Yellowjackets was a breakout hit throughout its first season, because of a compelling thriller and high quality performing.
Showtime celebrated Friday the thirteenth by dropping round a minute of footage from Yellowjackets Season 2.
Amongst all of the thriller and darkness within the trailer, we get our first glimpse of Elijah Wood, and rattling, he makes fairly the doorway.
“Kidnapping, cults, death … your friendships are a little more complicated than most,” says Wood in character as Walter.
We additionally see Juliette Lewis’ Natalie getting hypnotized, probably as a method to recollect what occurred.
It’s a compelling trailer. It would not give an excessive amount of away, however it does give lots of perception into what to anticipate.
The second season will premiere beginning Friday, March 24, on streaming and on-demand for all Showtime subscribers, earlier than making its on-air debut on Sunday, March 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The freshman season has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and acquired seven Emmy nominations, averaged over 5 million weekly viewers throughout platforms, and was the second-most streamed sequence in Showtime historical past.
Produced for Showtime by studio Entertainment One (eOne), the sequence is at the moment in manufacturing in Vancouver.
Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Narcos), Yellowjackets stars Emmy nominee and Critics Choice Award winner Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock), Oscar® and Emmy nominee Juliette Lewis (Camping), Emmy nominee Christina Ricci (Z: The Beginning of Everything) and Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable).
Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Servant) and Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi) have additionally joined the second season as sequence regulars, together with Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) in a season-long visitor arc.
“Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness,” the logline reads.
“The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later, proving that the past is never really past and what began out in the wilderness is far from over.”
The forged of Season 2 additionally consists of Sophie Nélisse (The Book Thief), Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers), Sophie Thatcher (Prospect), and Samantha Hanratty (Shameless).
Rounding out the forged is Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road), Liv Hewson (Santa Clarita Diet), Steven Krueger (The Originals), Warren Kole (Shades of Blue), and Kevin Alves.
Yellowjackets is government produced by Lyle, Nickerson, and fellow showrunner Jonathan Lisco.
Drew Comins of Creative Engine additionally serves as government producer.
Check out the trailer under.
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