Lucifer has officially begun production on its sixth season, it was revealed by the programme’s co-showrunner Joe Henderson on Tuesday.
Taking to Twitter to announce the good news, Joe praised the Netflix hit’s cast and crew for ‘working hard and safe’ to make sure they could start filming the final season amid the coronavirus crisis.
In his post Joe also confirmed that they had finished filming on season five, as he wrote: ‘Today is our first day of shooting Lucifer season 6!
Final countdown: Lucifer season six is officially back in production as Netflix hit’s showrunner announced on Tuesday that cast and crew are ‘working hard and safe’ amid the COVID-19 crisis
‘So happy we’ve finished up season 5, and we will be working our buns off to get it finished and to Netflix!
‘Thanks to our incredible cast and crew for working hard and safe and delivering a kicka** finale!’
The series follows fallen angel Lucifer Morningstar who becomes sick of ruling Hell and so returns to Earth.
Ending up in Los Angeles, he begins running a nightclub and ends up becoming a consultant to the LAPD, all the while battling a series of seraphic threats that descend upon the city.
Exciting: In his post Joe also confirmed that they had finished filming on season five, as he wrote: ‘Today is our first day of shooting Lucifer season 6!’
Delighted: Joe went on, ‘Thanks to our incredible cast and crew for working hard and safe and delivering a kicka** finale!’
Last month, TV Line claimed that Lucifer’s final outing will feature just ten episodes, six less than season five which has been split in two.
This means that the fan favourite ends with a grand total of 93 episodes, after Netflix originally saved the show after it was cancelled by Fox after three seasons.
The first half of season five shocked fans as it introduced Lucifer’s twin brother Michael, who revealed his intentions to take over his sibling’s life.
MailOnline contacted Netflix for comment at the time.
The end is nigh! Last month, TV Line claimed that Lucifer’s final outing will feature just ten episodes, six less than season five which has been split in two
In June, the show’s Twitter account made the announcement the sixth season would be the show’s last, calling it the ‘FINAL final’ season, and joking: ‘The devil made us do it.’
Sharing a video of a burning ‘666’ the tweet joked ‘the devil made us do it, #Lucifer will return for a sixth and final season. like FINAL final.’
Title star Tom Ellis closed a deal to return in his role for a sixth season, Deadline reported earlier this year.
Executive producers Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson and the rest of the cast also extended their contracts for the last season.
The news came nearly two months before the fifth season began to stream on Netflix in August, the fifth season was originally billed as the final season.
The season has been split into two halves, with each having eight episodes each, with the first half being released last month.
Netflix saved the show after Fox cancelled the dark thriller at the end of its third run.
Devil in the details: In June, the show’s Twitter account made the announcement that the sixth season would be the last, calling it the ‘FINAL final’ season, joking: ‘The devil made us do it’
Fans were mortified when the show was initially axed from Fox, with a final episode shelved, which was later aired by the network.
It was renewed by Netflix for a fourth season, after which it was green lit to continue on with a fifth and final run.
The series follows fallen angel Lucifer Morningstar who becomes sick of ruling Hell and so returns to Earth.
Ending up in Los Angeles, he begins running a nightclub and ends up becoming a consultant to the LAPD, all the while battling a series of seraphic threats that descend upon the city.
To be continued: The series follows fallen angel Lucifer Morningstar who becomes sick of ruling Hell and so returns to Earth