{"id":138990,"date":"2025-09-13T00:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138990\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T00:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:58:12","slug":"the-hunting-wives-renewed-for-season-2-by-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138990\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Hunting Wives&#8217; Renewed for Season 2 by Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-0c15d4\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;The Hunting Wives&#8221; is returning to Netflix for another season of Southern-fried secrets, sex and murder.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-464fb3\" class=\"body-graf\">Malin \u00c5kerman and Brittany Snow announced the hit drama was renewed for a second season in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOgWR9tjPQI\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hilarious social media video<\/a> Sept. 12 that tapped into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/malin-akerman-brittany-snow-friendship-the-hunting-wives-interview-rcna229879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the deliciously twisted vibe between their characters<\/a>, alluring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/malin-akerman-the-hunting-wives-margo-jed-slap-scene-rcna230028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas socialite and girl group leader Margo<\/a> (\u00c5kerman) and Sophie, the wide-eyed Yankee transplant whose life goes awry after she falls under Margo&#8217;s spell (Snow).<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-20444f\" class=\"body-graf\">The clip kicks off with Snow, looking raccoonish thanks to smeared mascara, ranting into her phone as she records a video message for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/diet-fitness\/malin-akerman-high-protein-snack-hunting-wives-rcna230375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00c5kerman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9a39d4\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;Do you think if you ignore me I&#8217;m just going to go away? How dare you? I lost everything because of you! You magnetic, charismatic, perfectly symmetrical, beautiful \u2014&#8221; Snow says before \u00c5kerman appears on screen wrapped in a towel as she steps out of the shower.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-de1738\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;Hi, honey,&#8221; the Swedish-born actor coos soothingly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/awards\/the-hunting-wives-malin-akerman-brittany-snow-mtv-vmas-2025-rcna229373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">her co-star, <\/a>who now cowers nervously out of camera in embarrassment. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c33f54\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;You know I know what you sound like when you breathe on the phone,&#8221; \u00c5kerman tells her.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3099e7\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;That&#8217;s unfortunate,&#8221; Snow mumbles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3da836\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;Are you OK?&#8221; \u00c5kerman asks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a1b843\" class=\"body-graf\">Snow begins rambling, telling her co-star, &#8220;I would give anything to see you. I would give up my dignity. I would give up my morals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c5b992\" class=\"body-graf\">\u00c5kerman, channeling the manipulative Margo, reassures her, &#8220;It&#8217;s just you and me, remember? I have a feeling we&#8217;re going to see each other real soon. Actually, I know we&#8217;re going to see each other really soon.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-66bec9\" class=\"body-graf\">A beat later, \u00c5kerman is wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/malin-akerman-the-hunting-wives-margo-banks-wigs-rcna225863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a Margo-like red wig <\/a>to announce in a Texas drawl, &#8220;Pack your boots and load your guns. We&#8217;re going back to Maple Brook for Season 2, baby!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/margo-sophie-the-hunting-wives-ms-250908-03-024186.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman in &quot;The Hunting Wives&quot;\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/>Snow and \u00c5kerman in a scene from &#8220;The Hunting Wives.&#8221;Steve Dietl<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e0023f\" class=\"body-graf\">Netflix also shared the news on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/the-hunting-wives-season-2-cast-release-date-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tudum<\/a> website, noting that Season 1 of the fan-favorite series, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/hunting-wives-author-may-cobb-interview-rcna226907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">based on May Cobb&#8217;s 2021 novel of the same name<\/a>, &#8220;ended with body bags aplenty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5d2d01\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;Sophie and Margo are on the outs. But soon enough, old secrets and new foes force them back together. As they play their dangerous games, the question arises: Are they the hunters or the hunted?\u201d Netflix asked ahead of Season 2.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1b4fb0\" class=\"body-graf\">Executive producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/tv\/the-hunting-wives-creator-rebecca-cutter-interview-margo-sophie-rcna227953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rebecca Cutter <\/a>said in a statement, \u201cI\u2019m so excited to write these amazing characters again. And I can\u2019t wait to take the audience on another sexy, twisted, bats&#8212; crazy ride through Maple Brook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3cdc45\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Season 1 cast members joining \u00c5kerman and Snow when the series returns include Jaime Ray Newman (Callie), Evan Jonigkeit (Graham) and George Ferrier (Brad).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Hunting Wives&#8221; is returning to Netflix for another season of Southern-fried secrets, sex and murder. 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