'Succession' Season 4 begins production in New York

June 27 (UPI) -- HBO announced the start of production of Succession Season 4 on Monday. Production is taking place in New York City.

Season 4 will pick up as Logan Roy (Brian Cox) attempts to sell Waystar Royco to tech billionaire Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgard). Selling the company is a long, complicated process that forces Logan's children to contemplate their futures if none of them succeed Logan.

Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, J. Smith-Cameron, Peter Friedman, David Rasche, Fisher Stevens, Hiam Abbass, Justine Lupe, Scott Nicholson, Zoë Winters, and Jeannie Berlin return. HBO will announce new Season 4 cast later.

Mark Mylod is listed as the director of the season premiere. Mylod directed 12 episodes in the previous three seasons and is an executive producer.

The Season 3 finale aired Dec. 13 on HBO. Creator Jesse Armstrong returns as showrunner.

Season 3 was only nine episodes. HBO did not announce an episode count or premiere date for Season 4.