no less than in season one, would keep on with the guide’s unique plot: “My books are very tightly wound round the primary characters… With the tv sequence, particularly when there’s such a giant forged, you want to unfold the main focus a bit of bit, which they’ve achieved fantastically.”

“It is not that they are leaping forward. However you may see little issues like they’re getting issues prepared, hopefully for extra.”

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The primary a part of Bridgerton season 3 premieres on Might 16, and and half 2 drops on June 13.

Seasons 1 and a couple of of Bridgerton — in addition to its spinoff, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story — at the moment are streaming on Netflix.