Paradise season 2: key information
– Renewed in February 2025
– Filming completed at the end of August 2025
– No official release date or trailer yet
– The main cast of the series is expected to return
– James Marsden’s return unconfirmed
– Season 2 plot takes a closer look at life outside the bunker
– Dan Fogelman hopes for more seasons
Heaven Filming for season 2 has officially wrapped, which means we might not have to wait long for the political thriller to return to our screens.
Season 1 followed Secret Service agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) as he tried to determine who killed the president after a shock murder in the very first episode. Oh, and it turns out they’re all living in an underground bunker owned by billions while an apocalyptic event has occurred on the surface of the Earth.
The drama unfolded not only around Cal’s death, but also around the bunker and Paradise as a whole. There’s still a lot to unpack, but fortunately with Heaven season 2 on the way, here’s everything we know so far about the expected release date, new and returning cast members, plot rumors and more.
Full spoilers follow for Heaven season 1.
Paradise Season 2 Release Date
Heaven season 2 was officially renewed on February 10, 2025 and, in real Heaven fashion, the star of the show, Sterling K. Brown, revealed the news on the palm of his hand.
And while there’s no release date yet, series creator Dan Fogelman told Deadline that there is a potential release. window comparing it to season 1: “So if we release in early 2025, hopefully the next season will release in early 2026.”
And it looks like the cast and crew have officially wrapped filming, with Sterling K. Brown taking to his personal Instagram to show off the last day of filming in late August.
In the clip, he says, “We’re trying to give you something just as good, if not better, the second time around.” Added caption: “Trust that you are not prepared for what is to come.”
So it looks like they’re on track for a potential early 2026 release for Heaven season 2. Watch this space.
Paradise Season 2 Trailer: Is There One?
There is no Heaven The trailer for season 2 isn’t out yet and that’s not surprising news considering we don’t have a release date.
But according to Variety, early footage was shown exclusively to San Diego Comic-Con attendees in July, but it’s been kept very under wraps other than telling us there’s a glimpse of a new character (which I’ll reveal below).
What we do know is that the first official trailer for Season 1 was released in November, ahead of the series premiere in January 2025.
So if all the release date information we’ve managed to gather so far points to an early 2026 release, we might not have to wait. Also much longer for a trailer. When it comes out, I’ll be sure to update here.
Paradise season 2 cast confirmed
It looks like the main cast is expected to return for Heaven season 2, as well as a multitude of new characters will join the series:
- Sterling K. Brown as Xavier Collins
- Julianne Nicholson as Sinatra
- Nicole Brydon Bloom as Jane Driscoll
- Krys Marshall as Agent Robinson
- Sarah Shahi as Dr. Gabriela Torabi
- Aliya Mastin as Presley Collins
- Percy Daggs IV as James Collins
- Charlie Evans as Jeremy
- Richard Robichaux as Carl
- Enuka Okuma as Dr. Teri Rogers-Collins
- Gerald McRaney as Kane Bradford
- Matt Malloy as Henry Baines
- Shailene Woodley as TBC
- Thomas Doherty as Link
- Michael McGrady as Geiger
- Timothy Omundson as Chief
- Raymond Chan Jr as to be confirmed
- Ryan Michelle Bathé as to be confirmed
Shailene Woodley has been confirmed to join Heaven season 2, according to Deadline, in an undisclosed role and, as part of the SDCC first look, fans saw her briefly as a tour guide at Elvis Presley’s Graceland.
And Woodley isn’t the only one joining in Season 2 with a bounty of new cast members also announced, including Gossip Girl Thomas Doherty (by Variety) and many others.
We know some characters not returning however for season 2, namely Trent and Billy, who met their demise in season 1.
But we remain curious whether James Marsden, as deceased President Cal Bradford, will make a return.
In season 1, although he died in the first episode, he appeared throughout the series in a series of flashbacks. And, speaking to Vanity Fair, he could return, perhaps in a bigger role: “I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say. Although my vague answer to your question is probably the answer to your question.”
And after the success of the series, he adds: “…I got a text from Dan saying, ‘Well, maybe you’re not dead’. I don’t want to give false hope here that I’m alive, but maybe we can find a solution.”
Paradise Season 2 Synopsis and Story Rumors
Major spoilers follow for Heaven season 1.
Heaven season 2 looks set to pick up where season 1 left off with many questions answered and many more left. And viewers watched as Xavier headed outside the bunker in search of his wife, Teri, who will undoubtedly be the starting point for season 2.
What we also finally know from the season 1 finale is who killed the president, spoiler alertTrent the Librarian, we’re looking at you. Additionally, viewers saw billionaire Sinatra ruling paradise, hiding dirty secrets and covering up the history of the bunker.
But Trent and Sinatra weren’t the only villains in HeavenEnter Jane. Acting as a doubt agent between Xavier and Sinatra, ultimately shooting Sinatra in the neck during a tumultuous season 1 finale and saving Xavier’s daughter. It’s not entirely clear where his loyalties lie at the moment.
For Jane, in season 2, an entire episode is dedicated to her. Fogelman told THR, “Our sixth episode of Season 2 is called ‘Jane,’ and it tells her story.” A Jane origin story? Sign me up.
And as for Season 2 as a whole, Fogelman told Deadline that he has big plans: “It’s fair to say that we answered all the questions about what the bunker is and why it was created in Season 1, but there’s kind of a deepening as you get into Season 2 and what’s really behind it all.
“There’s intentionally more science fiction in the second season than in the first. And it involves climate change and science and things after that. There’s more of that survival stuff. [story]. How did the people who managed to escape the world outside the bunker do it? And we explore that as the season goes on. »
And we also know that Xavier is heading above ground. Also speaking to Deadline, Brown said that life outside the bunker was the focus of season 2: “There will be an exploration of the world outside the bunker and what’s happened over the last 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 the infrastructure and the money. That wasn’t the case, so you’ll see the difference between those two things.”
Brown also revealed that we’ll find out if his wife, Teri, is alive and, if she turns out to be OK, what her survival looks like on the outside. So, as Xavier ventures to the surface and life in the bunker continues, there is much more to discover. Heaven season 2.
Will there be more seasons of Paradise?
If creator Dan Fogelman has anything to do with it, there will definitely be more Heaven future. One more season, at least.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Fogelman said: “We have this very specific three-year plan, and the next season coming up is sort of the middle episode of our trilogy with its own beginning, middle and end as well.”
Revealing: “We have a three-season story that’s bigger than people think right now, and it’s going to span multiple genres.”
A season 3 therefore seems very likely, but there is no official news yet. We’ll keep our fingers crossed!
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