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Showtime revealed erstwhile play 2 of Yellowjackets, starring Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawney Cypress, is coming. Find retired erstwhile we'll spot our fave shot squad here.
Melanie Lynskey Teases "Insane" Yellowjackets Season 2
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Yellowjackets will beryllium returning for its highly anticipated play 2 connected March 24, Showtime announced Dec. 7. The premiere volition beryllium disposable to watercourse connected Showtime that time and volition aerial on the linear network two days aboriginal connected March 26 astatine 9 p.m. ET. The upcoming section is presently successful accumulation successful Vancouver.
The Emmy-nominated series, which follows a New Jersey precocious schoolhouse girls' shot team trying to survive successful the Canadian wilderness aft a deadly level crash, stars Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Tawny Cypress and Christina Ricci as the older versions of the surviving squad members.
In the 2nd season, viewers volition meet two much Yellowjackets that made it retired alive: Lauren Ambrose will marque her debut arsenic big Van (whose younger aforesaid is played by Liv Hewson), while Simone Kessell will beryllium starring arsenic cult person Lottie other her younger counterpart, played by Courtney Eaton. Lord of the Rings alum Elijah Wood will besides beryllium joining play two in a recurring capableness as Walter, who, according to Showtime, is "a dedicated Citizen Detective, who volition situation Misty (Ricci) successful ways she won't spot coming."
The premiere quality aligns with the accumulation timeline laid retired by co-creator Ashley Lyle, who told TheWrap successful August that the bid was "looking into the archetypal 4th of 2023" to merchandise play two. At the time, Lyle besides predicted that accumulation would wrap successful February.
"Nobody wanted to get backmost connected the aerial rapidly much than we did," Lyle explained. "But we truly rolled straight from finishing up play 1 into play two. It's a profoundly serialized story, and we wanted to marque definite we didn't unreserved it, and that we got it right. And truthful this was the earliest we could execute that."
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And, what, exactly, volition play 2 absorption on? Well, formed members are keeping their lips sealed, but Ricci has warned fans to expect the unexpected.
"I ideate it volition get much complex," she exclusively told E! News successful July. "I would ideate it gets much insane. That past occurrence was crazy."
Yellowjackets season two begins streaming March 24, 2022. It will premiere connected Showtime March 26 astatine 9 p.m. ET.
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