‘Shadowhunters’ Gets Season 3 Premiere Date, Additional 10 Episodes + Casting News

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Alyssa Barbieri in Shadowhunters TV, TV // 2 Comments

SHADOWHUNTERS - Freeform's "Shadowhunters" stars Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane, Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood, Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland, Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray, Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis, Emeraude Toubia as Isabelle Lightwood and Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Garroway. (Freeform/Justin Stephens)

We finally have a premiere date for Shadowhunters season 3! And a little extra treat…

Shadowhunters season 3 will premiere Tuesday, April 3, 2018, it was announced during the show’s New York Comic-Con panel.

The Freeform series recently wrapped its 20-episode second season on Aug. 15, where it teased a shift in focus towards the fourth book of Cassandra Clare’s worldwide bestselling series, City of Fallen Angels.

It was also announced that Freeform has ordered an additional 10 episodes of Shadowhunters, which should indicate that we’ll be getting a fourth season. Prior to this announcement, Shadowhunters already had received 20 episodes for Season 3.

Other News and Notes:

Anna Hopkins, known for her role in Arrow, has been cast as Season 3’s Big Bad, Lilith.

More #ShadowhuntersNYCC news: @AnnaBananaHops will join the cast as this season’s main villain, Lilith. pic.twitter.com/y4CsjFO5ja

— Shadowhunters (@ShadowhuntersTV) October 7, 2017

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Javier Munoz, known as Alexander Hamilton in Broadway’s Hamilton, has been cast as Lorenzo Rey, an adversary to Magnus Bane.

Casting update! Magnus Bane gets a rival warlock, played by Broadway star @JMunozActor. #ShadowhuntersNYCC pic.twitter.com/o6DbO9qiHL

— Shadowhunters (@ShadowhuntersTV) October 7, 2017