Shudder orders 3rd season of The Last Drive-In, plus special with Adam Green

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Shudder has announced that we officially have more "Joe Bob Briggs fu" to look forward to! The streaming service has renewed The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs for a third season, which will air sometime in 2021. That means the third season is at least six months away, and Shudder knows we need more Joe Bob before then, so The Last Drive-In is also getting a summer special this August.

Pre-taped prior to the quarantine, the summer special is described as a "summer sleepover double feature", with filmmaker Adam Green making a guest appearance along with "other surprise guests". Green has his own web show called Scary Sleepover, in which he has slumber parties with various celebrities, and it sounds like this summer special is a mash-up of The Last Drive-In and Scary Sleepover. This special will premiere on Friday, August 14, at 9pm Eastern.

Here's some information on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: 

In each episode, Briggs, the world’s foremost drive-in movie critic, presents an eclectic horror movie double feature, interrupting the films to expound upon their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema. The Last Drive-In premieres on Shudder’s live feed before being made available on demand; proving that an SVOD service can create appointment television, the show’s hashtag, #TheLastDriveIn, has trended in the top 10 on Twitter in the US during the premiere of every episode and special, often reaching No. 1.

Shudder and Briggs first teamed up in July 2018, for the 24-hour The Last Drive-In marathon, intended to be Briggs’ final farewell to televised movie hosting. Due to overwhelming popular demand, Shudder brought The Last Drive-In back as a weekly series the following year. Past seasons of The Last Drive-In have featured guest appearances by AEW wrestling superstar Chris Jericho, actor/director/FX legend Tom Savini, horror icons Barbara Crampton, Kelli Maroney, Ashley Laurence and Doug Bradley and filmmakers Lloyd Kaufman and John McNaughton, among others.

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings.

Joe Bob had this to say about his future with Shudder: 

I can’t believe it’s only been two years since that first marathon called The Last Drive-In. To have a third season, and continue to experience the love and encouragement that daily pours out of the Shudder community, is more than I could ever have hoped for. It’s been a very difficult year for all of us, but I hope we can continue to be a little oasis where people come to celebrate holidays and weekends and that special family feeling that only horror fans know."

Shudder General Manager Craig Engler added: 

The Last Drive-In continues to be a great success story for Shudder, trending in the Top 10 on Twitter during each live Friday night episode, and also driving tremendous on-demand viewing. We’re delighted to bring Joe Bob back for a third season, and we’re also planning some incredibly fun specials that we’ll announce down the road."

Watching Joe Bob Briggs host movies is one of my favorite things, so I'm very happy that we're going to be getting more of The Last Drive-In.