Aldis Hodge-Led ‘Cross’ Confirms Early Season 2 Renewal As First Teaser Trailer Drops

Rosy Cordero
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Ahead of the series premiere of Cross, Prime Video officially gave the thriller an early Season 2 renewal. Deadline recently revealed exclusively the new Aldis Hodge-led series was prepping its sophomore season.

A first-look teaser starring Aldis Hodge as the titular Alex Cross can be found above. The streamer has yet to set a premiere date for Season 1 but viewers can expect to see it later this year.

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From creator, showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins and based on characters from James Patterson’s best-selling book series, Cross is a twisted thriller about Alex Cross, a detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their victims, to identify — and ultimately capture — the murderers.

The series also stars Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Jennifer Wigmore, Eloise Mumford and Ryan Eggold. Season 2 cast includes Wes Chatham, Matthew Lillard and Jeanine Mason with Johnny Ray Gill being upped to a series regular role.

“I am thrilled to be embarking on another chapter of Cross. Moments like this don’t happen by accident,” Watkins shared. “Getting a Season 2 pick-up before our first season even drops is a huge testament and vote of confidence in the amazing work our crew, cast, directors, writers and production team have delivered thus far. It’s also a direct result of the unwavering support bestowed upon us by Prime Video and our producing partners at Paramount TV Studios, Skydance and James Patterson Entertainment. I am grateful for all of the above and can’t wait to run it back even bigger and better.”

Watkins executive produces via his Blue Monday Productions, alongside Jim Dunn, Sam Ernst and Craig Siebels. James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Patrick Santa executive produce on behalf of James Patterson Entertainment and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell executive produce on behalf of Skydance Television.

In Season 2, Dunn and Ernst have been elevated to co-showrunners joining Watkins. J. David Shanks, Aiyana White and Aldis Hodge are added to the season 2 executive producing team. Amazon MGM Studios, Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television produce Cross.

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