A quick renewal announcement has come through from Netflix for The Order season 2, according to Deadline, and production is set to take place in the summer with a 2020 release date. This news is almost certainly welcome for those viewers who were wondering what would happen to the Knights of St. Christopher werewolves after the events of the season finale. Fortunately, lead actors Sarah Grey and Jake Manley are on board for the new season.
The Order may have snuck under people’s radar, but enough people tuned in to the series about a secret magical society hidden on a college campus for Netflix to keep the story going. The show comes from co-creators Dennis Heaton (Ghost Wars) and Shelley Eriksen (Continuum) and Nomadic Pictures, which also produces the hit vampire series Van Helsing for Syfy. Adding the element of justice-seeking werewolves to an otherwise familiar formula of hidden magic-users must have been just what viewers were looking for.
The first season of The Order follows Manley’s character, Jack, as he enrolls at Belgrave University with the specific purpose of tracking down his father who, along with the Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose, may have had something to do with his mother’s mysterious death. By becoming a part of the Order himself, Jack meets Alyssa, played by Grey, who is learning magic herself and discovering the darker side of the organisation she’s a part of.
The Order season 2 will have ten episodes just like the first season, but there will be some actors that received top billing in the first season that will not be returning next year due to character deaths that will not be spoiled here. Given the significant cliffhanger that came in the finale, The Order could switch things up considerably, including new cast members and a change of antagonists.
We’ll keep you updated with news about The Order season 2 as it comes in.
