First look at new season of award-winning drama The Twelve starring Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor

The award-winning crime drama The Twelve returns with Sam Neill - and fans are given a first look with a suspense-filled trailer.

The award-winning Australian crime drama The Twelve returns for Season 2 next month and fans were given a first look with the trailer dropping on Thursday.

In the highly anticipated new season of the BINGE Original Drama, which premieres on July 11, honorary Aussie Sam Neill is back as snooty barrister Brett Colby and he is joined by colleague SC Meredith Nelson-Moore, played by Perth-raised actress Frances O’Connor.

Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor star in The Twelve Season 2.

Unlike Season 1 that was filmed in bustling Sydney, the new season brings the characters to Western Australia, to the rural township of Tunkwell, when local landowner and town matriarch Bernice Price (played by Kris McQuade) is found dead at the bottom of a pump well.

Stream The Twelve Season 1 now and Season 2 from July 11 on BINGE, available on Hubbl.

The pair portray barristers SC Brett Colby and Meredith Nelson-Moore. Picture: David Dare Parker

Price’s daughter (Amy Mathews) and her ex-boyfriend (Erroll Shand) stand accused of her murder and it’s up to a jury of 12 ordinary citizens from diverse backgrounds, who are battling their own struggles, to decide whether it was a crime of passion or just misfortune.

Town matriarch Bernice Price is played by Kris McQuade. Picture: David Dare Parker

The new season is shot across various locations in WA. Picture: David Dare Parker

Amy Mathews and Erroll Sand play the co-accused in the series. Picture: David Dare Parker

“We are incredibly proud of the next instalment of this premium drama series,” Alison Hurbert-Burns, Commissioner Foxtel Group and Executive Producer said in a statement.

“Warner Bros. International Television Australia and Easy Tiger have delivered a complex and gripping drama with a stellar ensemble cast that will leave viewers guessing until the end.”

The eight-episode series also stars Logie winner Tasma Walton, who plays one of the main jurors in the various locations shot across her home state.

Tasma Walton (forefront) plays one of the jurors in the series. Picture: David Dare Parker

“Last night I got to go home and my daughter was still up so I could put her to bed,” she previously told the Herald Sun of her daughter Ruby, who she shares with husband Rove McManus.

“Often you’re away for an extended period of time and the hours are just not kind for families. It’s such a gift for people and families – most of us we had to leave here to go over east to make a career for ourselves.”

O’Connor in character as Meredith Nelson-Moore. Picture: David Dare Parker

Season 1 of The Twelve launched to critical reviews and dominated at local awards shows. The series won three of its 10 AACTA nominations in 2022, including Best Miniseries, and was also the most nominated drama series at TV Week Logie Awards last year, with Neill taking home the coveted Most Popular Actor award.

“I think there has been a mistake,” Neill said in his acceptance speech. “I haven’t actually thought of anything to say, but I thought my name was just there to make up the numbers.”

“Look, there are so many actors in this show that I am not even sure that I was the main actor or anything like that,” he continued. “I don’t know why they have given this to me. Maybe it was the wig? Yeah, it was the wig.”

The Twelve Season 2 premieres Thursday, July 11 on BINGE and Thursday, July 11 on Foxtel Showcase at 8.30pm and available On Demand.

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