‘Untamed’ Renewed for Season 2: What Will It Be About & Who Will Return?

Untamed shows the beauties and dangers of Yosemite National Park.

The Netflix series stars Eric Bana and, in the first season, follows a murder investigation that leads to the discovery of dark secrets. But will it be back for a second season? Read on for everything we know so far about Untamed‘s future ahead of the series premiere.

Has Untamed been renewed for Season 2?

Yes, on Tuesday, July 29, less than two weeks after the first season began streaming, even though the mystery thriller was billed as a “limited series.” (That doesn’t mean what it used to.)

“I am absolutely thrilled that we get the chance to bring another season of Untamed to life,” Bana said in a statement (via Tudum). “The response to Season 1 has been a testament to the incredible effort by our crew to deliver something truly unique. I can’t wait to take Kyle on his next journey. Massive thanks to Netflix, John Wells Productions, Warner Bros. Television and our fans.”

Added showrunner Mark L. Smith, “Elle [Smith] and I envisioned it as a stand-alone, six episodes. But then the more that we got into it, it was just such a great cast … it was just like, ‘Oh yeah, how do we keep this going?’”

When will Untamed Season 2 premiere?

It’s too early to speculate.

Who’s in the Untamed cast?

Untamed Season 1 starred Eric Bana as Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB); Sam Neill as chief parker ranger Paul Souter; Lily Santiago as the newest ranger Naya Vasquez; Rosemarie DeWitt as Kyle’s ex-wife Jill; Wilson Bethel as former army ranger Shane Maguire; and William Smillie as veteran park ranger Bruce Milch.

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Since Paul and Shane were both dead at the end of Season 1, chances are we won’t see Neill or Bethel again, unless Kyle begins to see those characters like he did his dead son. We’ll have to wait to see if we see anyone besides Bana, given Kyle left behind Yosemite at the end of the finale.

“We’re trying to figure that stuff out because my God, we loved our cast and we loved the characters that they brought to life,” Mark L. Smith told Tudum. “In an ideal world, we would be able to pull something off.”

Mark L. Smith and Elle Smith are showrunners. Joining them as executive producers are Bana, John Wells and Erin Jontow via John Wells Productions; Todd Black and Tony Shaw for Escape Artists Entertainment, Steve Lee Jones for Bee Holder Productions; and Cliff Roberts for Syndicate Entertainment.

How did Untamed Season 1 end?

The season ended with Kyle solving the investigation into the death of Lucy — Paul was her father and his actions led to her going over the cliff — as well as choosing to leave behind his version of his dead son rather than join him. Naya killed Shane when the latter was hunting Kyle. It was also revealed that Jill turned to Shane to kill the man who murdered her and Kyle’s son, and that was the secret he was keeping.

What will Untamed Season 2 be about?

The series is now described as “a character-driven mystery thriller that follows National Parks Service special agent Kyle Turner (played by Eric Bana) who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness.”

New details from Netflix reveal that we’ll pick up with Kyle at a new park and with a new case (after being stationed at and solving several between the two seasons). The Season 2 case will be determined by the park. “We can make the case organic to a different kind of park, a different kind of landscape, [and] not have someone just fall off another mountain,” said Mark L. Smith.

When TV Insider spoke with Bana about Season 1, he agreed that Kyle would be very different going forward, should the series continue, “and it would depend on where he is and who he’s surrounded by.”

Mark L. Smith’s tease to Tudum echoed that. “Turner was so comfortable in Yosemite,” he explained “He was the one leading this charge, and people followed him. And now, [we’re] putting Kyle on his back foot, making him very uncomfortable … This time we get to follow Turner into a park and let him lead us, and we stumble along with him as he’s kind of finding his way.”

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