Star of the beloved Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End) and many other acclaimed titles, there’s no doubt that Simon Pegg‘s name being attached to a project is sure to attract plenty of attention. In 2022, the British favorite starred alongside Siân Brooke (Blue Lights), Hannah Khalique-Brown (Red Rose), and Alex Jennings (A Very English Scandal) in an underrated Channel 4 thriller series.

The Undeclared War quickly garnered positive reviews, being compared to 24 and Homeland by one critic, and described as “exceedingly well-made” by another, who was particularly laudatory about the direction of The State‘s Peter Kosminsky, who was behind the camera for every episode in Season 1. Sadly, fans waited four years to receive a second season, which added Ed Stoppard (Knightfall) and Chloe Pirrie (The Queen’s Gambit) to an already stacked cast.

But as soon as the second season debuted on Channel 4 across the pond, thoughts immediately turned to a third outing. These very thoughts have just received a huge boost courtesy of Pegg and Khalique-Brown, with the former stating in an interview with Radio Times that he would "absolutely" return. “I’ve had a couple of conversations with the writer about where we could go next, in terms of what the status quo is at the end of the series. Obviously, everything’s changed,” Pegg added. There are definitely options and plot lines that could be explored,” Khalique-Brown added. “The scope is there, for sure. Whether or not it happens, we don’t know.” Pegg then continued:

“I love doing the show. It’s so much fun, and I love the writing. Going from being in a very fantastical kind of spy story in Mission: Impossible to this, which is much more grounded but no less intriguing – because this is real. All the gadgets in this exist. There’s no fantasy in this. It’s all rooted in reality.”