īefore the series' second season, HBO ordered two specials.
On February 4, 2022, HBO renewed the series for a third season. Production resumed in March 2021, with filming from April to November. Production for season two was scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2020, with the first table read on March 11, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the production. The series was renewed for a second season on July 11, 2019. The production was given a pilot order on March 13, 2018, and on July 30, it was announced that HBO had given the production a series order. He has directed every episode except the Pilot and the season one episodes "03 Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Next Episode". Levinson has served as Euphoria 's showrunner since its premiere, and has written every episode. The pilot episode, "Pilot", was directed by Augustine Frizzell. It has 16 executive producers, including Levinson, Leshem, Levin, Yardeni, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokadi, Gary Lennon, Zendaya, Canadian rapper Drake, Future the Prince, Ravi Nandan, and Kevin Turen. Production team Įuphoria is a co-production of The Reasonable Bunch, A24, Little Lamb, DreamCrew, and HBO Entertainment. In June 2017, it was reported that the series was in development at HBO. Levinson has also cited teenage anxiety as a whole as an influence for the series: "There is this consistent anxiety that I think exists in this generation that I think informed the whole filmmaking process." In a meeting with Orsi, he recalled: "We just had a conversation about just life and her life and my life and various struggles that, you know, we've been through and things and she said, 'Great, you know, well go and write that' and I said 'What?' and she goes 'Everything we just talked about'". The concept for Euphoria was based on Levinson's personal experiences as a teenager and his struggles with anxiety, depression, and drug addiction. In a press release, Orsi described the series as " Kids meets Trainspotting" with no parental supervision. In 2019, Levinson said HBO's head of drama, Francesca Orsi, liked the "raw and honest" portrayal of drug use and other teenage issues in the Israeli series. He was invited to a meeting with HBO about an adaptation of the 2012 Israeli television series Euphoria created by Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, and Tamira Yardeni. In 2006, Sam Levinson began drafting different versions of what eventually became Euphoria, based on his experience with drugs as a teenager. For her performance, Zendaya won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series.Ĭreator, writer, director, and showrunner Sam Levinson in 2018 The series has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best International Programme and the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.
The second season premiered on January 9, 2022, and in February 2022 the series was renewed for a third season. Two one-hour specials were broadcast in December 2020 and January 2021. The series was renewed for a second season in July 2019. It is the second most watched show in HBO history, behind Game of Thrones.Įuphoria premiered on June 16, 2019. It has also been considered controversial for its nudity and sexual content, which some critics found excessive due to the teenage setting. The show has received positive reviews, with praise for its cinematography, plot, score, performances of the cast (particularly Zendaya, Schafer, and Sweeney), and approach to its mature subject matter. Grant High School in Los Angeles, California and Sony Studios in Culver City, California. The series' main character is Rue Bennett ( Zendaya), a recovering teenage drug addict who struggles to find her place in the world, and follows a group of high school students through their experiences of identity, trauma, drugs, self-harm, family, friendships, love, and sex.Įuphoria 's executive producers include Levinson, Zendaya, Ron Leshem, and Gary Lennon. Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created and principally written by Sam Levinson for HBO and based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin.