'Lost in Space' on Netflix: Trailer, premiere date and what to know before Season 2

Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY

NEW YORK – Well, they're lost again.

Season 2 of Netflix's "Lost in Space" remake returns for a second 10-episode season Dec. 24. It opens with the Robinson family marooned in a mysterious ocean world, months after the events of the first season's cliffhanger finale.

The Robinson family – mom Maureen Robinson (Molly Parker), dad John Robinson (Toby Stephens) and the kids, Judy (Taylor Russell), Penny (Mina Sundwall) and Will (Maxwell Jenkins) – along with outsiders Dr. Smith (Parker Posey) and Don West (Ignacio Serricchio) band together to make it back to the Resolute ship and the other colonists. JJ Feild ("Captain America") also joins the cast this season as Ben Adler, chief of advanced systems and artificial intelligence.

And Will is determined to find "his" robot, as seen in a teaser released at Comic Con last weekend.

"Will in Season 1 is very different than Will in Season 2," says Jenkins, in an interview. "We see him start to grow up in Season 1, and in Season 2, we see him become a completely different person."

Jenkins, 14, who grew up in a circus and says he does some of his own stunts, is changing right along with Will. He's grown about a foot in the past year, and Jenkins, 14, says he's been learning ways to keep his character interesting.

"It was about discovering how to keep the same heart of Will Robinson," Jenkins says, "but also change who he is" as he grows older.

But he's still in deep danger.

Maureen and Dr. Smith have their own growing pains, dealing with consequences of their actions in the first season.

The series, geared to kids and families, is more epic adventure than non-stop action. The characters still struggle just to survive, but "this season is more of a quest. It's more of a journey, and they have a plan," said writer and executive producer Burk Sharpless.

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Sharpless was inspired by "Star Wars" and other science fiction, with references to the Disney film series scattered throughout "Lost in Space." And he and fellow executive producer/writer Matt Sazama say they've mapped out a three-season story arc, though Netflix has not yet renewed the series.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Lost in Space': First look at season 2 of the Netflix series