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The next season of The Hunting Wives will be released sooner rather than later. Star Malin Åkerman was asked about the premiere date by Extra on Thursday, October 30, to which she replied, “Next summer. We’re going back to work in a week and a half… We heard the audience and the fans and we’re bringing it to you next summer.” Despite the speedy return, Åkerman, 47, hasn’t read a single script yet. “Usually, you get a five-month writers’ room, but because it was such a wild success this summer, Netflix has said, ‘We need a summer release. We’re going to go back to work in November. You get a month and a half writers’ room,’” she continued. “So, they’re writing feverishly.” Åkerman is excited to find out the season 2 vision, adding, “I’ve been in and heard some of the stories and I think we’re getting a script soon, I hope. … It’s ‘The Hunting Wives.’ That’s what I asked, too, in the writers’ room. I was like, ‘How are you going to top this?’ But I’m telling you, the fans will not be disappointed.” After The Hunting Wives’ exceptional streaming success, Åkerman also spoke exclusively with Us Weekly about how the show will raise the stakes. “Brittany [Snow] and I have become really great friends and I can definitely, definitely say that season 2 will exceed everyone’s expectations,” Åkerman hinted to Us on Wednesday, October 29. “Because I didn’t know how they were going to top season 1. But I think we’ve got a great writers’ room.” Åkerman, who plays Margo, promised that next season will “just blow you away” and viewers should “get ready.” According to an official synopsis, season 2 picks up with Sophie (Snow) and Margo “on the outs.” “But soon enough, old secrets and new foes force them back together,” read the description for the hit Netflix series. “As they play their dangerous games the question arises. Are they the hunters or the hunted?” Fans have been waiting for news about a second season ever since the show premiered in July. Based on May Cobb‘s book of the same name, The Hunting Wives introduced Us to Sophie, who moved from Boston to an East Texas town where she found herself drawn to prominent socialite Margo. While some became invested in the murder at the center of the series, The Hunting Wives also provided plenty of entertainment with guns, drinking and steamy onscreen hookups. While the show is based on a novel, The Hunting Wives has enjoyed making changes for the screen — including not killing off Margo. “[Creator] Rebecca [Cutter] and May Cobb have a really great relationship. They’ve been talking through a lot and May was kind of like, ‘Go for it.’ She was on set and was really elated to see her characters come to life and really loved the direction that Rebecca went in with the characters and the changes,” Åkerman exclusively told Us in July. “It’s fun to have some of the changes from the book so that people who are fans of the story can go along and be surprised as well. Hopefully it’s not too far gone where it doesn’t veer too far off the book so that they know the characters.” Åkerman continued: “I read the scripts before I read the book so my bias might be the other way around. But again, I just feel like we get the essence of the characters. We get the world and I hope that fans will like it who’ve read the book.” Cobb, meanwhile, previously showed her support for the onscreen shakeups. “My jaw dropped when she told me. It makes so much sense,” Cobb told Variety in July about Cutter’s ending where Margo survived. “My best friend was mad at me when I killed Margo in the book, and she’s still mad at me about it. She’s like, ‘Rebecca is the MVP.’ I get it. I needed another twist in the book, and that’s the one I came up with. But I thought it was genius. It’s a great twist.” The Hunting Wives is currently streaming on Netflix.
