Is 'Vanderpump Rules' Returning For Season 12? Producer Talks Show's Hiatus & When Filming Will Resume

The Vanderpump Rules season 11 reunion just wrapped on Tuesday (May 28), marking the end of the show’s current season.

While it hasn’t officially been renewed for another season, it also won’t be returning any time soon, as the Bravo series is taking a break from filming.

In a new post-reunion interview, the show’s executive producer and showrunner Alex Baskin is opening up about the future of the hit show and when they could start filming again.

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“Obviously there’s been a lot of speculation. People have written the show’s final chapter many times, and the show has continued,” he told THR. “So just because it’s a reflective moment that clearly marks the end of one chapter does not necessarily mean that it is the end of the show. You see there is still a lot of fertile ground and developments in their lives, so I think it would be very premature that just because we really close the book on Scandoval in a lot of ways, because it was this moment that sort of blew up everything and that extended into the next season, does not mean necessarily that the show is over.”

“We thought the break was the right way to go because, to your point, we would have run this back again fairly quickly and it’s clear that everyone needs time to reset,” Alex added. “I think we’re going to take a full look at what the group looks like in a period of time and figure out what we want to do next. And that may mean that certain people have to make decisions as well. We don’t want anyone to do the show if it doesn’t make sense for where they are now. Typically, we’ve shot in the early part of July, around there, so we would be in pre-production basically starting next week. And I don’t think that would be great. I don’t think that would have been enough time. So I think we as a show will gather ourselves and look at what we want to do, and that will be informed by what everyone individually wants to do. And then we’ll figure out what the path is going forward.”

So, when could the show start filming again? It looks like the fall or winter…

“We don’t have a definite timeline. It isn’t indefinite, but at the same time, we’re not under any version of the ticking clock. I imagine we’ll know more later in the fall,” Alex said, adding he doesn’t think season 11 is the end of the show.

“On the one hand, I can’t believe it’s been 11 years, on the other hand, it feels like it’s been 111 years. That show has had many lives and so I’m not so sure this is the last one. But it certainly to date has been a hell of a run,” he said, adding that the ratings are really strong and audience interest seems to be there.

He also noted that there’s a chance the cast could change. Season 11 featured longtime stars Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Scheana Shay, Tom Schwartz, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent and James Kennedy, as well as Scheana‘s husband Brock Davies, James‘ girlfriend Ally Lewber and Schwartz‘s friend Jo Wenberg.

“There’s still a strong core there. So I could totally see some version of the bulk of the cast returning and then some notable additions. I think there’s plenty of life. What form that takes, I don’t exactly know. But that’s certainly very possible,” Alex said.

“I think we will take a thorough look at what our options are and potentially then come up with a path forward that is fresh and different, but at the same time use the foundation of the show that has been so successful over the last 11 years,” he continued. “We don’t know exactly what that is, but we’ll figure out who wants to come back, how that makes sense, how that all stitches together, and how we can potentially continue the show but set it on a different course.”

Lisa Vanderpump herself also recently addressed the speculation that the show is canceled.