Plot: In the ten-episode fourth season, the sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) draws ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale causes existential dread and division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will be like once the deal is completed. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs a future in which their cultural and political weight will be severely curtailed.
New season four cast members: Annabeth Gish, Adam Godley, Eili Harboe and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson. Recurring cast members just announced: Harriet Walter (Lady Caroline Collingwood), James Cromwell (Ewan Roy), Natalie Gold (Rava Roy), Caitlin Fitzgerald (Tabitha), Ashley Zukerman (Nate Sofrelli), Larry Pine (Sandy Furness), Mark-Linn Baker (Maxim Pierce) and Pip Torrens (Peter Munion).
Previously announced cast: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, J. Smith-Cameron, Peter Friedman, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Hiam Abbass, Justine Lupe, Dagmara Domińczyk, Arian Moayed, Scott Nicholson, Zoë Winters, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Juliana Canfield and Jeannie Berlin. Also with Alexander Skarsgård, Cherry Jones, Hope Davis, Justin Kirk and Stephen Root.
Season Four Credits: Created by Jesse Armstrong; executive producers are Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Jane Tranter, Mark Mylod, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy and Will Ferrell. Jesse Armstrong serves as the showrunner.
Awards: The series' first two seasons earned 23 Emmy nominations and won nine awards, including seven Emmys, including one for Outstanding Drama Series, for its second season. Season three, which premiered last October, has also won several awards, including WGA, DGA, and PGA, and the SAG Award for Drama Ensemble.
The first three seasons of Succession are streaming now and season four will premiere on HBO Max on March 27.
