Industry Season 4: Everything We Know So Far

Some big changes are in store when the soapy finance drama "Industry" returns to HBO for Season 4.

From first-time creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the series follows a group of drug- and sex-fueled financiers as they navigate the intensely stressful world at a leading international bank in London. The pressure-cooker environment provides an insider's view of the black box of high finance, while examining issues of gender, race, class, and privilege in the workplace.

"Industry" stars Myha'la ("Bodies Bodies Bodies"), Ken Leung ("Lost"), Marisa Abela ("Back to Black"), Harry Lawtey ("Joker: Folie à Deux"), Conor MacNeill ("The Tourist"), Sagar Radia ("The Good Karma Hospital"), Sarah Goldberg ("Barry"), and Kit Harington ("Game of Thrones").

The series was renewed for Season 4 back in September of 2024, three days before Season 3's penultimate episode aired.

The upcoming fourth season has added some highly intriguing names to its cast list, while one major player has exited for good. Scroll down to learn everything we know about Season 4 so far and be sure to bookmark this page! We'll be updating with more details as soon as they're available.

Kiernan Shipka has a new job in the "Industry." The "Mad Men" and "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" vet has joined Season 4 and will play Haley Clay, "an executive assistant at payment processor Tender."

Kal Penn ("Designated Survivor"), Charlie Heaton ("Stranger Things") and Claire Forlani ("NCIS: Los Angeles," "CSI: New York") have also joined the financial drama, Deadline reports. Penn will play Jay Jonah Atterbury, co-founder of payment processor Tender; Heaton will portray Jim Dycker, a finance journalist; and Forlani is Cordelia Hanani-Spyrka, a corporate PR heavy-hitter.

Max Minghella ("The Handmaid's Tale") has been added to the ensemble as Whitney Halberstram, the CFO and Founder of Tender.

Also boarding the series are Toheeb Jimoh ("Ted Lasso") as Kwabena Bannerman, a trader at Mostyn Asset Management; Jack Farthing ("Poldark") as Edward Smith, a troublemaker and long-time friend of Harington's Henry; and Amy James-Kelly ("Coronation Street") as Jennifer Bevan, the newly promoted Minister in the Labour government.

Unfortunately, we won't get to see if Robert's new start-up takes off because his portrayer Harry Lawtey is leaving the cast after three seasons. A source has said the exit is due to scheduling conflicts.

Lawtey played the young Pierpoint investment banker for the first three seasons of "Industry," which debuted on HBO in 2020. Robert endured a lot throughout his run — most notably, he had his heart broken by love interest Yasmin (Abela) when she announced her engagement to filthy rich tech CEO Henry Muck — but things were looking up as Season 3 closed, with Robert taking on a new role as a pitchman for a psilocybin start-up.

Aside from Robert's big career change and subsequent exit, things were equally as transformative for Pierpoint. After Eric threw Bill to the wolves and brokered an intro between the Pierpoint board and Al-Mi'raj, he was tossed out as well. The new owners began hacking more staffers than originally planned, and the London office is now being closed to focus on private wealth. (Read our full finale recap here.)

Worried about the Al-Miraj takeover, Rishi took a meeting with Harper, but all she did was humiliate him while Sweetpea watched. (Oh, and his wife was shot and killed after he got in over his head in gambling debts.)

Otto Mostyn confided to Harper that he was looking for a spiritual successor for his operations. He wanted to find someone who views trading the way that he does. Harper seemed intrigued, noting that the optics were good, but in a later meeting, Harper chose to double down on her partnership with Petra. 

After reading about Jesse Bloom's release from prison, Harper revealed to Mostyn that she wanted to start a short-only fund. He was intrigued by her subversive "anti-fraud fraudsters" pitch, but Harper told him it would only be criminal if they're caught. She wants to run this new scheme from New York. Are we bidding farewell to London and relocating to the States for good?

HBO has announced that the financial drama "Industry" will return for Season 4 on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 9/8c. 

HBO has dropped a teaser trailer for Season 4 (watch it above). The first footage from the new season — set to the tune of Nina Simone's "Lilac Wine" — gives us our first glimpses of "The Handmaid's Tale" star Max Minghella and Kal Penn ("Designated Survivor"), as Harper and Yasmin stare at each other from across the room. From the look of things, the season's going to be chock-full of drama, cutthroat action, and dynamite performances.