Everything We Know so Far
High college can’t final perpetually. Love, Victor is coming to an finish — however there’s nonetheless one final journey available earlier than commencement.
A spin-off of the main movement image Love, Simon, Love, Victor got down to be a coming-of-age LGBTQIA+ collection about teenagers embracing their genuine selves. Season 3 will discover that story — and its characters — coming full circle, however the present nearly by no means occurred in any respect.
Originally set to air on Disney+, Love, Victor was dropped by the streaming service after it was given a 14+ score and “evolved” into one thing completely different.
“When we sold the show to Disney+, we sold it to them straight-to-series,” govt producer Issac Aptaker informed Digital Spy in February 2021. “It was earlier than the platform had even launched. They didn’t have any unique programming but. As we had been determining what the present is, Disney+ was concurrently determining what they had been, and what viewers they had been for.
Aptaker added concerning the transfer: “The show evolved into something that felt like it fit much more on Hulu with their slate of teenage high-school shows that they already had. It was a little bit more mature than the version of high school that was going to be depicted on Disney+.”
Hulu went on to launch two ten-episode seasons earlier than asserting in April that season 3 wouldn’t solely be the present’s final, however that the approaching of age collection would now formally stream on each Disney+ and Hulu platforms.
“We are proud of Love, Victor and are excited to bring it to the widest possible audience on June 15 by making the full series available on both Disney+ and Hulu to celebrate the final season and LGBTQIA+ Pride Month,” Hulu president Joe Earley mentioned in a press release to Variety.
In an official press launch from Hulu, Craig Erwich, president of Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment, spoke concerning the significance of offering the widest viewers potential for a present as inclusive and empowering as Love, Victor.
“When we think about creating stories that reflect the world we live in, which means being inclusive, empowering and authentic, Love, Victor represents one of our greatest achievements,” he gushed concerning the collection. “Distributing the show on both platforms will allow us the opportunity to bring Victor’s stories as well as his family and friends’ journeys that have been so beautifully told by our executive producers Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger and our showrunner Brian Tanen to as wide of an audience as possible.”
Season 2 of the present left Victor Salazar (Michael Cimino) on a cliffhanger after he determined which boy he would select as his boyfriend — sophisticated Benji (George Sear), or newcomer Rahim (Anthony Keyvan). While Victor made the choice within the finale’s finale moments, audiences by no means acquired to see who it was.
Season 2 additionally confirmed Victor’s greatest pal Felix (Anthony Turpel) and sister Pilar (Isabella Ferreira) embarking on a brand new relationship whereas Lake (Bebe Wood) explored her sexuality and Mia (Rachel Hilson) handled the fact of her father getting remarried.
Executive producer Berger informed Entertainment Weekly in June 2022 that Season 3, which premieres on June 15, will decide up with Victor having a “moment of clarity” about his alternative after “closing his eyes and following his gut.”
Scroll down and see all we all know concerning the last season of the LGBTQ collection so far: