Paramount+ today revealed the official trailer and premiere date for season two of its hit original drama series SCHOOL SPIRITS. Produced by Awesomeness Studios, the highly anticipated new season will debut Thursday, January 30, with three episodes in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The season will also launch exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK and Australia on January 31, and later in the year in additional markets.
Following the premiere, new episodes of the 8-episode season will be available to stream weekly on Thursdays, on Paramount+. Picking up from the shocking season one
finale, the premiere episode “Whatever Happened to Maddie Nears?” follows Maddie Nears (Peyton List) as she works to bring a doubting Simon (Kristian Ventura), her only connection to the living world, back on board to help her track down and collect her missing body.
Throughout the season, Maddie Nears is still stuck in the afterlife with the knowledge of what happened to her, and must unite her friends in the spectral and living worlds in order to reclaim her stolen life.
SCHOOL SPIRITS stars Peyton List as Maddie Nears, Kristian Ventura as Simon Elroy, Canadian Spencer MacPherson as Xavier Baxter, Kiara Pichardo as Nicole Herrera, Sarah Yarkin as Rhonda, Nick Pugliese as Charley, Vancouver-based Rainbow Wedell as Claire Zomer, Josh Zuckerman as Mr. Martin and Milo Manheim as Wally Clark. Season 1 and 2 of SCHOOL SPIRITS was filmed in Vancouver.
Newcomers this season will include recurring guest stars Jess Gabor (Shameless, Confessional) as Janet Hamilton, Zack Calderon (The Wilds, Afterparty) as Diego Herrera, Miles Elliot (Cooties, The Amazing Spider-Man) as Yuri and Canadian Ci Hang Ma (Presto! School of Magic, Departure) as Quinn. Maria Dizzia, who plays Maddie’s mom, Sandra Nears, will also return as a recurring guest star along with Canadian Patrick Gilmore as Mr. Anderson and Canadian Ian Tracey as Sheriff Baxter.
Produced by Awesomeness Studios, SCHOOL SPIRITS was created by Nate Trinrud & Megan Trinrud, who are executive producers on the series. Oliver Goldstick (Pretty Little Liars, Bridgerton) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Thomas Higgins (13 Reasons Why) is also an executive producer. List serves as a producer on the series. Production of SCHOOL SPIRITS is overseen by Shauna Phelan, Head of Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Live-Action, with Awesomeness Studios’ Executives Brin Lukens and Austin Bedell.
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