Our favorite castaways are staying put. Amazon has renewed “The Wilds” for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter confirms.
Created by Sarah Streicher (“Daredevil”), the drama, which has received comparisons to “Lord of the Flies” and “Lost,” follows a group of teen girls who survive a fatal plane crash but find themselves stranded on a mysterious desert island. Its ensemble cast includes Rachel Griffiths (“Six Feet Under”), Sophia Ali (“Grey’s Anatomy”), and Helena Howard (“Madeline’s Madeline”).
“I felt certainly the two genres that I definitely wanted to marry were the coming-of-age story and the survival drama — only because coming-of-age really is so harrowing and it feels like there are life-or-death stakes,” Streicher told Indiewire. “When I was pitching the show there was a part of my spiel that was like, ‘I had a relatively easy quote unquote adolescence, and I still barely made it out alive.’ I got in a near-death car accident — my fault — shortly after I turned 16. I just wasn’t paying attention, and I took a left turn. I had an eating issue that bordered on severe. But on the surface, it was just sort of middle-class teenager in Ohio, and still truly, truly the teenage experience — it is harrowing. And I wanted to honor that and speak to that.”
Amy B. Harris (“The Comeback”) serves as showrunner on “The Wilds.” Susanna Fogel directed its pilot. Another series she directed the pilot for, Kaley Cuoco-starrer “The Flight Attendant,” was also just renewed.