Things have been very quiet on The Orville front recently, with us hearing very little since last October when creator/star Seth MacFarlane confirmed that the show was still a big priority at its new home, Hulu (it starter on Fox in 2017) and season 3 was still coming.
And we heard mumblings since then that it was still happening – which is great as the show’s first two seasons were superb and showed that Star Trek can still be done properly… even if it’s not actually Star Trek.
But now it seems that, and I can’t believe we knew nothing about this, the third season has wrapped filming.
“And that is a wrap on season 3 of The Orville! Thank you to our incredible cast and crew for all their tireless and brilliant work,” MacFarlane wrote on Twitter(below), before adding a little ominously: “And I sincerely hope this is not the last time we all go to space.”
He also praised the FX work on the show and said he’s excited for the fans to see it: “The visual effects masters at @fusefx have raised things to the next level for #TheOrville season 3 — can’t wait for you all to see what they’ve created!”
We reported (here) last October that they were halfway through filming when that damned pandemic hit: “We were, like, pushing through the middle of the season, scripts were banging out, gas pedal down, and then it was like, ‘Halt!'”
But I hadn’t even realised they had started filming. But they have. And now they’re done.
The Orville started in season one as funny space adventure but, while it kept a lot of the laughs, it soon became a more straight-faced space exploration show in very much the same vein as Star Trek and it’s really rather great, if you’ve not been watching it, I’d seriously recommend checking out the first two seasons before the third hits.
Anyway, no word on when this will air but knowing it’s filmed and the effects work is underway means it will be sooner rather than later.
Cannot wait.
And that is a wrap on season 3 of The Orville! Thank you to our incredible cast and crew for all their tireless and brilliant work, and I sincerely hope this is not the last time we all go to space. #TheOrville
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) August 11, 2021
The visual effects masters at @fusefx have raised things to the next level for #TheOrville season 3 — can’t wait for you all to see what they’ve created!
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) August 10, 2021
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