Today, Netflix has announced that Beef is getting a second season with a new cast including Oscar Isaac (Dune: Part One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby, Promising Young Woman), Charles Melton (May December, Riverdale) and Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus, Civil War).
The anthology series’ first season stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as two strangers who succumb to road rage, resulting in a feud that escalates and changes their lives forever. The series premiered in 2023 and won 8 Emmy Awards, 4 Critics Choice Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Gotham Awards, 2 Film Independent Spirit Awards, 2 SAG Awards, as well as PGA, WGA and AFI Honors.
Creator and executive producer Lee Sung Jin will be back for the second season.
About Beef Second Season
Logline: A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.
The show will have 8 episodes, each around 30 minutes.
Lee Sung Jin serves as the showrunner and executive producer.
The show is also executive-produced by Steven Yeun, Ali Wong and Jake Schreier.
A24 is the production studio.
Featured image credit: Charles Melton photo by Brian Bowen Smith, Cailee Spaeny photo by Dani Brubaker, Carey Mulligan Headshot by Sam Jones, and Oscar Isaac photo by Kirra Cheers.