Fans of animated science fiction anthologies rejoice: the multiple Emmy Award-winningLove, Death + Robotsis set to return to Netflix with an all-new collection of futuristic stories on May 20. The previous season, which premiered June 19, 2025, featured some great segments from talented directors, but season 3 is packing a big surprise in that department.
In his first foray into animation, Academy Award-nominated director and series executive producerDavid Fincher will be joining the ranksof others who have contributed toLove, Death + Robotsin the past. Fincher is the mind behind such celebrated films asSe7en,The Social Network,Fight Club, andZodiac. Despite a career that spans decades of working in film, music videos, and television (Fincher has directed episodes of bothMindhunterandHouse of Cards), Fincher has never stepped into a directing role on an animated project.
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Joining Fincher with a new segment is series creatorTim Miller, director ofDeadpoolandTerminator: Dark Fate. Miller has directed entries in the previous two seasons ofLove, Death + Robots: “Ice Age” in season 1 and “The Drowned Giant” in season 2. Along with Fincher and Miller are shorts from directors including Patrick Osborne, Emily Dean, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, and Emmy and Academy Award winner Alberto Mielgo.
Love, Death + Robotsis known for itsvariety of animation styles and ambitious storytelling, and it appears that this will only continue on in season 3. From tales of a massive crustacean attacking a sailing ship, to an astronaut stranded on one of Jupiter’s moons, to a fresh take on historic folklore, there’s plenty to be found in the latest outing of this celebrated anthology. Even for those who haven’t watched the previous seasons, there’s no reason not to jump in now. Seasons and episodes can bewatched in any order due to their standalone nature(with one notable exception in season 3).
Along with a brand new season to check out, fans who want to get more out ofLove, Death + Robotscan also attend screenings of the first two seasons, along with a season 3 sneak peek and live stream Q+A with David Fincher, Tim Miller, and Jennifer Yuh Nelson at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the US. Tickets are available through theAlamo Drafthouse website.
No matter what fans might be expecting from this new season, it’s likely to pack more than a few surprises. Official episode descriptions for season 3 can be found below:
Three Robots: Exit Strategies
The first direct sequel in Love, Death + Robots history – from the mind of acclaimed sci-fi novelist John Scalzi. The titular trio of droll droids return to take a whirlwind tour studying post-apocalyptic human survival strategies before mankind was finally snuffed out.
Studio: Blow Studio
Bad Travelling
A jable shark-hunting sailing vessel is attacked by a giant crustacean whose size and intelligence is matched only by its appetite. Mutiny, betrayal and ventriloquism with a corpse… welcome aboard the animation directing debut of David Fincher.
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker, based on the short story by Neal Asher
Studio: Blur Studio
The Very Pulse Of The Machine
When an exploratory expedition on the surface of the moon Io ends in disaster, an astronaut must trek to safety dragging the body of her co-pilot while using potentially mind-warping drugs to deal with the pain of her own injuries in this trippy tribute to comic book legend Moebius.
Writer: Philip Gelatt, from a short story by Michael Swanwick
Studio: Polygon Pictures
Night of the Mini Dead
The apocalypse is conceived – literally – in a graveyard in this biting zombie satire, which starts with some cheeky cemetery sex and accelerates into a walking dead invasion of everywhere – from downtown LA to the Vatican. It’s the end of the world as we gnaw it.
Director(s): Robert Bisi, Andy Lyon
Writer: Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon, from a short story by Jeff Fowler & Tim Miller
Studio: BUCK
Kill Team Kill
Young, dumb and full of… blood, lots and lots of blood, a ’roid-raging, adrenaline-fuelled force of US soldiers faces a foe unlike any they have faced before, the result of a CIA experiment that gets really f***ing Grizzly. From the director of Kung Fu Panda 2.
Writer: Philip Gelatt, from a short story by Justin Coates
Studio: Titmouse, Inc.
Swarm
A story of fear, sex and philosophy on the farthest frontier, as two post-human scientists study an apparently mindless insectoid-race. Tim Miller writes and directs the first ever screen adaptation of the work from renowned Cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling.
Director: Tim Miller
Writer: Tim Miller, based on the short story by Bruce Sterling
Mason’s Rats
You know you have a pest control problem when they start to shoot back. The ratpocalypse comes to Scotland, as a grumpy farmer takes drastic steps to deal with an invasion of hyper-evolved rodents. Exterminator: Judgment Day.
Director: Carlos Stevens
Writer: Joe Abercrombie, based on the short story by Neal Asher
Studio: Axis Studios
In Vaulted Halls Entombed
Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a squad of Special Forces soldiers has the dangerous job of recovering a hostage held by terrorists. But the real evil they must confront is an elder god of ancient and terrifying power.
Director: Jerome Chen
Writer: Philip Gelatt, based on a short story by Alan Baxter
Studio: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Jibaro
Fantasy and greed combine in this re-imagining of the traditional folktale of a siren whose song lures men to their doom. But her sorcery fails to work on the deaf knight, Jibaro, and the Golden Woman becomes fascinated by him. Thus begins a deadly dance of two predators.
Writer: Alberto Mielgo
Studio: Pinkman.tv
Love, Death + RobotsSeason 3 premieres on Netflix on May 20.
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