Tokyo Vice Season 2 has completed filming, producer Alex Boden told Variety. Max’s crime series about an American journalist exploring crime and corruption in Tokyo finished principal photography before Hollywood strikes began. The series is now in post-production.
What to Expect in Tokyo Vice Season 2?
“We dive straight in at the beginning of Season 2, we’ve picked up exactly where we left off on Season 1,” Boden said. “So those cliffhangers that we left you with at the end of Season 1 are about to be resolved very soon.”
Season 2 will have 10 episodes, a two-episode episode increase from Season 1. According to Boden, a decision on future seasons will be made “after Season 2 launches.” When can fans expect Season 2 of the Max original series? Like all of Hollywood’s current productions, it depends on the strikes.
“We’re all hoping for a resolution to the strikes for everyone’s sake, for everyone who’s impacted by them,” Boden said. “I’m hoping that we will be able to release when everyone’s able to promote and be part of the launch.”
Season 1 is centered around Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort), an American who joins the staff of the Meicho Shimbun, one of Japan’s most prestigious newspapers in the late 1990s. Jake is assigned to the police press department. While on the beat, he investigates the inner workings of the Japanese yakuza, a dangerous criminal organization.
Besides Elgort, Season 1’s cast featured Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ella Rumpf, Hideaki Ito, Show Kasamatsu, and Tomohisa Yamashita. New additions to Season 2 include Soji Arai Takayuki Suzuki and Aoi Takeya.
Based on Adelstein’s 2009 book, Tokyo Vice was created by J.T. Rogers. Oscar nominee Michael Mann directed the pilot and served as an executive producer. Other executive producers include Adelstein, Elgort, Watanabe, Destin Daniel Cretton, Brad Caleb Kane, John Lesher, Alan Poul, Emily Gerson Saines, and Kayo Washio.
