Keeley Hawes' hit thriller The Assassin confirms season 2 release date with first-look trailer

Thriller The Assassin has confirmed a season two release date, with a first trailer to boot. The Keeley Hawes series debuted last year, and focuses on the star's retired assassin Julie Green as her past catches up with her amid a reunion with her estranged son Edward (Freddie Highmore).

It has now been confirmed that the Prime Video show from Harry and Jack Williams will return in just under a month, with all six episodes dropping on 6 November.

In the teaser trailer, we see Edward reveal that his new wife Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin) has been kidnapped on their honeymoon, leading to a reluctant re-teaming with his mum.

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While he declares he doesn't need her to fight his battles, Julie hits back: "You literally brought me here to fight your battles!"

The aforementioned stars return alongside Devon Terrell as Ezra, while new cast additions include Arnaud Binard, Natalia Tena, Boris Van Severen, Jacqueline Boatswain, Monic Hendrickx, Karl-El Santos, Mehdi Regragui, Casimiro Aguza, Tony Corvillo, Amin Hamada and Lolo Herrero.

"Julie's days as an assassin are far from behind her as she has slipped back to her old ways, whilst navigating something just as perilous… the dating scene," the new season synopsis reads.

"When Edward's honeymoon with Kayla doesn't go quite as planned, he must reunite with Julie to take on Spain's corrupt underworld, but can they survive the job and mend the rift that tore them apart?"

In Digital Spy's five-star review of the first season, we said it was a "gutsy take on the genre" and like "nothing we've seen before".

"At its heart, The Assassin is an exploration of womanhood in a male-dominated world," we added. "It dares to approach this theme through the lens of a menopausal hitwoman, who is still as sharp as the version we met at the beginning."

The Assassin season two is released on 6 November on Prime Video. Season 1 is streaming now on Prime Video.

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