A third season of Reservation Dogs officially in the making. The FX series, which can be found streaming on Hulu, has been renewed for Season 3, per Variety. The series is currently in the midst of its second season, set to premiere in its finale on September 28. Fans can look forward to Season 3 arriving sometime in 2023 at a date yet to be announced.
In a statement, FX President of Original Programming Nick Grad said: “Reservation Dogs continues its remarkable streak with critics, fans and awards all recognizing the extraordinary brilliance of the series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi. FX is proud to partner with our partners at Hulu to order a third season featuring the amazing cast and performers who deliver one of the most original, engaging and funny shows on television.”
“I couldn’t be more proud of this show I created with my friend Taika Waititi,” series co-creator Sterlin Harjo also said of the revamp. “It grew out of a conversation in Taika’s kitchen and has now made its way into the lives of people around the world. The love for season 2 was outstanding. Thanks to FX for ordering season 3, excited to bring you more laughter and love from the Rez. Aaaah!”
Harjo and Waititi created the series and serve as executive producers alongside Garret Basch. In addition, Harjo is also a showrunner and director.
Reservation Dogs have an indigenous leading role
Reservation Dogs has a cast in which each series is regularly native, as is every writer and director working on the series. The show with D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Devery Jacobs, Paulina Alexis and Lane Factor. Also seen in supporting roles are Elva Guerra, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon and Dallas Goldtooth.
“You can’t go to Hollywood to cast a show like this,” Harpo said of casting the series, via NPR. “[Native actors usually] every five to ten years to play with a dead Indian outside a teepee, you know? So there is not a large group of native actors in LA. So we went to the communities and shouted to Angelique Midthunder, who was our casting director. She went in and we went to different communities and we also got tapes from communities, but it was important that they were from an indigenous community.”
Harjo added: “It wasn’t unnecessarily unorthodox for me because I’ve been making these films for so long and I know there’s talent. There’s just no opportunity for Indigenous actors to know there’s an opportunity to be in a movie.”
Per FX, the half-hour comedy series follows the exploits of “four native teens in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob and rescue to the exotic, mysterious and distant land of California. Native creative team invites the audience into a surprising familiar and funny world.”
Reservation Dogs can be streamed on Hulu. Season 3 doesn’t have a premiere date yet.