'Scrublands' Season 2 Will Be "Silver" As First Trailer Arrives

Not every country has a signature homegrown streamer the way the U.S. has Netflix. Launching a successful streaming service without viewers already feeling deeply familiar with the studio it's tied to is tough. It's not an accident the most successful streaming service in New Zealand is Neon (the county's HBO equivalent) or that BBC's iPlayer reigns supreme in the U.K. Australia, meanwhile, has the popular 9Network's service, the very Aussie named "Stan." It's taken a while for Stan's programming to make its way around the globe, but the country's big hits are starting to turn up top side, like Scrublands.

Based on the Chris Hammer novel series and named for the opening novel, Scrublands Season 1 featured Australian star Luke Arnold (Black Sails) as journalist Martin Scarsden, who is assigned a "one year on" story to check in with residents after a horrific massacre was committed by the town priest, Byron Swift (Jay Ryan). The slow unraveling of what led to the tragedy was far more twisted than most might guess, as Martin gets local bookstore owner Mandy Bond, played by Bella Heathcote (The Man in the High Castle), to confide in him.

Season 1 was initially commissioned in February 2023 and aired late that year down under before finding its way to Sundance Now and AMC+ in May 2024. Season 2, based on Hammer's follow-up novel, Silver, was commissioned a month later. Unsurprisingly, now that the trailer and key art are out, the second season is called Scrublands: Silver.

Here's the Season 2 synopsis:

In the brand new season, it’s been a year since the life-changing events of Scrublands, and award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden has returned to his coastal hometown, Port Silver, WA, to set up a new life with partner Mandy Bond. When he arrives to find his childhood friend Jasper brutally murdered and Mandy, the prime suspect, Martin struggles with doubts – about Mandy and about his own ability to recognize the truth. As he pushes forward to find the real murderer and absolve Mandy, Martin confronts secrets about Port Silver and his long-buried past.

Arnold and Heathcote reprise their roles of Martin and Mandy, joined by a new ensemble that includes Luke Carroll (The Artful Dodger), Debra Lawrance (Darby & Joan), David Roberts (Queen of Oz), Caroline Brazier (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries), Joel Jackson (Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries), Sarah Roberts (Return to Paradise), Radek Jonak (Black Snow), Damian De Montemas (Jack Irish), Tasma Walton (Deadloch), Luke Pegler (Home & Away), Toby Truslove (La Brea), and Hamish Michael (Frayed).

Felicity Packard, Fiona Kelly, and Jock Serong are the Season 2 writing team, with director Ben Young helming the eight-episode series. Packard executive produces alongside Martha Coleman, Ian Collie, and Rob Gibson, plus Michael Healy and Andy Ryan from the 9 Network and Cailah Scobie and Alicia Brown for Stan.

Scrublands: Silver will premiere in Australia on Stan on Thursday, April 17, 2025, with all episodes. It is expected to follow on Sundance Now and AMC+ before the end of 2025.