Netflix has released the trailer for the fantasy drama ‘Sweet Tooth‘, which returns for Season 2 on the streaming service this April.
Based on characters created for DC/Vertigo Comics by Jeff Lemire, ‘Sweet Tooth’ is set ten years after “The Great Crumble”, an event which wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids – babies born part human, part animal. Unsure if hybrids are the cause or result of the virus, many humans fear and hunt them.
Season one introduced us to a sheltered hybrid deer-boy named Gus (Christian Convery), who, after a decade of living safely in his secluded forest home, unexpectedly befriends a wandering loner named Jepperd (Nonso Anozie). Together they set out on an extraordinary adventure across what’s left of America in search of answers – about Gus’ origins, Jepperd’s past, and the true meaning of home.
When we last left Gus in season one, he had been locked in an abandoned zoo by the Last Men, a paramilitary group led by the nefarious General Abbot (Neil Sandilands), alongside a number of other hybrids.
As we head into season two, a deadly new wave of the Sick bears down, and General Abbot, along with the Last Men, are looking to consolidate power by finding a cure. Abbot uses the children as fodder for the experiments of captive Dr. Aditya Singh (Adeel Akhtar), who’s racing to save his infected wife Rani (Aliza Vellani). To protect his friends, Gus agrees to help Dr. Singh, beginning a dark journey into his origins and his mother Birdie’s (Amy Seimetz) role in the events leading up to The Great Crumble.
Outside the Preserve, Tommy Jepperd (Nonso Anozie) and Aimee Eden (Dania Ramirez ) team up to break the hybrids free, a partnership that will be tested as Jepperd’s secrets come to light. As the revelations of the past threaten the possibility of redemption in the present, Gus and his found family find themselves on a collision course with Abbot and the evil forces that look to wipe them out once and for all.
‘Sweet Tooth’ comes from Jim Mickle (‘Hap and Leonard’, ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’, ‘Cold In July’) who serve as writer, showrunner and exec producer. Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell, alongside Linda Moran also exec produce. Team Downey in association with Warner Bros. Television are the studios.
‘Sweet Tooth‘ Season 2 premieres Thursday, 27th April 2023 on Netflix UK and worldwide.
