‘We Were Liars’ Season 2: Details About New Roles Revealed & Everything Else We Know

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 1 of We Were Liars.]

The cast of We Were Liars is officially heading back to Beechwood this summer to film Season 2, based on Family of Liars! According to a new casting announcement for the highly anticipated sophomore season, fans can expect to see new faces join the cast for the second season!

In September, Prime Video greenlit a second season of its hit mystery-thriller series. Featuring Emily Alyn Lind as Cadence, the oldest grandchild of the affluent Sinclair family, the show revolves around a mysterious accident cracking the outward image of a seemingly perfect American dynasty. Set off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, We Were Liars blends sun-soaked romance and twisted mystery, making it the ultimate summer binge-watching experience.

The renewal announcement came after the major cliffhanger ending of Season 1. Viewers learned that Carrie, played by Mamie Gummer, could see the ghost of her son Johnny, played by Joseph Zada. This twist perfectly set the stage for a second season based on E. Lockhart‘s sophomore We Were Liars book, Family of Liars.

Not only are we officially returning to Beechwood Island for more We Were Liars, but new details about Season 2 just dropped. So, when can we expect Season 2 to premiere? What will Season 2 be about? What are the new roles? Here’s everything we know.

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Will there be a We Were Liars Season 2?

As of September 2025, We Were Liars has been renewed for a second season. In the official announcement from Prime Video, Lockhart shared, “[Carina Adly] MacKenzie and [Julie] Plec have big, big plans for Season 2, including everything readers of my books are dying to see onscreen —  and a lot of surprises as well.” President of Universal Television Erin Underhill added, “The Season 2 renewal of We Were Liars is yet another testament to Julie and this cast and crew’s extraordinary talent. This series, which Julie and Carina crafted so beautifully from E. Lockhart’s beloved books, absolutely deserves a deeper dive. And we‘re grateful to Amazon MGM for their collaboration and partnership.”

 

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Leading up to the announcement, Prime Video’s head of TV, Vernon Sanders, revealed to Deadline that Season 2 prep was already underway. “[We Were Liars is] one of the shows where the writers are hard at work, working on what a Season 2 would be.” Teasing the progress they’ve made, Sanders shared, “We’ve been really excited by the results we’ve seen there, and it’s one of the shows that I hope will have some positive news to report soon.”

Creators Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie had both expressed interest in continuing the story for another season. Plec and Carina told our sister site Swooon they included a cliffhanger at the end of Season 1 with the intention of garnering interest for a second season. Plec shared, “Really, we just wanted the audience to know that the story didn’t have to be over. [They] know that there’s a party that can keep going if they’re enjoying themselves. So hopefully they did enjoy themselves and beg for more.”

Is We Were Liars Season 2 filming now?

In a casting announcement for We Were Liars Season 2, Universal Television and Amazon MGM Studios announced their upcoming filming dates. According to the announcement, Season 2 will film from June to October 2026.

When is We Were Liars Season 2’s release date?

Since filming begins this summer, Season 2 won’t arrive until 2027. If it follows precedent, it’ll likely drop in summer 2027. Season 1 was shot during the summer of 2024, and it was released almost exactly a year later in June.

Who has been cast in We Were Liars Season 2?

Based on the final scene of We Were Liars Season 1 and the Family of Liars influence, the core Sinclairs will return. “We have Emily Alyn Lind coming back as Cadence, and we have all our wonderful mom actresses, and we have Joseph Zada coming back as Johnny,” Lockhart told Deadline. “New stories will happen with all of those characters in addition to all the Family of Liars juiciness.”

“[Season 2] is going back to experience to see what happened with the sisters when they were teenagers on the island,” King told Us Weekly. “That is going to be very fun — even though technically I won’t be a part of those scenes. For Bess, what I would like to see her experiencing is maybe wearing loose cashmere [and] lounging by the beach.” King, who is currently expecting her third child, didn’t say whether or not her pregnancy will be written into the show.

In February, Universal Television and Amazon MGM Studios put out a casting call for teenage Carrie, teenage Penny, and teenage Bess. According to the open call, all actors need to be over 18 to apply for the roles. They are also casting for young Harris, who is roughly 40 years old.

During their interview with Swooon, the creators shared that while Family of Liars does not involve Cadence or many of the other characters from the first book, viewers could expect the present-day storyline to continue. “We do love our present-day cast. We wouldn’t want them to go anywhere either,” MacKenzie said.

Will We Were Liars Season 2 be based on a book?

Yes, Season 2 of We Were Liars would be based on Family of Liars, the second book in the We Were Liars universe. At least, for the most part. According to Plec, “[Family of Liars] is the direction that we’ve planted the seeds for, for sure.” Seeing as Family of Liars is a collection of stories told to Johnny from his mother Carrie’s perspective, it’s safe to say the Sinclair sisters will play an even bigger role in the second season, or as MacKenzie put it, “the Sinclair sister villain origin story.”

King also confirmed that the prequel story informs Season 2. “I have yet to get my baby present from Julie and Carina, which is all the spoilers for season 2,” she joked to Us Weekly. “But I do know that there will be elements or a thick line of storytelling from Family of Liars.”

Family of Liars also answers what happened to Rosemary, the youngest Sinclair sister, who is referenced during the first season of the adaptation. Throughout the book, young Carrie can see the ghost of her late sister, who drowned at eight years old while a nanny was supposed to be watching her. Given the last scene of the first season, where Plec and MacKenzie chose to reveal that Carrie can also see the ghost of her son, Johnny (Zada), viewers can expect to see Gummer take a more central role in the next season.

What happened at the end of We Were Liars Season 1?

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At the end of Season 1 of We Were Liars, Cadence learns that she is (partially) responsible for the fire that burned down Clairmont, killing her cousins Mirren (Esther McGregor) and Johnny, as well as her longtime love, Gat (Shubham Maheshwari). Throughout the first season, Cadence cannot recall how she ended up in the ocean or how she injured her head, which caused her memory loss. As it turns out, Cadence had returned inside the house to grab her grandmother’s black pearls, causing Gat to go in and look for her. Ultimately, she realizes that she made it out of the house, but the other Liars were not so lucky. This means that all summer, she has been asking their ghosts for answers.

During the last scene, it is revealed that Carrie, who has reunited with Ed (Rahul Kohli) and returned to her past addictive habits, can see Johnny, mirroring the first scene of Lockhart’s Family of Liars. Upon Carrie saying she thought Johnny had already left, viewers are left with his eerie confession, “I don’t think I can.”

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