{"id":11237,"date":"2022-02-16T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=586430"},"modified":"2022-02-16T12:42:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T11:42:18","slug":"russian-doll-season-2-release-date-speculation-latest-news-on-time-loop-drama","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/russian-doll-season-2-release-date-speculation-latest-news-on-time-loop-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Doll season 2 release date speculation: Latest news on time-loop drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ben Allen\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 16 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Gotta get up, gotta get out, gotta get home\u2026 a second season of Netflix hit <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/russian-doll-season-2-release\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Russian Doll<\/a> is on the way!<\/p>\n<p>Season 2 will be set four years after Nadia\u2019s fateful 36th birthday party, when she was thrown into a Groundhog Day-like scenario in which she died repeatedly while trying to escape a time loop.<\/p>\n<p>The new season will see Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) discover a time portal in New York that will force them to confront their past in a process that may be even more taxing \u2013 and even more of an existential journey \u2013 than the first season.<\/p>\n<p>New-look images from Russian Doll season 2 have given fans a first look at Nadia and Alan\u2019s comebacks, the latter with a new moustache, as well as a first glimpse at Schitt\u2019s Creek star Annie Murphy in her as-yet-undisclosed role.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Season 2. What a concept. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussianDoll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@russiandoll<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/698uEIIa1d&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/698uEIIa1d<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1492196808839344130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">February 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Speaking about the upcoming season, Lyonne teased to <a href=\"\/\/ew.com\/tv\/natasha-lyonne-russian-doll-season-2-first-look\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cIt is deep, and deeply off-the-wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress went on to describe Annie Murphy\u2019s new character as \u201cthe heart of the show\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cThere\u2019s some serious motherf**kers on that Russian Doll show \u2014 on a human level \u2014 and she\u2019s definitely one of the good guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read on for all the details we have on Russian Doll season 2.<\/p> <h2><strong>Russian Doll season 2 release date speculation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C412&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" 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type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1585660\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/Russian-Doll-season-2-4d98cf6-e1645007572541.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=619%2C412&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Russian\" doll=\"\" season=\"\" title=\"&quot;Russian\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Russian Doll season 2<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Netflix has confirmed that Russian Doll season 2 will land in <strong>spring 2022<\/strong>, but an official release date is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Production on the second season of Russian Doll was originally due to commence last year, but hit a major setback when the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>Filming was officially delayed in March 2020, as revealed by <a href=\"\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/03\/production-of-russian-doll-rutherford-falls-little-america-put-on-hold-by-uni-tv-amid-coronavirus-crisis-1202880611\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Deadline<\/a>, but the show is getting back on track and is expected to commence filming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Doll was officially renewed all the way back in June 2019, six months on from its premiere on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/&quot;\">Netflix<\/a>, with Natasha Lyonne marking the occasion on social media with a video that homages the first season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;und&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">II \u2066<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussianDoll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@RussianDoll<\/a>\u2069 ???????????????? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/eFrr3g0Vyj&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/eFrr3g0Vyj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 natasha lyonne (@nlyonne) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/nlyonne\/status\/1138569464608202752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Co-creator Leslye Headland told\u00a0<strong>RadioTimes.com\u00a0<\/strong>back in February 2019 that the creative team <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/russian-doll-season-2-3-ideas-netflix\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">originally pitched three seasons of Russian Doll<\/a> to Netflix, so the story could well extend even further down the line.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Russian Doll season 2 cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Natasha Lyonne will reprise the role of Nadia Vulvokov in the new episodes \u2013 hardly surprising given she earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her performance the first time round.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow time-loop sufferer Alan, played by Chicago Fire\u2019s Charlie Barnett, is also set to return, along with Nadia\u2019s friends Maxine (Greta Lee) and Lizzy (Rebecca Henderson).