From playing a racing boss to playing a Republican politician, Shea Whigham (Splinter, Take Shelter) flies to Hawaii for his next role. Whigham is well known for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, and now will join the second season of Netflix’s drama Untamed.
According to Deadline, the first season of Untamed took place in Yosemite National Park. The Eric Bana (Hulk, The Dry) produced show for season two is in the Hawaii Volcano National Park. The second season monitors ISB agent Kyle Turner who is told to investigate an unknown death in a park. Tenisons build in the air and then landscape, becomes unpredictable.
Deadline reports that Whigham play Ray Burkart who wanted to get away from the big city of California to move to Hawaii 30 years ago. Burkart dips his feet in various other side jobs including more legal things. Not only does he do various jobs but he also is suffering from the loss of his son, therefore he argues with Turner to search for his son’s killer.
Next Deadline writes that Untamed is a six part dramatic series that comes from the minds of Mark L. Smith (American Primeval, Vacancy) and Elle Smith (Miss USA 2021, Miss USA 2022) which is from the Warner Bro. Television Studio. The Smiths are exec producing with Bana as well as John Wells (August: Osage County, Bermuda Island) and Erin Jontow (The Pitt, Emperor of Ocean Park) a part of John Wells Productions. The two companies made a partnership to produce the show along with Todd Black (Antwone Fisher, The Equalizer 2) via Escape Artists Entertainment, as well as Steve Lee Jones (Hitmen, Chief of Station) for Bee Holder Production, and Cliff Roberts (The Midnight Sky, The Dog Stars) for Syndicate Entertainment.
Filming for season two began in 2026, but Netflix has not yet announced when Untamed will come out.