The Twelve Season 3 cast revealed as Logie winner Danielle Cormack joins Sam Neill in crime series

Sam Neill returns in Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Aussie crime drama The Twelve with a new-look cast featuring a beloved Logie winner.

Sam Neill will return in Season 3 of The Twelve with a new-look cast featuring beloved Logie winner Danielle Cormack.

Cameras have begun rolling on the award-winning anthology series with BINGE sharing a first look at Season 3 of the crime drama – titled The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer – in a teaser released on Sunday.

In the suspenseful teaser trailer, viewers see that Neill is back as legal eagle Brett Colby SC, who is the only character on the series to reprise his role in all three seasons.

Sam Neill is joined by (from left to right) Danielle Cormack, Sarah Peirse and Eryn Jean Norvill in The Twelve Season 3. Picture: BINGE/Daniel Asher Smith

The first season saw Neill star opposite Brooke Satchwell, who played abused juror Georgina Merrick. And in Season 2, he starred alongside Frances O’Connor, who played Meredith Nelson-Moore, a defence lawyer he was having an affair with.

Season 3 sees Neill, 77, team up with fellow New Zealand actress Cormack, 53, who won a TV Week Logie Award in 2015 for Most Outstanding Actress for her work on the prison series Wentworth.

Stream The Twelve Season 1 and 2 on BINGE, available on Hubbl.

Neill plays legal eagle Brett Colby SC, the only star to return in all three seasons of the anthology series. Picture: Supplied

“As a fan of previous seasons, joining my fellow Kiwi Sam Neill and the enormous ensemble cast on this anthology series has been a joy,” Cormack said in a statement.

“It’s been such a privilege to work on a local drama that is gripping, full of intrigue and features wonderfully drawn characters.

“The direction and crew of this season has been outstanding, and I’ve relished going head-to-head with Sam in the courtroom.”

Also joining the cast of the critically acclaimed series are Eryn Jean Norvill and Sarah Peirse who recently starred in the BINGE series Love Me, and William Zappa who starred in The Dry with Eric Bana in 2020 – and Neill couldn’t be more excited.

“Well, here we go again! Delighted to be stepping back into Colby’s shoes, and a privilege to join this brilliant bunch of actors,” he said before praising screenwriter Sarah Walker.

“Hats off to Sarah Walker, who’s spun another cracking story full of secrets, twists, and some rather inconvenient truths. It’s all gripping stuff, I promise.”

Stream Love Me on BINGE, available on Hubbl.

Season 3 also stars (from left to right): Hanah Tayeb, Phoenix Raei, Nathalie Morris and Ewen Leslie. Picture: BINGE/Daniel Asher Smith

Neill is also thrilled to be back filming in Western Australia, which was the biggest-ever production to take place in the state, bringing in an estimated $9.6 million to the local economy. Season 3, which will film in the Margaret River region and Perth surrounds, is projected to bring in $10 million.

“Let’s take a moment of appreciation for Perth and the pretty Margaret River region. Get ready to binge our new show when it hits your screens next year,” Neill said.

The Jurassic Park star has been nominated for Best Actor at the 2025 AACTAs (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards), and Season 2 of the series is also up for Best Drama Series and Best Casting in Television at the ceremony which will be held in February.

Neill won a Logie in 2023 for Most Popular Actor for his starring role in The Twelve Season 1.