Yellowjackets Season 2: Showtime Eyeing Late 2022 Return for Hit Series

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Yellowjackets Season 2: Showtime Eyeing Late 2022 Return for Hit Series

Following last night’s first season finale of Yellowjackets, Showtime Networks’ president of entertainment Gary Levine promised fans that the hit psychological thriller drama will return sooner than expected.

Speaking with Vulture, Levin confirmed that they’re currently planning a late 2022 release for the highly-anticipated Yellowjackets Season 2.

“We are working towards a premiere at the end of 2022,” He teased. “We’d love to stay on an annual cycle. I think our audiences deserve that, and I also think that when you have a show that has this kind of a momentum, you don’t want to let it dissolve.”

Yellowjackets currently stars Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Thatcher, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Steven Krueger, and Warren Kole.

“Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story, and coming-of-age drama, it tells 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,” reads the series synopsis. “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.”

Yellowjackets is created and executive produced by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. Executive producers are Drew Comins, Karyn Kusama, and Jonathan Lisco, who is also serving as the showrunner. Kusama is also directing the pilot. It is produced by Entertainment One.