John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe Mediapro Studio has unveiled first key cast for Season 2 of crime thriller “The Head,” one of its biggest international hits, with John Lynch (“The Terror,” “In the Name of the Father”) and Katharine O’Donnelly (“Mary Queen of Scotts,” “Clique”) reprising their lead roles as biologist Arthur Wilde and young doctor Maggie Mitchell.They will be joined by the Spanish actor of Armenian-Lebanese origin Hovik Keuchkerian who shot to fame playing Moscow in “Money Heist,” as well as Ireland’s Moe Dunford (“Vikings”), Sweden’s Josefin Nelden (“The Restaurant”) and British thesp Olivia Morris (“Hotel Portofino”).

More substantial name cast will be announced in upcoming weeks. A huge global hit for The Mediapro Studio, the production-distribution arm of media giant Mediapro, “The Head” is heralded by the company as a model for high-end success: It clinched some 25 distribution deals and aired in 90 countries, allowed The Mediapro Studio to retain a large part of the IP and promised to become the basis for a franchise.The last has now become a reality.

Season 2 shifts setting from a glacial polar research station in the dark of an Antarctic winter to an equally isolated and inaccessible setting, an ocean freighter carrying a scientific mission.

It will reprise the confrontation between good and evil that already marked the first instalment, The Mediapro Studio announced Thursday.Jorge Dorado (“The Pier”), will once more direct. “Homeland” executive producer Ran Tellem, director of international content development at The Mediapro Studio and an executive producer and co-creator of the first season, is leading development of the series’ plot.

John Lynch, Katharine O’Donnelly, ‘Money Heist’s’ Hovik Keuchkerian on Board for ‘The Head’ Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)

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