Silo season 2: Apple TV Plus release date, likely cast, story rumors and more news about the sci-fi series’ return
Silo season 2: key information
– Announced June 2023
– Coming exclusively to Apple TV Plus in November
– No trailer revealed yet
– Many actors return from season 1
– Steven Zahn is the only new confirmed addition to the cast
– Plot summary yet to be revealed
– The story is expected to focus on the second novel in Hugh Howey’s ‘Wool’ series, on which the show is based
– No word yet on whether more seasons will be greenlit
Silo Season 2 is one of the most anticipated Apple TV Plus shows of the year. The dystopian sci-fi series debuted in mid-2023 to critical and award-winning reviews. It came as no surprise, then, that the Rebecca Ferguson-led project was renewed for another installment ahead of its season finale.
With the Apple-developed show soon emerging from its underground bunker, you’ll want more details on what to expect Silo‘s second season. In this guide, we’ve compiled everything worth knowing about the next entries of one of the best Apple TV Plus shows, including the official release date, potential plot points, cast details, and more. It goes without saying, but full spoilers follow for Silo season 1. There is also talk of possible spoilers for season 2as well as storylines from Hugh Howey’s ‘Wool’ book trilogy, which inspired the series.
Silo Season 2 Release Date
“In case of a failed cleanup, prepare for war.” — The OrderSilo Season 2 debuts November 15 on Apple TV+ #JulietteLives #Silo pic.twitter.com/uDqxqAM5veJuly 27, 2024
Silo The official Season 2 release date was one of nine big Comic-Con 2024 announcements that delighted us earlier this year, with news of the Apple TV show’s return – it will debut on Friday November 15th – will be released at the end of July.
Previously, all we knew was that Apple TV Plus had renewed Silo for another season, with that confirmation coming in June 2023, ahead of the season 1 finale. A month later, lead actress Rebecca Ferguson told TechRadar that season 2 would be a long time coming to the streaming platform, with its development having been heavily impacted by the 2023 Hollywood strikes that largely shut down the industry last year.
With that industry action now a distant memory, we can look forward to Silo season 2, which will arrive with a one-episode premiere on launch day. The following nine episodes will stream weekly until the finale airs on January 17, 2025.
Silo Season 2 Trailer: Is There One Yet?
If you go to YouTube and search for a Silo Season 2 trailer, you might be surprised to learn that there are several, but wait! They’re all fan-made – and in some cases, made with artificial intelligence (AI).
Apple hasn’t released an official teaser yet, but with the series returning in less than two months, we’re predicting one will drop before the end of September. We’ll include it in this guide once it’s revealed.
Silo Season 2 Cast: Confirmed and Rumors
Full spoilers follow for Silo season 1.
Here’s the confirmed cast for Silo Season 2 so far, as revealed in an Apple press release:
- Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nicholls
- General as Robert Sims
- Tim Robbins as Bernard Holland
- Harriet Walter as Martha Walker
- Chinaza Uche as Paul Billings
- Avi Nash as Lukas Kyle
- Alexandria Riley as Camille Sims
- Shane McRae as Knox
- Remmie Milner as Shirly Campbell
- Clare Perkins as Carla
- Billy Postelthwaite as Hank
- Rick Gomez as Patrick Kennedy
- Caitlin Zoz as Kathleen Billings
- Tanya Moodie as Judge Meadows
- Iain Glen as Doctor Pete Nichols
- Steven Zahn as Solo
Of the above contingents, the only new cast addition is 2 that of Steve Zahn. Last seen as the anxious father Mark Mossbacher in The White Lotushe will appear as a character named Solo. Apple has not provided any further information about this individual, so he remains a mystery for now.
As for the Season 1 cast members who aren’t returning, Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo won’t be returning as Allison Becker and her husband Holston, who was the sheriff of the titular silo. The pair died after leaving the underground bunker while wearing malfunctioning suits, so don’t expect to see this duo again next time around.
