Apple TV is reserving a return journey to Widow’s Bay.
The streamer has ordered a second season of the present, a horror comedy starring Matthew Rhys because the mayor of a New England city whose residents all — save for him — imagine the city is cursed. The renewal comes six days earlier than the present concludes its first season; the finale is scheduled for June 17.
Apple TV has additionally signed Widow’s Bay creator Katie Dippold to a multiyear general deal. She’ll proceed to function showrunner of the collection and in addition develop new initiatives.
Widow’s Bay has earned important reward (and a few well-known followers) over the course of its first season. Dippold told The Hollywood Reporter that she’s had the present in her head for almost 20 years — and virtually offered a model it to Amazon in 2013 earlier than pulling it again. “I just had this bad feeling,” she mentioned. “I put a pin in it. I just knew it wasn’t ready. I knew I hadn’t thought enough about the show or the world.”
Apple Studios produces Widow’s Bay. Dippold writes and government produces with Hiro Murai (who directed 5 of the season’s 10 episodes), Carver Karaszewski, Claudia Shin and Rhys. The solid additionally consists of Kate O’Flynn, Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kevin Carroll, Dale Dickey, Ok Callan and Jeff Hiller.
“From the moment audiences arrived in Widow’s Bay, they’ve been hooked on every eerie mystery, unexpected laughs, and cursed secret that Katie, Hiro, Matthew, and the entire team have created,” mentioned Matt Cherniss, head of programming at Apple TV. “It’s become one of those shows everyone’s talking about, and we’re thrilled to see audiences continue to embrace it. We can’t wait to return for another season.”
Dippold, for her half, joked that season two might be “about how everything is great on the island and there’s nothing to worry about.”
