Maxton Hall Season 2: Cast, Story & Everything We Know

Maxton Hall season 2 has been confirmed and news about the cast, and filming has slowly been forthcoming. Maxton Hall - The World Between Us is based on the book, Save Me by German writer Mona Kasten. A German-language six-part drama on Amazon Prime Video, Maxton Hall stars Ruby Bell (Harriet Herbig-Matten), a young woman who attends Maxton Hall on a scholarship, an opulent prep school where she is very much the odd one out economically compared to her classmates, particularly the arrogant James Beaufort (Damian Hardung).

While Ruby tries to focus on getting to Oxford University, she begins to fall for James and gets herself embroiled in personal complications that could threaten her further schooling. Maxton Hall's respectable 67% on Rotten Tomatoes doesn't illustrate the show's popularity as it achieved the highest global viewing figures of a non-American original title in a launch week in Amazon Prime Video's history (via AboutAmazon). It didn't come as much of a surprise then when it was announced that Maxton Hall season 2 would be coming to the streamer, and more news has slowly been arriving.

Maxton Hall Season 2 Latest News

Damian Hardung Says Season 2 Is Much Darker Than Season 1

Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and James (Damian Hardung) sitting in a car together in Maxton Hall

The latest news for Maxton Hall came from Damian Hardung who said in the January 2, 2025, podcast, Short Take, that filming had been taking its toll (via Podcasts),

"I am definitely excited to see the second season of Maxon Hall because I just did the ADR for it. And the second season is like really, really grim and dark and a lot of grief and trauma. I had like a really tough time shooting that."

From the sound of it, Maxton Hall season 2 may be nearly finished filming.

Maxton Hall Season 2 Is Confirmed

Maxton Hall Began Filming In The Summer Of 2024

Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) looking at her phone concerned in Maxton Hall

Maxton Hall season 2 was first announced in May 2024, with James Farrell, VP of International Originals at Amazon MGM Studio, saying (via Collider),

"Maxton Hall - The World Between Us shows once again that local stories have the power to captivate global audiences. Following the French Original Medellín and Spain’s Culpa Mía and Reina Roja, Maxton Hall - The World Between Us is the next success from Europe that will inspire a global audience. We can't wait to bring the second season to customers."

Filming later began in Berlin and London in the summer of 2024 (via TheCinemaholic). While no release date has been announced just yet, that Hardung is working on ADR suggests that the season is almost finished.

Maxton Hall Season 2 Cast

Most Of The Main Cast Is Expected To Return

At the moment, the only confirmed actor returning for Maxton Hall season 2 is Damian Hardung as James Beaufort. However, other cast members are almost certain to return based on the ending of Maxton Hall - The World Between Us. Harriet Herbig-Matten as Ruby Bell, Sonja Weißer as Lydia Beaufort, Eidin Jalali as Graham Sutton, Andrea Guo as Lin Wang, and Fedja van Huêt as Mortimer Beaufort are all expected to come back for the new season.

Possible Cast & Characters For Maxton Hall Season 2
Actor	Role
Damian Hardung	James Beaufort
Harriet Herbig-Matten	Ruby Bell
Sonja Weißer	Lydia Beaufort
Eidin Jalali	Graham Sutton
Andrea Guo	Lin Wang
Fedja van Huêt	Mortimer Beaufort

Maxton Hall Season 2 Story Details

James And Lydia Will Have To Deal With A Death In The Family

James (Damian Hardung) dancing with Ruby (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and laughing together in Maxton Hall.

At the moment, there have been no story details released about Maxton Hall season 2, but Hardung has said there is a distinctly darker tone in season 2,

"And so that lightheartedness, which went away a bit shooting James in the second season because it's just so bleak. So I really tried to get back to that because that's, I think, something that's very close to me. And I want to cherish and perish that character trait."

That darkness stems from the tragic moment at the end of Maxton Hall season 1 when James and Lydia return home to discover their mother has died, and James violently retaliates against his father for his emotional abuse. Season 2 is sure to deal with James coming to terms with the loss of his mother and his anger against his father. At the end of the season, Lydia also learns she's pregnant with Graham's baby, a complication that will have repercussions in season 2.

As Ruby nailed her interview for Oxford and began a relationship with James, she's the only one set to start season 2 with a rosy outlook on life. That means, of course, something bad is bound to happen, and Ruby will need to face another obstacle in Maxton Hall season 2.