Those eagerly waiting for the return of Succession on HBO Max will have their day made. The streaming service has released the final trailer for Season 4 after previously announcing the release date earlier in 2023. Here's what you need to know about Succession Season 4, including its release date, final trailer, cast, plot, and other important details. This will be the final season of Succession.

Succession Season 4 Release Date

The release of Succession's fourth season was confirmed by HBO Max through a teaser trailer. The streaming service revealed that the Emmy Award-winning series is set to come out on. Season 4 is also going to come out with 10 episodes subsequently after the premiere date.

Succession Season 4 Final Trailer

With Season 4 under a month away, the final trailer has officially been released:

The trailer naturally begins and ends with a focus on Brian Cox's Logan Roy amid the impending sale of his media empire and a Roy civil war. Here's the Season 4 official description: “The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson moves ever closer. The prospect of this seismic sale provokes existential angst and familial division among the Roys as they anticipate what their lives will look like once the deal is complete. A power struggle ensues as the family weighs up a future where their cultural and political weight is severely curtailed.”

Succession Season 4 Plot Details

Succession is an HBO Max series that revolves around Logan Roy and his family as they vie against each other for control of Waystar Royco, a massive entertainment and media conglomerate worth billions of dollars. The family patriarch's health has continuously sparked doubt and worries among his children, leading them to go up against one another to gain leverage for their father's empire.

In the Season 3 finale of Succession, we see Brian Cox's Logan Roy teaming up with Tom, his son-in-law played by Matthew Macfadyen, against the latter's wife, Shiv, and her siblings, Kendall and Roman. Logan's act of placing his hand on Tom's shoulder culminated last season's plot when it was revealed that they both worked in secret to prevent Logan's children from stopping the sale of Waystar Royco to Lukas Matsson, a billionaire interested in the company. This cliffhanger of an ending eventually transformed Tom into one of the major players of this hit series as everyone in it is vying to establish control of the conglomerate.

The teaser trailer for Succession Season 4, though, isn't promising a smooth ride for Logan's son-in-law. In it, we see Logan doesn't give the reassurance Tom needs as he decides to go up against his wife and their siblings. What follows are the siblings in question putting up a united front in their bid to stop the sale of their father's company, Gerri Kellman warning them against going up against Logan, and Greg Hirsch speaking with Tom and comparing what's happening to a game of chess. Plus, there's also a scene of Connor Roy marrying Willa.

With the shadow of Matsson looming large over Waystar Royco, the possibility of the tech billionaire getting his hands on Roy's conglomerate has caused severe division within his family. It remains to be seen in Season 4 how this war between father and his children will play out as the date for the HBO Max series inches closer.

Succession Season 4 Cast and Characters

Most of the cast returns for Succession season 4, reprising their roles. Also, there's also a chance new characters will be introduced as the season goes along.

  • Brian Cox as Logan Roy
  • Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Wambsgans
  • Alan Ruck as Connor Roy
  • Sarah Snook as Siobhan Roy
  • Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy
  • Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy
  • Alexander Skarsgård as Lukas Mattson
  • Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch
  • Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy
  • Peter Friedman as Frank Vernon
  • Natalie Gold as Rava Roy
  • Rob Yang as Lawrence Yee
  • Dagmara Domińczyk as Karolina Novotney
  • Arian Moayed as Stewy Hosseini
  • J. Smith-Cameron as Gerri Kellman
  • Justine Lupe as Willa Ferreyra
  • David Rasche as Karl Muller
  • Fisher Stevens as Hugo Baker

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