We’ve known for a while that season two of Hulu’s Castle Rock—the J.J. Abrams-produced anthology series inspired by Stephen King’s favourite creepy small town—would focus on a younger version of Misery’s Annie Wilkes. Now we have our first glimpse of the nurse as she’s starting to really embrace her dark side.
The official description for season two fills in a little more: “A feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan), Stephen King’s nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock.”
In the teaser, you also see that Annie has a daughter, Tim Robbins looks like he’s up to no good, and Castle Rock still has that “photogenic New England town with an undercurrent of evil” vibe going on.
Castle Rock season two premieres October 23 in the United States. The Australian premiere date is not yet known but you can catch the first season on Foxtel Now.
[referenced url=”https://gizmodo.com.au/2019/03/castle-rock-season-2-will-explore-the-origin-story-ofmiserys-terrifying-nurse-with-a-fantastic-cast/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-large/q2m8btrmwdxnmzdyhdsu.jpg” title=”Castle Rock Season 2 Will Explore The Origin Story Of Misery’s Terrifying Nurse With A Fantastic Cast” excerpt=”We finally have our first details about Castle Rock season two, and as expected the Hulu show is shifting gears with a new story that sounds largely unconnected from the mindfuckery of season one. But, of course, there will be some continuity, in keeping with the series’ theme of “all things Stephen King.” We’ve got some major casting announcements for the J.J. Abrams-produced series, with character details to boot, featuring some names that will be very familiar to King fans.”]