Silo Season 2 Plot Speculation
Full spoilers follow for Silo‘s first season.
Apple hasn’t given us an official story summary for Silo Season 2 hasn’t arrived yet. The only things we’ve gotten so far are the aforementioned X/Twitter release date post, ominously captioned: “‘In the event of a failed cleaning, prepare for war’ – The Order,” and some first look images.
Based on what we know about Howey’s novels, and what happened in the Season 1 finale, we have a vague idea of how things might go next.
What secrets lie behind the silo? Your first look at Silo Season 2. pic.twitter.com/UxXzN2FgTEJune 10, 2024
The ending of season 1 was incredibly bleak. After Juliette discovered the hidden conspiracy within the Silo and believed the outside world to be a beautiful and green place, rather than the barren hell shown to those within, she managed to escape and discover the truth once and for all. Unfortunately, when she finally emerged, the idyllic world turned out to be an illusion to deceive the cleaners (people who, after breaking the law, are forced to go outside and clean the outside of the silo). The world is in fact a greasy pile of barren emptiness – well, apart from the many craters that dot its surface, each containing their own hundred-plus story silos.
So, where could the series go from here? It’s not confirmed yet, but we’re guessing that Season 2 will likely be based on “Shift,” the second novel in Howey’s “Wool” trilogy of books, which chronicles the origins of the silos, as well as the young Congressman Donald Keene who is tasked by Senator Thurman to design and build them.
How much of this original storyline will be used in the show is being kept under wraps, however. Showrunner Graham Yost did provide some telling details about how Silo Season 2 begins – and it looks like she’ll be forced to seek safety in a new silo to escape the toxic environment around her. Speaking to Entertainment weekly (EW), Yost said, “Juliette is having a really hard time getting into this other silo, and she’s running for safety because her suit is running out of air. The miraculous tape that Walker [Harriet Walter] arranged for her suit to be wrapped, that’s going to fail. A lot of the episode is Juliette just trying to survive and the technical things she has to do to stay alive.”
The Season 2 opener won’t just focus on the title character, though. Expanding on what viewers can expect, Yost also told EW, “The premiere [follows] Juliette, but we don’t really start with her. We go back an unspecified amount of time – at least in the beginning – into another silo. We’re going to see a rebellion that goes terribly wrong.
“She [the rebels] “They’re running upstairs and we cut away from them, just as they’re going outside, to see that same flag sticking out of the ground, out of the hand of a skeleton, and it’s God knows how many years later. In the distance, this person in a scrubs is walking toward it, and it’s Juliette, who’s going to follow the trail of bodies that will lead her to a death silo.”
It looks like we’re going to be delving deeper (if you’ll pardon the pun) into the mythology and lore surrounding the silos. Not only that, but Silo Season 2 will also tell concurrent storylines – one that follows Juliette, and the other that takes place in her original home. “Juliette knows [what] “What could happen to her silo,” Yost added during his EW chat, “And is there any way she can get back to them to help them stop that? It’s starting to get really, really scary.” Come on November, we say. In the meantime, learn more clues about where Silo The plot of season 2 might change, based on the literature.
Will Silo Season 2 be the final installment of the science fiction series?
No. It looks like we’ll have at least two more seasons of Silowith Ferguson telling Collider (in April 2024) that the show’s future was already in the books: “I believe the show has an ending, and I know when that is, so that’s the answer. You’ll find out when the show is over. To be honest, I don’t think it’s a secret. The books are the books. There are three books, and the three books are divided into four seasons.
“So, I think… I think we’re totally fine with saying Season 1 is done. Season 2 is filmed and coming out, and we’re looking at greenlighting Seasons 3 and 4. And I think we might film them together and that would be the end of it.”
It’s unclear whether the final two seasons will be filmed back-to-back, or if this series will take a few more years to wrap up. Either way, Silo season 2 is just around the corner, so we can take solace in its imminent arrival – oh, and the fact that we don’t live in a post-apocalyptic world where the air we breathe can kill us.
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