Lioness Season 2: Paramount+ sets release date, shows first pictures

lioness returns this fall with its second season.

On Tuesday, Paramount+ announced lioness Season 2 starts on Sunday, October 27, 2024with two new episodes. The streamer released the first photos from season 2, including a surprising picture of Zoe Saldaña covered in blood.

Saldaña plays Joe, a CIA officer in charge of a special field program called Lioness. The program is inspired by the real-life Marine Corps Lioness Task Force. In the series, Cruz Manuelos (Laysla De Oliveira) is recruited to join Lioness and work undercover with Joe to take down a terrorist organization.

Besides that Saldaña and De Oliveira, lioness Season 2 stars Genesis Rodriguez as Josie Carillo, Michael Kelly as Bryon Westfield, Morgan Freeman as US Secretary of State Edwin Mullins and Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn Meade.

Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill and Hannah Love Lanier also star. Season 2 is currently filming in Texas.

lioness was developed by Taylor Sheridan and produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios. Sheridan is the most prominent series creator at Paramount. Sheridan’s list of series includes Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, 1883, Tulsa King, 1923, Law Enforcement Officer: Bass Reeves, And Landman.

Executive producers are Sheridan, Saldaña, Kidman, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Keith Cox.

lioness Season 1 premiered in July 2023 and reached 6 million viewers worldwide on Paramount+ and Paramount Network in its first week, a record for the service at the time.

All eight episodes of lioness Season 1 can be streamed on Paramount+.