For all of you that still have hope.
In response to the latest news, I want to address the status of the potential final season from various articles and statements we have seen over these last few years.
Here's what we know:
-Esquire article (08-2024) (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a61776590/lisa-joy-and-jonathan-nolan-fallout-interview-2024/)
- The creators aren't actively looking for a new home for show. So we can assume that even though Warner Bros. isn't done with the Westworld IP, they are done with the HBO show.
- While working for other projects, the creators seem to be working on some degree on the story of the 5th Season. (Lisa Joy: "Time is a gift. Our ideas will change and grow. I’m curious to see when it happens—if it happens—how it’s changed, or how it’s evolved.")
-THR article (04-2024) (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/jonathan-nolan-interview-fallout-westworld-1235864206/)
- The first time Jonah addresses the desire to finish the Series.
- After Zaslav becomes CEO of Warner Bros., the show is removed from HBO Max for whatever reasons, mostly economical, and is licensed in various FAST services, which makes the show accessible to a larger and broader audience. A potential 5th Season benefits from that.
- Jeffrey Wright interview (06-2023) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2tDMdCSVOU)
-Aaron Paul interview (03-2025) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJS4bbmEJ2U)
- This is the last time the possibility of a 5th Season is addressed, as of now.
These are all the articles and interviews that popped in my head, there are more.
So to recap, there is a definite desire of the creators to finish the series, with a full season. Everyone seems to be tight-lipped about the story of it, up until this day. It seems that they are not in a rush, the pair is busy with other Amazon projects (Fallout, The Forth Wing, Wolfenstein). My best bet is that if it would happen, it would be on Prime Video, their collaboration so far has been fruitful, Fallout has been a big success for Prime. There is also an example of an HBO Max Batman cartoon moving to Prime Video, which was produced by Bad Robot Productions, a production company of Westworld (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/batman-caped-crusader-animated-show-amazon-two-seasons-1235343120/).
Most importantly, the creators have stated that the ending will be revealed if they don't get to make the final season, the article eludes me, so the only source here is "trust me bro". If I manage to find it, I will update the post.
!UPDATE!
(https://deadline.com/2022/08/westworld-season-4-finale-lisa-joy-podcast-whos-alive-and-whos-dead-1235091878/, on the 06:20 mark) Thanks to DarthDoctor2002.
So as long as we don't hear anything from Jonah and Lisa about the ending, there is hope.
The 10th anniversary of the show is coming up in October, I'm guessing we will hear something new from them.
May you rest in a deep and dreamless slumber.