Showrunner: Netflix’s You could continue for several more seasons

The second season of the stalker thriller series You only just premiered on the Netflix streaming service on December 26th, but there are fans who are already anxious to hear information on a third season… A season which Netflix hasn't even officially ordered yet, although the chances of it happening look good since it has already secured a California tax break.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, You showrunner Sera Gamble couldn't say that they know "exactly what a season three would be", and she didn't want to jinx things by being too specific about any plans she and her collaborators might have for the future of You, but she did say,

we have a lot of stories still to tell. I am not scared at all of saying that we definitely could follow Joe for several more seasons. That being said, it's a tough TV landscape right now. There's about 10 billion TV shows and orders are shorter and there's more competition, so we never really save anything for later seasons. Our rule of thumb is always just if we have a great idea we're going to give it to you right now. Because we believe in the world that Caroline [Kepnes, who wrote the books on which the series is based] gave us and we believe in these characters, we just know they'll keep finding really f*cked up shit to get into."

She also said that when You was first being pitched, it was envisioned as a show that would follow the lead character Joe (played by Penn Badgley) as he moved from season to season with each new season being about 

a new love obsession and a new world. Season one is Beck in New York, and season two is Love in L.A., and so we are evoking where we would like to go, which is to a much more suburban, insular world where Joe would be a complete fish out of water."

The full interview with Gamble contains SPOILERS about the season 2 finale and the fate of Joe's latest obsession Love (played by Victoria Pedretti), so if you're a You fan who hasn't finished watching season 2 yet you should bookmark the THR article to read after you're done watching the last episode. Unless you're into spoilers; in that case, check it out now.

The first season of You was inspired by the Caroline Kepnes novel You, which you can buy a copy of HERE. Season 2 is based on Kepnes's novel Hidden Bodies, which you can buy HERE.