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Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Jacob Elordi have gone on to become household names because of Euphoria. All three of them have had substantial 2026 runs so far. Elordi was in Wuthering Heights opposite Margot Robbie. Sweeney has been the face of a highly successful denim and apparel campaign spread. Zendaya, on the other hand, played Athena in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and her Spider-Man: Brand New Dayis scheduled to be released in movie theaters on July 31, 2026. And while HBO Max’s Euphoria has already concluded with its third season, there’s still a chapter that remains to be seen.
HBO is now giving the drama series one final release, and no, it is not a continuation or deleted episode. It’s a new special that looks backward at the production that launched in 2019, survived an unusually long gap between seasons, produced two standalone episodes, and helped turn Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, and Angus Cloud into defining faces of modern HBO television.
The release is Euphoria: A Look Back, an HBO Max retrospective arriving July 24. The trailer returns to early interviews in which a much younger Elordi and Cloud introduce themselves; Schafer exclaims how they “were literal babies,” when it all started; and there’s footage from Zendaya’s original press appearances, production-floor celebrations, emotional wrap moments, and cast reflections recorded before anyone knew how culturally large the series would become.
‘Euphoria’ Became HBO Max’s Response to Netflix’s ‘Elite’ DNA
Euphoria ended its seven-year run on May 31, 2026, when the 93-minute Season 3 finale closed Rue Bennett’s (Zendaya) story and creator Sam Levinson confirmed that the third season was also the end of the series. Euphoria and Netflix’s similar Eliteboth turn teenage life into heightened adult drama, using sex, drugs, violence, class tension, and beautiful young casts to make school feel dangerous. The difference, however, is scale and structure.
Elite operated like an expanding soap thriller and rotated students through murder mysteries, scandals, and new class conflicts across multiple seasons. Euphoria stayed more contained around Rue, Jules, Cassie, Nate, Maddy, and their immediate circle, spending far more time inside addiction, shame, desire, and self-destruction. That tighter focus helped it become something larger than a teen series. Its makeup, fashion, soundtrack, cinematography, and awards attention turned the show into a cultural launchpad that elevated Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Hunter Schafer, and Angus Cloud into global stars.
HBO describes Euphoria: A Look Back as a collection of interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from “the show that captured a generation.” And its release two months after the ending makes it an epilogue to the production itself.
Euphoria: A Look Back arrives on July 24 on HBO Max. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
