Industry Season 4 will feature numerous new faces when the hit show returns. Deadline reports that Kiernan Shipka, Toheeb Jimmoh, Jack Farthing, and Amy James-Kelly have joined the show for the upcoming season, which does not have a premiere date yet. They join Myha’ala, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung, Kit Harington, Sagar Radia, Miriam Petche and new cast member Max Minghella. Shipka plays Haley Clay, an executive assistant at payment processor Tender. Farthing plays Edward Smith, a long-time friend of Henry Muck who is described as a troublemaker. Jimoh plays Kwabena Bannerman, a trader at Mostyn Asset Management. James-Kelly plays Jennifer Bevan, the newly promoted minister in the Labour government.

Industry was renewed for Season 4 following a successful third season. Season 3 was pacing nearly 40% ahead of Season 2 with an average of 1.6M viewers per episode, and growing. The show premiered at the height of the pandemic with little to no fare but has constantly grown each season. According to HBO, it benefited from social media attention with social conversations tracking over 2X higher than the previous season while growing by double-digits each week.

‘Industry’ Season 4 Was Not Expected to Happen

While the show was beginning to garner acclaim, co-creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay were unsure if it would be renewed for Season 4. So, they ended Season 3 with satisfying resolutions but left the story open for more exploration. “We thought, okay — what are the elements of the show that really work. Let’s not totally scorch the earth with them so that if we need them in Season 4, we can go back to them,” Down told GQ in Season 3’s post-mortem. However, he revealed that the Season 4 premiere was written a few months later.

Industry returns for Season 4 without longtime cast member Harry Lawtey. Deadline reported that the actor won’t return due to scheduling conflicts. Lawtey, like many other actors on the show, has seen his career on an upward trajectory, being cast in several movies, including as Harvey Dent in Joker Folie à Deux. He will next be seen in Billion Dollar Spy alongside Russell Crowe. Lawtey is the second cast member to leave the show after David Jonsson left after two seasons.

Industry Season 4 begins production this month in the UK. Watch all three seasons of the show on Max in the US.

via Collider