Just last week Christian Slater warned fans that the fourth season of Mr Robot would be its last, but now his castmate Rami Malek has given everyone a slightly more hopeful update.

(It's still nothing concrete, mind you.)

Speaking to Collider about series creator Sam Esmail's commitment to quality, Rami Malek – who plays lead Elliot Alderson in the cult techno thriller – said that the true end date was "pending".

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"Yeah, he's always said maybe four or five [seasons], and that is still pending in his head. I'll tell you that I'm sure the studio would love to see it go for as long as it could, but he's restrained.

"He's got a story to tell, so I'm all for whatever he wants to do," Rami said. "He's a very brilliant human being."

But while Malek is hopeful for Mr Robot's short-term future, co-star Christian Slater recently admitted he believed season four "will be the last season".

"Sam always said it was going to be somewhere in that zone, and he didn't want to go further than what he could creatively contribute to that storyline. So, I think that season 4 will be it," he said.

It's not all bad news for Mr Robot fans though, as Sam Esmail is set to re-team with Rami Malek on a new spy film titled American Radical. Stage Three, perhaps?

Mr Robot airs on USA Network in the US, and Amazon Prime in the UK.

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