EXCLUSIVE: The inhabitants of Prime Video‘s UK thriller The Rig are heading to an Arctic glacier.
Amazon has unveiled new forged for Season 2 of the hit sequence, together with first seems, with Star Trek star Alice Krige and The Queen’s Gambit’s Jacob Fortune-Lloyd becoming a member of Emily Hampshire, Martin Compston and Iain Glen. Boarding The Rig alongside the brand new pair are Ross Anderson (The Final Kingdom), Phil McKee (Deadwater Fell) and Johannes Roaldsen Fürst (Hvite gutter). Returning for Season 2 are Rochenda Sandall, Owen Teale, Mark Addy, Molly Vevers, Abraham Popoola, Nikhil Parmar and Stuart McQuarrie. Fortune-Lloyd just lately boarded one other Prime Video sequence, Haven, whereas Krige’s previous credit embrace the identical streamer’s Carnival Row.
Deadline can reveal that Season 2 shall be set on an Arctic glacier. The sequence begins with helicopters taking the surviving crew of the Kinloch Bravo to a brand new secret offshore facility known as the Stac, nestled deep within the extraordinary and lethal landscapes of the Arctic Circle. Right here, the trapped crew should cope with the emotional and bodily fallout of the devastating tsunami that destroyed the Bravo, and take care of swirling conspiracies, company conflicts, and new threats from the darkish depths of the world’s ocean.
In Season 1 the forged have been on an oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast, which was enveloped in a mysterious fog that minimize off all traces of communication. The present has shades of BBC hit Vigil, which began life on a submarine earlier than heading to the skies in Season 2.
The Rig is produced by Banijay-backed Sixth Commandment producer Wild Mercury and is a uncommon instance of an Amazon UK drama sequence making it past a primary season. The sequence is written by David Macpherson, and directed by John Strickland (Line of Responsibility, Bodyguard) and Alex Holmes (The Letter for the King). The chief producers are Derek Wax, Macpherson and Strickland. The sequence producer is Suzanne Reid, and the co-producer is Matt Brown.
