'Orange Is the New Black' Season 4 Release: Netflix Sentences Prison Series To At Least 3 More Years!
Netflix has made the bold decision to renew Orange Is the New Black for three more seasons!
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Orange Is the New Black has been renewed for season 5, 6 and 7, as revealed by a new Netflix press release Friday. Series creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan spoke about the renewal in the press release, clearly expressing her excitement.
"Three more years! Not quite a political term, but still plenty of time to do some interesting things. In some cultures, 'May you lead an interesting life,' is a curse, but I don't live in those cultures," Kohan said. "Here's to keeping it interesting. Thanks Netflix! Both thanks and you're welcome Lionsgate! And kudos and gratitude to the stellar cast and crew and writers and producers and editors and musicians and mixers and shleppers... with whom I have the pride and honor of crafting this show. Three more years! Three more years!"
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Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs also spoke on being proud of their continued relationship with Netflix.
"Jenji's brilliant creative vision and a truly amazing cast have catapulted Orange is the New Black to the forefront of the platinum age of television, and we're pleased that Orange fans around the world will be rewarded with another three seasons," he said.
The series has the benefit of a location where characters come and go all the time, making it easy to introduce new characters or bid goodbye to old ones. Over the first three seasons we've seen the exit and return of Alex (Laura Prepon), the arrival and exit of Vee (Lorraine Toussaint), the exit of Miss Claudette (Michelle Hurst), Bennett (Matt McGorry) and Nicky (Natasha Lyonne) and more.
And considering how original lead character Piper (Taylor Schilling) has become just another character in the ensemble, it's conceivable that even she could exit the show at one point.
It remains to be seen what developments within the Litchfield prison might go down in season 4.
Orange Is the New Black season 4 will be released in full on Friday, June 17 on Netflix.
