One of the comedy breakouts of 2023 was Jury Duty, a documentary-style comedy for Amazon Freevee that featured James Marsden and other actors surrounding an unsuspecting juror at a trial.
The Emmy-nominated comedy is back and — surprise — its second season is already in the can, sources tell Deadline. It will run on Prime Video where Freevee’s content has migrated after Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming platform was shut down.
Details are being kept under wraps but we hear that the theme of the new installment is David vs. Goliath. Taking inspiration from classic 1980s movies such as Animal House and Caddyshack, it is about a small business going on a company retreat, with the real, unsuspected person tested when a Goliath suddenly shows up, sources said.
To protect the integrity of the premise with the regular person not realizing that they are part of a TV show, just like they did with Season 1, the casting and production of the new installment was done in a clandestine manner.
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