CAN THEY SURVIVE EACH OTHER?

The Danish Netflix Original Series The Rain, one of the most viewed non-English Netflix originals, returns for a third and final season August 6 2020.

The Rain launched its first season on Netflix in 2018 and has since then excited young fans from all over the world. The apocalyptic series has a strong fan base in its origin country Denmark, but it has also been welcomed by fans from other countries such as Germany, Poland, France, Brazil, Mexico, and the US. No less than 30 million viewers have watched The Rain and today the Danish Netflix Original is still one of the most watched non-English Netflix Originals. 

The Rain season 3 will pick up where the second season left off. Years after the rain decimated the population of Scandinavia, Simone and Rasmus find themselves at odds on how to save humanity. Rasmus wants to infect everyone with the same beta version of the virus that turned him into a superhuman, while Simone insists that there must be a cure. Will they manage to put their differences aside in order to do the right thing?

Season 3 stars Alba August (Simone), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (Rasmus), Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Martin), Sonny Lindberg (Jean), Lukas Løkken (Patrick), Clara Rosager (Sarah), Evin Ahmad (Kira) Nathalie Madueño (Fie), Johannes Kuhnke (Sten). New cast members are Rex Leonard (Daniel), Cecilia Loffredo (Luna), Henrik Birch (Lars) and Annemette Andersen (Trine). 

The Rain is a Miso Film production created by Christian Potalivo, Jannik Tai Mosholt and Esben Toft Jacobsen. The third and final season will be six episodes and is set to premiere exclusively on Netflix globally August 6 2020.

 Find out more about The Rain on Netflix.com 

Jacob is a film critic and co-founder of the Music City Drive-In. He is a member of the Music City Film Critics’ Association and specializes in the awards season. You can find him on Twitter @Tberry57.