{"id":314980,"date":"2026-03-05T22:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/314980\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:53:10","slug":"beef-season-2-trailer-netflix-series-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/314980\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Beef&#8217; Season 2 Trailer: Netflix Series Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">\u201c<a id=\"auto-tag_beef\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/beef\/\" data-tag=\"beef\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beef<\/a>\u201d is back for a second season, returning to Netflix on April 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \"><a id=\"auto-tag_charles-melton\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/charles-melton\/\" data-tag=\"charles-melton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Melton<\/a> and <a id=\"auto-tag_cailee-spaeny\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/cailee-spaeny\/\" data-tag=\"cailee-spaeny\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cailee Spaeny<\/a> are set to star as a young couple working at a country club who witness an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, played by <a id=\"auto-tag_oscar-isaac\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/oscar-isaac\/\" data-tag=\"oscar-isaac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Isaac<\/a> (\u201cFrankenstein\u201d) and <a id=\"auto-tag_carey-mulligan\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/carey-mulligan\/\" data-tag=\"carey-mulligan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carey Mulligan<\/a> (\u201cPromising Young Woman\u201d). Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung (\u201cMinari\u201d) and Song Kang-ho (\u201cParasite\u201d) are set to join the cast for the second season, which will feature \u201cchess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">Produced by A24, the upcoming season will consist of eight 30-minute episodes, with creator Lee Sung Jin returning as showrunner and executive producer. Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, who starred in and executive produced Season 1, are back as EPs alongside Jake Schreier, Kitao Sakurai, Ethan Kuperberg, and Anna Ouyang Moench, in addition to Mulligan, Isaac, Melton and Spaeny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">Melton is known for his role in \u201cMay December\u201d (2023), which earned him a Golden Globe nod, and his work on CW\u2019s \u201cRiverdale.\u201d Spaeny also received a Golden Globe nomination for her breakout role as Priscilla Presley in \u201cPriscilla\u201d (2023), and starred in the dystopian thriller \u201cCivil War\u201d (2024).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">Season 1 of \u201cBeef\u201d followed Danny Cho (Yeun) and Amy Lau (Wong), two strangers in Los Angeles whose lives became dangerously entangled after a road rage incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">Originally a Netflix limited series, the dark comedy received eight Emmy Award nominations in 2023, taking home Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and acting wins for Yeun and Wong. The following year, the show won all three of its nominated categories at the Golden Globes, including Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m \">Watch the trailer here.<\/p>\n<p>Love Film &amp; TV?<\/p>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in music, film and TV in Australia and abroad.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spinner.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/beef-season-2-trailer-oscar-isaac-cailee-spaeny-1236631549\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Variety US<\/a><\/p>\n<p> optional screen readerRead More About:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBeef\u201d is back for a second season, returning to Netflix on April 16. 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