Paradise season 2: Release date speculation, cast and latest news

The likes of Thomas Doherty (Tell Me Lies), Michael McGrady (The Perfect Couple), Timothy Omundson (Psych), Raymond Cham Jr (The Idea of You) and even Brown's own wife Ryan Michelle Bathé are all set to appear in the upcoming season.

Of course, details about their roles remain under wraps, but you can find out what we know so far about the season 2 cast below.

Currently at the halfway mark in filming the second season, Brown has already teased that "it does get very physical this year and it’s a lot of fun" in an interview with Deadline.

Series creator Dan Fogelman also revealed that there's an entire upcoming episode all about the Wii-obsessed Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom), hinting: "There’s something very wrong and you learn about it."

While the season 1 finale did reveal the identity of President Cal Bradford's (James Marsden) killer, there are plenty of burning questions we have going into season 2.

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But when will Paradise season 2 be released? Read on for everything we know so far.

Paradise season 2 release date speculation: When could it air?

Disney+ hasn't announced when we can expect new episodes, but they're likely to arrive in 2026.

The series is already well under way in terms of its shoot, with series creator Dan Fogelman revealing that he's "literally finishing the finale right now of season 2, writing. I also just got the first episodes of the edits and it’s so good."

It sounds very promising that, depending on the schedules of the cast, we could be getting Paradise season 2 episodes within a year.

Brown has also teased a three-season arc, so there could be plenty more cliffhangers in store for season 2 anyway.

Paradise season 2 cast: Who is confirmed to return/star?

Be warned as there are major spoilers ahead for Paradise season 1.

Of course, with the central mystery revolving around the president's murder, we wouldn't expect James Marsden to return for season 2. But he could very well make an appearance in flashbacks, as he did in season 1.

The season 1 finale also saw the death of Trent the librarian, played by Ian Merrigan, who jumped to his death from the rafters of Paradise after being intercepted by Xavier and Robinson.

Another cast member we likely won't see any more of in season 2 is Billy (Jon Beavers), who was killed by Jane.

Sinatra also got shot in the throat by Jane, but we saw her recovering in hospital with her daughter and husband by her side.

Fogelman has confirmed her return, revealing that "her second season is also incredibly interesting and revealing and there’s even more to her story and to what she’s doing than meets the eye". "She has quite an interesting arc in the second season that I think people are going to really enjoy," he added.

Seeing as Henry Baines (Matt Malloy) stepped up in Cal's absence, we would assume he will take on a more powerful role in season 2, if somebody else doesn't rise through the ranks.

With both Cal and Sinatra out of action, could Henry prove to be another evil force pulling the strings in Paradise? Quite possibly.

The last we saw of Xavier was him getting ready to fly a plane out of Paradise in search of his wife Teri (Enuka Okuma), so we could very well be seeing more of her, if his mission is successful.

There's also been a raft of new cast additions confirmed for season 2, including Shailene Woodley, who is set to be one of the people that Xavier encounters who is not from the bunker.

Fogelman teased: "Paths start crossing as the season progresses, and so she’s one of those people, and I think she’s got a kind of interesting backstory and a very interesting profession that affects one of our early episodes of the season."

Similarly to Woodley's role, Thomas Doherty (Tell Me Lies), Michael McGrady (The Perfect Couple) and Timothy Omundson (Psych) are set to be tied to Xavier's season 2 mission, with it being reported that Doherty will play Link, the leader of a biker gang, McGrady will play Link's second-in-command Geiger and Omundson is Chef.

Raymond Cham Jr (The Idea of You) is also joining the cast in an undisclosed role, as well as Brown's wife Ryan Michelle Bathé.

The confirmed cast for Paradise season 2 is as follows.

• Sterling K Brown as Agent Xavier Collins
• Julianne Nicholson as Samantha Redmond
• Nicole Brydon Bloom as Jane Driscoll
• Shailene Woodley as TBC
• Thomas Doherty as Link
• Michael McGrady as Geiger
• Timothy Omundson as Chef
• Raymond Cham Jr as TBC
• Ryan Michelle Bathé as TBC

While these season 1 cast members haven't been officially confirmed just yet, we'd expect to see a return of the below characters.

• Sarah Shahi as Dr Gabriela Torabi
• Krys Marshall as Agent Robinson
• Charlie Evans as Jeremy
• Aliyah Mastin as Presley
• Percy Daggs IV as James
• Gerald McRaney as Kane Bradford
• Matt Malloy as Henry Baines
• Enuka Okuma as Dr Teri Rogers-Collins
• Richard Robichaux as Carl

What will Paradise season 2 be about?

As for exact plot points, it's hard to say just when season 2 would pick back up. But if it followed on directly from the season 1 finale, we'd expect to see Xavier's journey back to above ground play out.

Will he find his wife or will he come across other pressing issues up there?

Fogelman has teased that the second season will lean into science fiction a little more, saying in an interview with Deadline: "It’s fair to say we solved all the questions about what the bunker is and why it was created in season 1, but there’s kind of a deepening of it as you get into season 2 and what’s really behind it all.

"There’s more science fiction in it in the second season intentionally than even was in the first. And that involves climate change and science and the things that were coming behind it. There is more of that kind of survivalist [story]. How did the people that made it out in the world outside of the bunker do it?"

The series creator also teased that, on top of all of the drama to come with Xavier and the people he meets outside of the bunker, we're also set to get further insight into Sinatra and Jane's stories.

Speaking of Sinatra's arc to come, Fogelman said: "In the second season, you’re going to have more context for some of her behaviour that goes beyond what you know so far."

Series lead Brown also teased what's to come for Xavier, saying of his mission: "There will be an exploration of the world outside of the bunker and what’s transpired over the past three years, so you’ll get a chance to see some things up close and personal. It’s not the same. We were able to plan, with infrastructure and money. They were not, so you’ll see the difference between those two things.”

He added: "We’ll find out whether or not his wife is alive. Was she alive at the course of that tape? Has she survived up until that point, et cetera? You still get a chance to find out what’s going on in the bunker... You get a chance to see a little bit of everything, and then I’ll say this much without... and then the worlds will converge and things get interesting."

Paradise airs every Tuesday on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the US – you can sign up to Disney+ from £4.99 a month now.

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