Dark comedy crime drama starts production for RTÉ and Hulu.
Filming will start next week on season two of award-winning Irish dark comedy crime drama Obituary, co-produced by APC Studios (UK) and Irish independent production company Magamedia for One and Player in Ireland and streaming service Hulu exclusively in the U.S.
BAFTA-nominated Máiréad Tyers (Extraordinary, My Lady Jane) joins the stellar cast and will star alongside returning lead actress Siobhán Cullen (Bodkin, the Dry). New acclaimed directors are also on board for the second season: Rachel Carey (The Hardacres, Deadly Cuts), and Gary Shore (Dracula Untold, Haunting of the Queen Mary).
The 6 x one-hour episode series will again be written by award-winning scriptwriter Ray Lawlor (“Le Ceangal”) and is being produced in association with Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán and WRAP. Gemma O’Shaughnessy will produce the new season.
APC Studios’ Laurent Boissel and Magamedia’s Paddy Hayes are executive producers of the series, which starts filming in County Donegal in Ireland in September for delivery mid 2025.
Struggling with the death of her beloved father, Elvira (Siobhán Cullen) seeks relief in killing, but is beaten to the act by a mysterious new murderer in town. Ironically, when Detective Rose (Noni Stapleton) suspects Elvira of the kill she hasn’t committed, Elvira becomes determined to solve the murder and meet this potential kindred spirit. But her secret life is under threat when the eccentric new editor Vivienne (Máiréad Tyers) pits her against boyfriend Emerson (Ronan Raftery) in the newsroom. Pressure mounts when the disgraced former editor Hughie (David Ganly) returns to reveal her as a killer, and Emerson is on the cusp of unravelling an investigation that could tear them apart.
Executive Producers Laurent Boissel and Paddy Hayes say: “We are incredibly proud that both RTÉ and Hulu have committed to a second season of Obituary. Having Máiréad Tyers join our cast will add to the humour and frisson, and we are excited to work with such acclaimed directors as we bring six more episodes of this high concept drama to the global market.”
The critically acclaimed first season has been sold globally by APC to AMC Networks International Southern Europe (Spain and Portugal), Netflix (UK), Britbox (Australia), TVNZ (New Zealand), Proximus (Belgium), RTS (French-speaking Switzerland), RTP (Portugal), BluTV (Turkey & Cyprus) and TET (Latvia).
Read more in RTÉ https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0903/1468164-filming-begins-on-season-two-of-obituary/
Read more in Deadline https://deadline.com/2024/09/mairead-tyers-siobhan-cullen-hulu-rte-obituary-season-two-1236075727/
WRAP is a joint initiative between Ardán and the Western Development Commission, in association with local authorities in Clare, Donegal, Galway City, Galway County, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, and Údarás na Gaeltachta.
