One Piece Live-Action Season 3 Wraps Filming, Heading to Netflix in 2027

Filming is in the books

Netflix's live-action One Piece has cleared a major hurdle. On June 30, 2026, the official One Piece production account (@Eiichiro_Staff) announced that all filming for Season 3 has wrapped, teasing that "the adventure in that kingdom" will reach viewers in 2027. The message caps a shoot that, according to Netflix, ran across roughly seven months.

The series is a live-action take on One Piece, the long-running pirate saga that began as a TV anime in 1999 and follows Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat crew as they chase the legendary treasure known as the One Piece. The wrap announcement is the production's clearest progress update since cameras started rolling.

What Season 3 adapts

According to Netflix and multiple outlets covering the show, Season 3 dramatizes the Alabasta arc, one of the manga's most beloved storylines, in which the Straw Hats land in a desert kingdom destabilized by the shadowy Baroque Works organization. Netflix has referred to the new chapter as "The Battle of Alabasta." Fittingly, the official wrap image shows the crew gathered before a "Sir Crocodile" mural, a visual nod to the arc's central antagonist. The new season follows two prior outings that adapted the crew's earlier adventures, and outlets report a creative shuffle behind the scenes, with Ian Stokes stepping in as showrunner alongside returning co-showrunner Joe Tracz.

The cast heading to Alabasta

Netflix has confirmed that the core Straw Hats return, with Inaki Godoy as Luffy, Mackenyu as Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji. Two notable additions join for this chapter: Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) as Portgas D. Ace and Cole Escola as the theatrical assassin Bon Clay, per Netflix. Several Season 2 players tied to Baroque Works are also reported to take on larger roles.

Production took the cast to Cape Town, South Africa, where filming began in late 2025, according to Netflix's Tudum. The sun-bleached backdrops glimpsed in the wrap announcement line up with the Alabasta setting fans have been waiting to see in live action.

When fans can watch

The series is slated for 2027, as stated in the production's own announcement and corroborated by Netflix and outlets tracking the show. A firm release date has not been announced, and with post-production still ahead, the exact window remains open. For now, the completed shoot is the strongest signal yet that the Straw Hats' desert voyage is on course.