Zoe Saldaña’s Lioness Team Swings Back Into Action in Season 2 Trailer
Paramount+ has deployed a new trailer for the second season of its military drama Lioness (fka Special Ops: Lioness), premiering Sunday, Oct. 27, with the first two episodes of eight.
Hailing from the prolific Taylor Sheridan and inspired by an actual U.S. Military program, Lioness (as the series was retitled for Season 2) follows CIA station chief Joe McNamara (played by executive producer Zoe Saldaña) as she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.
The series also stars Laysla De Oliveira (who played Season 1’s titular operative, Marine Raider Cruz Mañuelos), executive producer Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill and Hannah Love Lanier.
New to the Season 2 mix, Bruce McGill (Reacher) will play NSA Chief Damian Hollar, Jennifer Ehle (Law & Order: Organized Crime) is Chief of Staff Mason, and Genesis Rodriguez (The Umbrella Academy) will play Captain Josephina “Josie” Carillo, a fierce and dedicated helicopter pilot. Rodriguez’s character is a major focus of the trailer embedded above as she struggles with the dubious morality of a military operation — prompting Saldaña’s Joe to repeatedly ask her, “Do you love your country?”
“It’s a strange relationship” that Joe and Josie share, Saldaña previously teased to People.com. “There’s a lot of mistrust from the beginning.”
At the time of its July 2023 debut, Lioness, Paramount+ says, set a new record as the streamer’s most-watched worldwide series premiere, with nearly six million total viewers in its first week (across Paramount+ globally and a linear preview on the Paramount Network).
Watch the Lioness Season 2 trailer above, then drop a comment with your hopes for the new episodes.
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Just out of curiosity, has something changed since this news was posted on Deadline in May? TVLine wouldn’t be this far behind in TV news.
May, as you may know, is our very busiest month of the year; clearly, we missed it at the time! But now Saldaña is out there talking about the new season, and new photos will be added to this story on Wednesday afternoon. No harm, no foul.
Sorry if it sounded like an insult. I know that TVLine and Deadline are different on many levels, which is great, but I just wasn’t sure if both received the same intell or if it n is separate.
Can this entire exchange be used as an example that the comment page doesn’t have to turn into a battlefield and not everything is designed to be a “gotcha” exchange? This is soo much better than what is going on in other comment sections :). Your initial comment was pretty matter of fact, and Matt’s response was very honest. And I assume you’re going for beers later.
Just recently watched this series when it ran on Showtime.It’s a solid action drama but do not expect a single redeeming character,Even the personal drama is loaded with anger rage and depression.The people associated with the US Government are classic types we hope don’t really exist or we are all in trouble.
Joe’s relationship with her girlfriend just seemed so forced and out of place to me. I just didn’t see a reason for it but hey, that’s just my take on it. The series as a whole was fun to watch.
Joe (Zoe Saldana) was married to a guy, I think you meant that Cruz had a gf (Aalyiah). I thought it was very well developed for such a short series. As for their chemistry, I thought it was actually fine, I’ve seen way worse chemistry between WLW couples.
I loved the first season, and I am glad to see season two coming.
MORE… Jill Wagner… PLEASE !!!