Netflix’s breakout hit Untamed with Eric Bana has moved production of its American national park mystery series from British Columbia as Yosemite National Park to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park as itself.
In season 2, Eric Bana’s veteran ISB special agent Kyle Turner is called to investigate a mysterious death in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, where local tensions and the volatile, living landscape become an unpredictable force,
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Each national park is a main character with a different cultural and geographical identity. And that plays a role in Turner’s the emotional state of mind
What is Turner’s frame of mind.? He’s still recovering from the death of his son years before the beginning of season one, but leaving Yosemite is a first step towards recovery.
We’re dealing with the next stage of what he’s going through, how he’s processing,.There was the sadness and grief and all of that that lived in the first season. We’re trying to really make sure that we dig down and focus on the park matching Turner in a way– Elle Smith to Tuduum.
Season 2 will catch up with Turner a year and a half later, after he’s taken a lot of different cases in a lot of different national parks The case in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will be far more “impactful”.
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And it won’t be the same as Yosemite which Turner knew so well and felt comfortable leading the investigation despite the challenges. He’ll be on his “back foot” in the new park and will have to find his way like Lily Santiago’s new park ranger Naya Vasquez did in Yosemite in season one.
Will characters from Yosemite return for season 2?
We’re trying to figure that stuff out because my God, we loved our cast and we loved the characters that they brought to life. In an ideal world, we would be able to pull something off — Mark L. Smith to Tuduum.
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Untamed debuted at #1 on Netflix’s Top 10 Shows list,, with 24.6 million views and 119.5 million hours watched for the week.
From that strong start, Untamed became Netflix’s #3 watched show in the back half of 2025 with 93 million views. and 451.6 million hours watched.
Untamed – Season 2:
Hawaii filming dates: February 17 2026 – June 01 2026.
Showrunners: Mark L. Smith, Elle Smith
Cast: Eric Bana.
Producers: Eric Bana, John Wells Productions, Warner Bros TV, Netflix