Hunters season 2 is officially happening, despite the first dividing fans and critics. Created by David Weil and executive produced by Jordan Peele, the first season landed on Amazon Prime in February 2020 and followed the titular Nazi hunters in 1977 New York City as they track down high-ranking officers trying to create a Fourth Reich in the United States.
Those who have already binged all ten existing episodes know that there's plenty of fallout to be enjoyed from the shocking finale, and now, courtesy of Amazon, we get to find out what's on the way next. “I am beyond grateful to the Amazon family for their continued extraordinary support of Hunters,” said Weil as Hunters season 2 was ordered (via Deadline). “Alongside our magnificent cast, incredible crew, and brilliant writers and producers, I am more eager than ever to share the next chapter of the Hunters saga with the world.”
Below, here's what we know about Hunters season 2 on Amazon, including when it could be coming, and the possible stories another set of episodes could explore.
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Hunters season 2 release date: The conspiracy thriller has been renewed by Amazon
Hunters has officially been renewed for a second season by Amazon Prime. That said, we didn't get a release date window along with the announcement, and it's next to impossible to predict one with the ongoing disruption posed by the coronavirus. Either way, it seems unlikely that we'll see Hunters season 2 before the end of 2021.
While Amazon's timeframe for renewing shows is unpredictable: - The Boys season 2 was confirmed before season 1 even released, while fellow Amazon original The Marvelous Mrs Maisel was renewed for a fourth season six days after it aired - Hunters season 2 was confirmed about six months after the first hit the streaming service. This relatively late renewal could be explained - along with wider Covid-19 related uncertainty - by a generally mixed reaction to the first season, but Amazon evidently still thinks the show is worth pursuing.
“With Hunters, David Weil’s bold vision and fearless imagination powered a thrilling, twisty, action-packed first season that engaged Prime Video customers around the world,” the head of Amazon Studios said in a statement. “We are thrilled that David, Jordan, and the Hunters will be back with us for more.”
In the event that David Weil is asked to go even further than season 2, he'll be well prepared: he told BI that he has plans for five years of the show. "I have at least five seasons' worth of ideas of where I see the series going, and I certainly know the ending of the series," he said.
Hunters season 2 story: what to expect if the show returns
Hitler's appearance in Hunters' finale is like the show's outrageous equivalent of a Marvel post-credits reveal. We don't see Hitler's face in full, just the lower half with the mustache. This suggests that in Hunters season 2, they can either cast a high-profile actor as Adolf, or keep him as a villain in the background.
The first question to be answered by season 2, then, is what'll happen to Joe. In an interview with Refinery29, co-showrunner Nikki Toscano explained that he'll be doing a lot of "soul searching" and that the Nazis are now "able to use him as a tool for destruction." At the end of season 1 we see Joe at a dinner table with Hitler and The Colonel (Lena Olin), who we now know is Hitler's wife Eva Braun. That's a hell of a cliffhanger.
That's just one plot thread to be picked up, though. We know that the hunters themselves, including Jonah, are stricken with grief that that the man they knew as Meyer Offerman (Al Pacino) was secretly Nazi surgeon The Wolf, and are heading to Europe in their pursuit of the Nazi threat - this was confirmed in Toscano's interview with Refinery29. We're also still not totally clear on the motivations of nun Sister Harriet (Kate Mulvany), who's plotting something with an as-yet-unseen third party.
Agent Millie Morris (Jerrika Hinton), meanwhile, was approached by a congresswoman to join a more legitimate task force to unearth the Nazis hidden in America.
The always-terrifying Nazi Travis (Greg Austin) murdered his Jewish lawyer in prison in order to stoke antisemitic sentiment among the prisoners, and he intends to recruit an army of them while he's behind bars. Fellow Nazi Biff Simpson (Dylan Baker) escaped to the Soviet Union, where he's carrying fake documents to blend in.
That's a lot left on the table for Hunters season 2 to explore. Whatever happens, of course, Al Pacino won't be back for year two unless it's in flashback form: the fake Meyer Offerman is dead.
A follow-up season for Hunters has potential
The first season of Hunters was flawed but entertaining. With a few too many characters in the mix, the wide ensemble worked against it a little bit, and the wild variation in tone between silly and serious meant the show was not necessarily going to be for everyone.
Nonetheless, we still want to see where this story is going, especially after that ludicrous Hitler reveal. Hunters looks like it's going full Wolfenstein in season 2.
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