Overview
Mysteries to solve, eye-catching landscape to traverse and Eric Bana (A Sacrifice) playing sleuth: it worked in Australian film The Dry and its sequel Force of Nature: The Dry 2, and it has again in Netflix's unrelated series Untamed. The streaming service is betting it will once more when it brings back the latter mystery-thriller for a just-announced second season.
After Untamed debuted in Netflix's global English-language top ten in mid-July 2025, the platform has revealed that more is on the way. This show was only originally envisioned to run for one season; however, it's set to return with a new investigation in a new national park.
In Untamed, Bana plays Kyle Turner, an Investigative Services Branch agent of the US National Parks Service. Also starring Sam Neill (The Twelve), Rosemarie DeWitt (Smile 2), Lily Santiago (La Brea) and Wilson Bethel (Daredevil: Born Again) — portraying chief park ranger Paul Souter, Kyle's remarried ex-wife Jill, Los Angeles police officer Naya Vasquez and former army ranger-turned-park wildlife management officer Shane Maguire, respectively — the first season saw the Chopper, Dirty John, Blueback and Memoir of a Snail star's character looking into a death in Yosemite National Park, a case that forced him to confront his own past in the course of the investigation.
"I am absolutely thrilled that we get the chance to bring another season of Untamed to life," said Bana in a statement as per Netflix's Tudum.
"The response to season one has been a testament to the incredible effort by our crew to deliver something truly unique. I can't wait to take Kyle on his next journey. Massive thanks to Netflix, John Wells Productions, Warner Bros Television and our fans."
There's no release date for Untamed season two, which was created by Mark L Smith (American Primeval) and and boasts The Pitt's John Wells as another of its executive producers, as yet. But stepping back into the show's world, rather than leaving the project as a six-episode limited series, eventuated because "the more that we got into it, it was just such a great cast ... it was just like, 'oh yeah, how do we keep this going?'", said Smith.
Of the new setting, "this won't be the first park he's been in since Yosemite. He's been to a lot of parks. He's been busy, taking on a lot of cases. This will be the latest and it'll be more impactful for him," Smith also shared about Turner.
Viewers can also expect Untamed's protagonist to be the newcomer in his surroundings, while digging into a different type of case from the first season — and for the new park, which hasn't yet been revealed, to be a key character the way Yosemite is in season one.
Check out the trailer for Untamed season one below:
Untamed streams via Netflix — and we'll update you with a release date for season two when more details are announced.
Images: Ricardo Hubbs / Netflix © 2025.