Prime Video Releases the Launch Date and Official Trailer for "The Assassin" S2, Starring Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore

LONDON - 8 October 2026 - Prime Video has released the trailer for the second series of The Assassin, written by award-winning duo Harry and Jack Williams and produced by Two Brothers Pictures (The Tourist, Fleabag, Boat Story).

Fans have less than a month to wait until the estranged mother and son duo return to take on the criminal underworld, this time with some new enemies in tow, as all 6 episodes launch on 6th November on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland.

The new trailer sees hitwoman Julie (Keeley Hawes) and Edward (Freddie Highmore) reluctantly team up once again, when Edward's dream honeymoon with Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin) is hijacked by the arrival of a mysterious new threat. Plunged back into a world of international crime, kidnapping and high-speed car chases, to survive the job and mend an already fragile relationship, they'll have to take down Spain's corrupt underworld... and hopefully not each other first.

Returning cast members, Keeley Hawes, Freddie Highmore, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Devon Terrell will be joined by the recently announced Arnaud Binard (Emily in Paris, Modern Family), Natalia Tena (Riot Women, Harry Potter), Boris Van Severen (Baptiste, Moresnet), Jacqueline Boatswain (After The Flood, Bridgerton) and Monic Hendrickx (Penoza, Arcadia).

They are joined by Karl-El Santos (Stags, Yo Adicto), Mehdi Regragui (La Unidad Kabul, Los constructores de la Alhambra), Casimiro Aguza (Sin Lìmites, In From The Cold), Tony Corvillo (Nowhere, Mano de Hierro), Amin Hamada (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Mallorca Confidencial) and Lolo Herrero (El 47, Return to Las Sabinas).

The Assassin series two is a Two Brothers Pictures (a Banijay Entertainment company) production for Prime Video UK and Ireland, ZDF (Germany) and Stan (Australia) in association with Banijay Rights. The 6 x 60-minute drama has been written and created by Harry and Jack Williams, who both also serve as Executive Producers, with Sarah Hammond, Alex Mercer and Daisy Mount serving as Executive Producers for Two Brothers Pictures, and Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore also serving as Executive Producers. John Griffin is Producer with Terry McDonough - who also serves as an Executive Producer - directing episodes 1-3 and Sarah O'Gorman directing episodes 4-6. Jessica Mescall serves as casting director. Filming on series 2 took place in Malta.

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About Two Brothers Pictures

Two Brothers Pictures was founded in 2014 by Emmy and Golden Globe winning producers / writers Harry Williams and Jack Williams. Renowned for producing bold, high-quality scripted television in the UK and internationally, the company has established itself as one of the most exciting and successful independent production companies in the industry. The London-based indie is responsible for a slate of critically acclaimed and widely loved series including Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Emmy and Golden Globe-winning modern cult classic; the hit ITV thriller Liar; and the internationally successful Baptiste. The Tourist, starring Jamie Dornan, was the BBC and Stan's most-watched new show of 2022. This was followed by the original thriller Boat Story, which aired to critical acclaim on BBC One in November 2023. A second series of The Tourist, shot in Ireland, premiered in January 2024, followed by the first series of BBC comedy Dinosaur, starring Ashley Storrie. 2025 saw the release of action-packed The Assassin on Amazon Prime Video UK, led by Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore, with the second series due to be released in 2026. Dinosaur has since returned to the BBC with a second series that launched in February 2026.

Upcoming productions include Daisy Haggard's psychological thriller Maya, co-starring Bella Ramsey, which is set to premiere on Channel 4 in 2027, Danger Money starring Ray Winston which is also for Amazon Prime Video UK and currently filming in Malta and Code Zero starring Faye Marsay, commissioned by ITV which is currently filming in Cardiff and South Wales. Two Brothers is part of Banijay Entertainment.