The OA Season 2 Release Date, Trailer, Cast, and News

News has been sparse about The OA season 2, but according to lead actor, Brit Marling, scripts (which apparently took all summer and all to write) have been written, and filming began in January 2018. The second season will have 8 episodes, and the premiere episode will be entitled “Angel of Death,” in which we will finally learn the fate of Prarie Johnson.

Netflix really dropped a bombshell back in December of 2016. After only a few oblique social media teases, they debuted the trailer for their mysterious new supernatural series The OA on the exact same week of the show’s premiere, but having resonated with audiences, Netflix has no further need for any PR cloak and dagger when it comes to their mysterious new gem, proven by the fact they greenlit season 2 and announced it publicly straight off the bat.

The streaming service chose to announce the second season of The OA with a mysterious teaser, naturally.

The OA Season 2 Teaser Trailer

Although it came out awhile ago, The OA season 2 teaser contains some very definite clues for what’s to come…

The OA Season 2 Release Date

With filming having begun for The OA season 2 in January 2018, expect to see the show’s return in summer or fall. We’ll keep you updated when an official announcement is made.

The OA Season 2 Story

The first season of The OA centred around young Missouri woman Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling) who – after being missing for seven years – mysteriously resurfaces.

Previously blind, she now possesses sight and odd scar markings on her back. However, as Prairie – who now calls herself The OA – deals with a flood of memories, she remains silent about her ordeal to both the authorities and her adopted parents Abel, played by Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead) and Nancy, played by Alice Krige (Tyrant).

But Prairie does choose to relay the truth to a group of locals, and sets out on a mission to retrieve people who went missing in similar circumstances to herself. We learn that her odd ordeal connects to an experiment dealing with the near-death unlocking of dormant abilities. The ongoing intrigue of the series lies in the fact that Prairie/The OA may not necessarily be telling the whole truth and possible twists on what little we know still might lie ahead.

If you’ve watched the teaser for The OA season 2 (above), it might not seem like there’s much to go on, but you can distinctly hear Prairie say “Homer?” along with a message in braille, which has been translated as “survived.” There’s also that photo of what looks like the Golden Gate Bridge – so, will Homer’s near-death experience be explained in the second season?

We can absolutely be assured of one thing: co-creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij know exactly what the ongoing story is; there’s definitely no Lost-esque uncertainly about the plot as the series moves forward.

“Brit and I figured out the whole thing. The whole thing’s a riddle. There are a lot of clues,” Batmanglij told Variety. “Very few people have really picked up on all the clues. Our sound engineer picked up on a major one that kind of blew my mind. I was like, ‘That is designed for only the closest, creepiest viewer to find.'”

We also know that the near-death experiences, which are used to unlock “Movements,” will continue to evolve and play a larger part in the evolution of the story. 

“I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to try to illuminate something about the present that is somewhat invisible to us,” Brit Marling explained to Malcolm Gladwell in Interview Magazine recently. “Except that, even in that illumination, you have to admit that you just don’t know—that some things are a capital M mystery that are beyond our five senses, and that we couldn’t possibly perceive or articulate. The OA is our attempt at writing and making a new human language through movement, this mythology we’re inventing.”

The OA Season 2 Cast

So far none of season two’s cast has been officially confirmed, but since star Brit Marling has been talking on and off about the mechanics of creating a further narrative for the show, we can probably assume she’ll be back as Prairie Johnson.

It’s unclear whether Jason Isaacs (Event Horizon), Patrick Gibson (Cherry Tree) or Brenden Meyer (The Guest) will return, however.