Disney+‘s Rivals is again and Season 2 has been supercharged.
Cameras have now rolled on the second season of the Jilly Cooper adaptation starring David Tennant, Aidan Turner and Danny Dyer, and the collection has been given a uncommon 12-ep order, up from eight in Season 1.
The primary season has been Disney+’s most profitable common leisure premiere within the UK so far, based on the streamer.
Season 2 picks up the second half of the Cooper novel and can see careers, marriages, and reputations hold within the steadiness as private {and professional} lives collide in a world the place secrets and techniques can’t keep hidden for lengthy.
Solid are all returning. They embody Tennant, Turner, Dyer, Katherine Parkinson, Nafessa Williams, Alex Hassell and Bella Maclean amongst the ensemble.
The information comes simply two days earlier than the BAFTAs, for which Rivals has six nominations.
Cooper mentioned: “It was magical working with Glad Prince and Disney+ on the primary season and seeing everybody fall head over heels for my beloved characters.”
EPs Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Alexander Lamb added: “We’re so excited to be returning to Rutshire for an prolonged keep of twelve episodes for season two of Rivals. It’s very particular to have the identical staff return in entrance of and behind the cameras and we can not wait to share extra of Jilly’s world with our viewers”.
Rivals is produced by ITV Studios-owned Glad Prince. It’s EP’d by Treadwell-Collins, Lamb, Felicity Blunt, Elliot Hegarty, Laura Wade, Cooper and Richards. It’s written by Treadwell-Collins, Wade, Sophie Goodhart, Sam Hoare, Kefi Chadwick, Mimi Hare and Clare Naylor, Sorcha Kurien-Walsh and Dare Aiyegbayo, directed byt Hegarty, Jamie J Johnson and Dee Koppang O’Leary. The collection was commissioned by Govt Director of Scripted Content material for Disney+ EMEA, Lee Mason.
