Tom Hardy's Dark Historical Show Still Has Hope As Creator Shares Season 2 Update 9 Years Later

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Nearly a decade after its release, Taboo creator Steven Knight holds out hope that the eight-part series will get a second season. Airing on BBC One in the UK and FX in the US, it starred Tom Hardy, Jessie Buckley, Leo Bill, Oona Chaplin, Stephen Graham, and Jonathan Pryce, among others. Taboo first aired in 2017, and the series was promptly renewed for an additional season, with Knight stating the plan for the series was a three-season run.

Despite this, a second season never materialized, but Knight remains optimistic. "Well, Tom and I have talked about it," the writer told Radio Times. "I think we know what we would do. It’s just finding the space. But I'd love to, I get asked about it – especially in the States, actually–I get asked about it a lot."

Previously, Knight has maintained that he and Hardy "are both keen to continue and there are lots of people who want [them] to continue in that direction." However, he stated that whether the show continues has "been a question of schedules and deciding where it goes next."

Tom Hardy wearing a poncho in the rain in Taboo

Taboo was previously slated to film season two in 2023, but for undisclosed reasons, this never happened. Scheduling is the most likely cause, as Hardy himself has also spoken positively of a potential sophomore season. The Venom star said the show is important to him and shared his take on where he wants the plot to go next.

"In my head I was thinking, ‘Let’s say they get to America, they get to Canada, fast-forward to 1968, the Tet Offensive, the Vietnam War, look at the CIA, the Viet Cong, the French in Saigon,'" said Hardy. "Take the Delaney family tree out in the jungle, and recreate the same family dynamics that were happening in London but with new people, thinking about how history and corruption repeats itself. It’s still Taboo, it’s still period, but it’s the Sixties. There’s something fun about that."

While there is still no solid update on when Taboo season two will begin production, Knight and Hardy remain dedicated to the project, which bodes well for its future.