Transatlantic Season 2 is getting the green light at Netflix or not, let’s find out below. It is a German period drama that is inspired by the true story of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold and the Emergency Rescue Committee. The series is created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler & directed by Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond.
Based on Julie Orringer’s novel, The Flight Portfolio, the story follows two Americans and their allies who formed a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. There are seven episodes in the series with a runtime of about 50-55 minutes.
The ensemble cast of the series includes Gillian Jacobs as Mary Jayne Gold, Lucas Englander as Albert Hirschman, Cory Michael Smith as Varian Fry, Ralph Amoussou, Luke Thompson, Deleila Piasko, Amit Rahav, Grégory Montel, Corey Stoll as Graham Patterson, Moritz Bleibtreu, Morgane Ferru, Yoli Fuller as Souleymane TOURÉ, Nadiv Molcho, Ralph Amoussou, Yulia Antoshchuk, Nadiv Molcho as Bill Freier and Dominique Horwitz.
Will There Be Transatlantic Season 2?
Set in 1940 Marseilles, Americans Mary-Jayne Gold and Varian Fry realize they’ll need to start using unconventional methods to help the city’s refugees escape from Nazi-occupied France. Risking their lives to help more than 2000 refugees escape, including many artists on the Nazis’ most-wanted list, an international gang of young superheroes or the Emergency Rescue Committee and their famous charges occupy a villa at the edge of the city, where the threat of mortal danger gives way to unexpected collaborations and intense love affairs.
Throughout the series, we see many interpersonal relationships building among the characters and how the escape for the refugees put Fry and Gold on the Commissaire Frot target’s list to be exposed. However, in the end, Petit plans a desperate rescue operation. Realizing that Marseilles is no longer safe, Mary-Jayne, Albert and Varian all face heart-wrenching decisions as they all go their own separate ways.
On Netflix, the show is tagged as a limited series which means that it will not have any other sequel. However, looking at the recent events, the possibility of a limited series being renewed for another season doesn’t seem impossible. Especially since the show is getting a lot of attention and even the ending leaves much more to be explored and show what happened to each character when they left for different places.
Also, the creator of the show, Anna Winger said that they had to leave many people that were involved with the ERC to tell the specific story that they wanted to put forwards. There were people like Charles Fawcett, Miriam Davenport, Danny Bénédite and many refugees like Heinrich Mann, Golo Mann, and Alma Mahler that deserve a movie of their own.
Considering her statement, it leaves room for other characters to be explored in further seasons, if it ever happens & they could be linked with lead protagonists Mary-Jayne and Varian Fry. However, at this point, there is no official notice or update from the creators or Netflix regarding a second season.
Transatlantic is now streaming on Netflix.
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Also read: Transatlantic Ending Explained: Did Varian Fry and Mary Jayne Succeed in Their Rescue Mission?