A fiery redhead is in your immediate future with the release of the second season of Netflix’s Anne With An E this weekend.
The first season premiered last year, inspired by the timeless Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Now, in the second season, Anne with an E continues to chart bold new territory, adding new characters and storylines while further exploring themes of identity, prejudice, feminism, bullying, gender parity and empowerment through the lens of its fierce, starry-eyed, irrepressible 14-year-old protagonist.
Season 1 ended with us wondering about the safety of the Cuthberts. In the finale, the two shady men that mugged their hired hand Jerry in town were now seen at Green Gables. The pair were responding to an ad that Marilla had placed as they were looking for boarders. They arrived separately and pretended not to know each other for purposes that could only be for nefarious reasons.
However, the season 2 trailer looks as though the Cuthberts are out of danger for a little while with a visit to the beach. Although, Lily Allen’s cover of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know” with lyrics like “This could be the end of everything/So why don’t we go somewhere only we know?”
The trailer also gives us a glimpse of Anne’s classmate Gilbert Blythe who decided to work at the docks after his father’s passing. We also meet new characters who appear to a new couple and according to Netflix, two of the new faces will include Dalmar Abuzeid as Sebastian Lacroix and Cory Grüter-Andrew as Cole MacKenzie.
The series is a coming-of-age story, reimagined by creator Moira Walley-Beckett, Anne with an E stars returning fan favorites Amybeth McNulty (Anne Shirley-Cuthbert), Geraldine James (Marilla Cuthbert), R.H. Thomson (Matthew Cuthbert), Corrine Koslo (Rachel Lynde), Dalila Bela (Diana Barry), Aymeric Jett Montaz (Jerry Baynard), Lucas Zumann (Gilbert Blythe) and Kyla Matthews (Ruby Gillis). This season introduces audiences to new characters including Dalmar Abuzeid (Sebastian Lacroix) and Cory Grüter-Andrew (Cole MacKenzie) conceived by Moira Walley-Beckett and an all-female writers’ room.
A CBC and Netflix original series, Anne with an E is produced by Northwood Entertainment and created by Moira Walley-Beckett. The executive producers are Miranda de Pencier, Moira Walley-Beckett, Debra Hayward, Alison Owen and Ken Girotti. John Calvert serves as producer.
Starring Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James (Sherlock Holmes), R. H. Thomson (Chloe), Lucas Jade Zumann (20th Century Women) and Dalila Bela (Odd Squad).
Anne With An E will release all 10 episodes of Season 2 internationally (except for Canada) on July 6th on Netflix.
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