James Patterson’s legendary detective, Alex Cross, acquired an early second season renewal forward of final fall’s sequence debut. That gamble paid off with the Prime Video/Amazon sequence taking viewers alongside for the Aldis Hodge-fronted journey as he resolved the case of the “Fanboy” killer (Ed Ramsey) and confronted the reality about his spouse’s homicide. What’s subsequent?
The second season will observe in its predecessors’ footsteps in not being primarily based upon any explicit Patterson novel. As an alternative, creator Ben Watkins shared that he refers to this second season as “Bitter Fruit,” and new forged addition Wes Chatham revealed on Instagram that filming wrapped in late August 2024. Effectively that was quick, so it feels like viewers received’t have to attend lengthy for that (bitter) fruit to reach.
Does Cross Season 2 Have A Release Date?
Not but. Nonetheless, a fall 2025 is possible pending official phrase.
When the sequence does return, Ben Watkins has hinted {that a} bridge will exist between seasons within the type of FBI Agent Kayla Craig (Alona Tal), who beforehand prolonged immunity to Bobby Trey (Johnny Ray Gill) for grime on Ramsey’s victims. As Watkins (*2*), “I additionally wished to plant a seed that might make you query the totally different ranges of Kayla Craig… Typically [she’s] somewhat comedian aid, somewhat sarcastic humor, typically somewhat romantic chemistry, however principally simply somebody who’s been serving to. So I wished to make you query her.” Kayla might very nicely be a reference to FBI Agent Kyle Craig from Patterson’s novels.
According to Deadline, the second season will introduce new faces together with enterprise tycoon Lance (Matthew Lillard), self-interested decide Rebecca (Jeanine Mason), and army vet Donnie (Wes Chatham). They may be a part of Cross BFF John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa) and Ella Monteiro (Samantha Walkes). And be careful, defendants, as a result of Aldis Hodge will nonetheless be just about studying minds as Alex freaking Cross.
