Wilderness on Prime Video stars The Serpent’s Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (The Haunting of Bly Manor). The thriller series sees a British couple’s dream holiday descend into the stuff of nightmares. The pair play Liv and Will, who seem to have it all and are enjoying a glamorous new life in New York. But then Liv learns about Will’s affair and when he suggests a road trip around America’s stunning National Parks, it seems the perfect opportunity for her to exact her revenge.
So here's everything you need to know about Wilderness on Prime Video...
Wilderness release date
Prime Video hasn't yet given a release date for Wilderness, except that the drama will arrive in autumn 2023, in over 240 countries and territories. We will of course update with the show's 2023 worldwide launch date once it's announced by Amazon Prime.
Wilderness plot
Based on the novel Wilderness by B. E. Jones, this thriller focuses on Liv and Will (Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a British couple who have left behind their life in a provincial town in the UK to enjoy a glamorous existence in New York. Their marriage seems rock solid but then Liv discovers that Will has had an affair with a younger colleague. She’s heartbroken but her sadness soon turns to fury and she's determined to get revenge...
When Will suggests an epic trip around The Grand Canyon and America’s other national parks, she secretly vows to set him certain tests before she will accept that he is truly sorry and forgive him. Will has two weeks, 1,500 miles and three opportunities to save his own life. Because if their marriage can’t survive, then neither can he! Out in the American wIlderness accidents can and wiill happen.
While trekking through the epic American National Parks, the couple bump into Will’s colleague Cara (Ashley Benson), a young American woman with a glittering career and an adoring boyfriend, Garth (Eric Barlow). Liv’s best-laid plans are wrecked and, as the foursome go hiking together, Cara and Garth soon find themselves enmeshed in Will and Liv’s lives in a way that will change the course of all their future’s forever.
Wilderness is a twisted love story, where a dream holiday and a supposedly “happily-ever-after” quickly turns into a living nightmare.
Wilderness cast — Jenna Coleman as Liv
In Wilderness, Jenna Coleman plays scorned wife Liv. She first found fame playing Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale for four years before moving on to Waterloo Road. She then played Clara in Doctor Who and Queen Victoria in ITV series Victoria before starring in the huge hit The Serpent, about the real-life killer Charles Sobhraj (see picture below). She's also had roles in The Cry, Inside No.9, Titanic and Dancing on the Edge.
Wilderness cast — Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Will
Wilderness star Oliver Jackson-Cohen plays cheating husband Will, who has no idea his life is in danger. Oliver starred alongside Elizabeth Moss in the 2020 movie The Invisible Man. He’s also been in Lark Rise to Candleford, Will & Kate: Before Happily Ever After (playing Prince William), Mr Selfridge, Dracula, The Great Fire, The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor (see picture below). Oliver is the son of famous British fashion designer Betty Jackson.
Who else is starring in Wilderness?
Wilderness will also star Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) who plays Cara, alongside Eric Balfour (Six Feet Under) as Garth. They are a couple Liv and Will meet in a national Park and pair up with.
Claire Rushbrook (Sherwood) as Caryl, Marsha Stephanie Blake (Orange is the New Black) as Detective Rawlins and Morgana Van Peebles (Superstition) as Ash.
Jonathan Keltz also joins the cast as Detective Wiseman while Talia Balsam is Bonnie, Crystal Blint (The Fall of the House of Usher) plays Liana, Natalie Sharp (The Flash) is Marissa, Geoff Gustafson (A Christmas Proposal) is Zach and Jake Foy (Designated Survivor) plays Anton.
Is there a trailer for Wilderness?
There's no trailer for Wilderness yet as filming has only just started in the US and Canada. When one drops, we’ll post it on here.
Behind the scenes, locations and more on the thriller Wilderness
Filming for Amazon Prime Video's Wilderness began in June 2022 in the UK, United States and Canada. We will update with more information on locations and further pictures when they arrive.
Wilderness is produced by Firebird Pictures, written and created by Marnie Dickens, directed and executive produced by So Yong Kim and executive produced by Elizabeth Kilgarriff and Marnie Dickens.
Marnie Dickens explains "Who doesn’t know someone who’s been cheated on? That gut punch on discovery, the trail of paranoia and suspicion it leaves behind, the difficulty of trusting again. It’s enough to tip anyone over the edge. And that’s where we meet our heroine, Liv, as she’s lied to over and over by the man she loves. Of course she wants revenge, and I, for one, hope she gets it.”
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