After a delightful twist, which saw our favorite hapless expat relocate to Rome, Netflix confirmed that Darren Star’s frothy romp will be back for a fifth outing. Here’s everything we know so far.
Wait, didn’t we already know that Emily in Paris was renewed for Season 5?
Well, not quite. There was much confusion back in May 2024, when, during the amfAR gala at the Cannes Film Festival, Winnie Harlow and Paris Jackson appeared on stage to auction off a walk-on role in Emily in Paris Season 5 for charity. In the official auction booklet, the listing read: “From Sex and the City to Emily in Paris, Darren Star brings dreams to life, and he will bring the film dreams to life for one lucky bidder with a walk-on role during season five of Emily in Paris. As part of the walk-on role, the winning bidder will have the opportunity to spend a day on set in Paris during filming sometime after April 2025. To tide you over until then, the winning bidder and a guest are invited to attend the Los Angeles premiere of Emily in Paris season four this August.” Harlow and Jackson added that Season 5 was scheduled to begin shooting in mid-2025, and the eventual winner of the auction shelled out a whopping €250,000.
However, it was then reported that the fifth season had not actually been greenlit, with the auction website being updated to say that the winning bidder would “have the opportunity to spend a day on set in Paris during filming, contingent upon season five pick-up”. Now that we’ve had the official confirmation, fans can breathe a sigh of relief.
So, what will be the plot of Emily in Paris Season 5?
…And, most crucially, will Emily Cooper remain in the Italian capital or return to the City of Light? “We’re thrilled with the incredible response to this season of Emily in Paris and excited to return for a fifth to continue Emily’s adventures in Rome and Paris!” Star told Netflix, rather cryptically, in response. “Emily’s going to have a presence in Rome. It doesn’t mean she’s not going to be in Paris, but she’s going to have a presence in Rome.” Could that mean that she’ll be traveling between the Agence Grateau offices in Rome and Paris? (Per the first stills, it’s clear that she takes a trip to Venice, too.) And will she find herself torn between Lucas Bravo’s Gabriel and Eugenio Franceschini’s Marcello, as she was between Gabriel and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) in the first half of Season 4?
“Marcello is a whole other adventure that we want for Emily because we ultimately want Emily to be able to have a better work-life balance,” added Lily Collins in an interview with the streamer. “We want to have Emily be able to smile without condition. We want to see her beyond her vacay mode. And he comes at that perfect time.” Star concurs: “I feel like they have a real spark and a real connection and a real romantic connection. A lot of that’s going to continue to play out next season.”
As for her will-they-won’t-they entanglement with the hot chef? Per Collins, “Unfortunately, Gabriel has to deal with the repercussions of his choice” to end things with Emily. Ouch. Adds Star: “Her love life is always complicated… we have some interesting, surprising developments in terms of her love life.” Watch this space.
Who will be in the cast of Emily in Paris Season 5?
Collins, Bravo, and Franceschini will be joined by most of the show’s other stalwarts, including Ashley Park (Mindy), Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu (Sylvie), Samuel Arnold (Julien), Bruno Gouery (Luc), William Abadie (Antoine Lambert), Thalia Besson (Genevieve), and Lucien Laviscount (Alfie), who is confirmed to be returning as a series regular. “Lucien is basically in every episode this season,” Star recently told Deadline. “He’s terrific, and I’m really happy to see him back this year in a more significant way.”
Not re-entering the fold, however, is Camille Razat. “After an incredible journey, I’ve made the decision to step away from Emily in Paris,” the actor said in an Instagram post in April, adding that though her character Camille’s “storyline has naturally come to an end” they’d be “leaving the door open for her return, as she will always be a part of [the] Emily in Paris world.”
And as for Rupert Everett’s Giorgio Barbieri and Anna Galiena’s Antonia Muratori? No word yet, though we’re keeping our fingers crossed.
What is the release date for Emily in Paris Season 5?
The next season of Emily in Paris will land on December 18, just in time for Christmas.
Will there be more seasons of Emily in Paris after that?
It looks like it, yes. When asked by Deadline back in 2022 if Season 4 would be the show’s final chapter, Star replied, “I definitely think the show has a life beyond next season. There’s no end in sight until everybody feels like it’s time to end.” Let’s hope that time doesn’t come for a while yet.
