The Artful Dodger Season 2 has been greenlit at Disney+ and Hulu.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster will return as Jack Dawkins, the titular character. Also reprising their roles for Season 2 are David Thewlis as Norbert Fagin and Maia Mitchell as Lady Belle Fox.
What to expect in The Artful Dodger Season 2?
The Artful Dodger Season 2 will be “picking up where the heart’s desires of Dodger, Fagin, and Lady Belle left off, promising more cunning thievery, snappy humor, life-and-death surgeries, and romance with a twist.” Filming for Season 2 will begin in 2025 at Callan Park in Sydney.
“The return of our Australian-born Disney+ Original scripted drama, complete with all-star cast and a brilliant crew, is a testament to the series’ high calibre of production and its local and international audience success,” said Kylie Watson-Wheeler, Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand Senior Vice President and Managing Director, in a statement. “We’re delighted this high-stakes romantic drama of heists, comedy, and beautifully complicated life and love, will thrill and entertain again.”
The Artful Dodger is the sequel to Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist. The series was created by James McNamara, David Maher, and David Taylor. McNamara, an executive producer on the series, will write Season 2 with Kate Mulvany, Dan Knight, and Miranda Tapsell. Directors include Ben Young and Gracie Otto, with consulting from Jeffrey Walker.
Disney+ and Hulu will co-produce Season 2 with Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures.
“Set in 1850s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, Jack Dawkins is The Artful Dodger, whose fast, pickpocketing fingers have turned into the skilled hands of a surgeon,” reads the Season 1 synopsis. “Dodger’s past returns to haunt him with the arrival of Fagin, luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat – to Dodger’s heart – is Lady Belle, the Governor’s daughter, determined to become the colony’s first female surgeon. From heists to life-and-death surgeries, to the harsh realities of the criminal world mingling with the middle ground and gentry.”
The Artful Dodger Season 1 premiered in November 2023. It aired on Disney+ in Australia and on Hulu in the United States.
