'Bates Motel' Season 3 Premiere Date: A&E Show Renewed; Preview and Projected Release Date

Fans will be delighted to learn that 'Bates Motel' has been officially renewed for a thrilling third season. The next installment will bring about 10 episodes, and according to reports, production will start filming in the Fall.

"The incredible writing team and talented Bates Motel cast has made this series one of the most compelling original dramas on television," said David McKillop, A&E Executive Vice President and General Manager.

"The brilliant twists and turns of the past two seasons keep its loyal fan base coming back for more. We are so proud of the show," he added

'Bates Motel' has impressive and consistent TV ratings. It has been considered to be one of the top Monday shows on cable TV. Last May, even with the NBA Special and the NBA playoff games, it still reached 2.2 million unique viewers.

Executive Producer Carlton Cuse talked with Dread Central and revealed snippets of the upcoming season.

"Our goal is to continue to write the show on a high level and make Season 3 hopefully even better than Season 2. Our expectations are that high, and we - Kerry Ehrin and I - have actually spent a fair amount of time talking about it and we do have a preliminary game plan that we're very excited about," he said.

"It's tough to say too much about it because a lot of it is driven by events that are in the finale that I don't want to spoil on this phone conference," Cuse added.

The production team is confident that Season 3 will be "really engaging."

"We do have a plan, and in fact we're already... now that we've been picked up... we're hard at work in terms of just kind of laying out the architecture of the new season. And I think it's going to be great; I'm really excited about it," Cuse concluded.

'Bates Motel' Season 3 is set to release in March of 2015.