<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s yet to be confirmed whether we could see more from Nadia\u2019s troubled mother, Lenora (Chlo\u00eb Sevigny), or her dearly beloved family friend and guardian Ruth Brenner (Elizabeth Ashley).<\/p>\n<p>However, we <em>do<\/em> know that Schitt\u2019s Creek star Annie Murphy has joined the cast for season 2, although her role is being kept under wraps for the time being, while Carolyn Michelle Smith (House of Cards) will also have a recurring role.<\/p>\n<p>And that news was followed by an announcement in April 2021 that revealed South African star Sharlto Copley (District 9) would also feature in the second run \u2013 with his role similarly unclear at this stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Exciting <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussianDoll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#RussianDoll<\/a> News!<br\/><br\/>Sharlto Copley joins previously announced new addition Annie Murphy in Season 2! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/H9wSWjLoMi&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/H9wSWjLoMi<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Queue (@netflixqueue) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflixqueue\/status\/1381676725453549570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">April 12, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><h2><strong>Russian Doll season 2 plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Russian Doll will be set four years after Nadia\u2019s 36th birthday party in the first season, which saw Nadia die repeatedly while trying to escape a time loop.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) won\u2019t be in for an easier ride in season 2, with the pair set to face a fate even worse than endless death.<\/p>\n<p>The new season will see the pair discover a time portal in New York that will force them to confront their past as they battle to find a way out.<\/p>\n<p>The official plot synopsis reads: \u201cSet four years after Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett) escaped mortality\u2019s time loop together, season 2 of Russian Doll will continue to explore existential thematics through an often humorous and sci-fi lens.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is there a trailer for Russian Doll season 2?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s no trailer for Russian Doll season two just yet, but Netflix did release this teaser video when the show was renewed that pokes fun at the time-loop premise.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll keep this page updated with the latest clips and images from season two as they come in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Sweet Birthday, Babyyy! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussianDoll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#RussianDoll<\/a> is coming back for Season 2. Let's get loopy. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/kVmPsFG7M2&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/kVmPsFG7M2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Russian Doll (@RussianDoll) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussianDoll\/status\/1138566683025498113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><h2><strong>Russian Doll season 1 recap<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>*Warning: spoilers ahead for Russian Doll season one*<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2019-02-05\/russian-doll-netflix-explained-orange-speech-relativity-timelines-loops-what-is-happening\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Russian Doll time loops explained: how does Nadia\u2019s \u2018orange\u2019 speech explain what\u2019s going on?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Nadia Vulvokov is an independent and embittered software engineer who dies at her 36th birthday party, before waking up and reliving the night all over again (which always begins with a shout of \u201csweet birthday baby!\u201d from loyal friend Maxine).<\/p>\n<p>Forced to solve the existential puzzle she\u2019s presented with, Nadia initially thinks that she\u2019s being haunted (or on a really bad trip), until she meets Alan, a man who died by suicide on the same night, and who is also reliving it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1461495-520000-zoomedR-b82f6d6.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=555px%2C0px%2C5179px%2C3450px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nadia soon realises that they\u2019re stuck in a repetitive reality similar to that of a video game, where the original night they both died serves as a jumping-off point (see our more detailed explanation of the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/russian-doll-netflix-explained-orange-speech-relativity-timelines-loops-what-is-happening\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Russian Doll time loop<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Objects and people begin to disappear as the nights continue, she and Alan discover they have limited time to fix the broken aspect within themselves (for Nadia, it\u2019s her guilt over her mother\u2019s death, while for Alan, it\u2019s the realisation that his girlfriend\u2019s infidelity was partly driven by his own actions).<\/p>\n<p>In the final episode of the series, the pair wake up on the original night \u2014 but in separate realities \u2013 and in each, the other person doesn\u2019t remember the shared experience.<\/p>\n<p>Using the personal knowledge of one another that they have developed over the numerous time-loops endured together, Alan and Nadia set out to save each other\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russian Doll is available to stream on Netflix \u2013 check out our guides to the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-05-22\/best-tv-shows-netflix\/&quot;\">best series on Netflix<\/a> and the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-05-27\/netflix-best-movies\/&quot;\">best movies on Netflix<\/a>. <\/strong><strong>Take a look at the rest of our<span class=\"&quot;x_apple-converted-space&quot;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" 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