A new, rough cut trailer for Invincible season 3 was leaked online yesterday, and while the video has been taken down, essentially confirming its legitimacy, the information it revealed cannot be unheard. Namely, Invincible season 3 has a release date.
What’s surprising is how close it is. According to this, Invincible’s season 3 release date is February 6, 2025, just four and a half months from now.
What’s so crazy about that? Well, let’s recall the gap between seasons 1 and 2:
- Season 1 aired – March 2021
- Season 2 part 1 aired – November 2023
- Season 2 part 2 aired – March 2024
In other words, the original gap between seasons 1 and 2 (well, half of season 2) was two and a half years, and now the gap between season 2 and 3 will be under a year, eleven months, it looks like. That’s wild, even after hearing promises from Robert Kirkman that the long wait would not happen again. I didn’t think they’d actually deliver to this degree.
The other important bit of news here is that the leaked trailer also says there will be no midseason break. Like they literally printed that on the title card. It’s very much common knowledge how much fans hated the four episode chunks of the show that were aired five months apart, and they’re not doing that again. This is also something Kirkman has addressed in interviews.
It seemed like the reasoning for this happening originally was production-based, as they wanted to get at least part of a season out before the 3 year mark hit even if theh rest wasn’t done, but I think in hindsight they realized it was not worth it. Now, that won’t happen again, and something must have clicked to kick production into high gear. Voicework was finished on the season ages ago but it’s animation, which can often take an extremely long time. So this is very impressive to see.
Every time we get a new season of Invincible, comic-reading fans say it will be the “craziest ever” though this time, that may actually be true given where things are heading. Fortunately for all of us, we will get there sooner than we thought, and hopefully this is going to be the new cadence for the series going forward. I wouldn’t bank on it, given that average wait time for streaming shows is 18 months to 2 years now, but this eleven month gap, if they stick with this date, is going to be a welcome change to be sure.
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