Jack Dawkins never stays down long. One minute he’s picking pockets in London fog, the next he’s elbow-deep in a bloke’s chest with a rusty saw and a grin. That’s the wild ride The Artful Dodger served up in its first season, and folks ate it up like hot pies at a fair. Eight episodes of blood, banter, and belly laughs, all set against dusty Aussie streets in 1850. Critics slapped a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, viewers binged till dawn, and Disney+ saw the numbers climb. No surprise, then, when the renewal dropped in November 2024. Fans who’d been camped on X, begging for Belle’s survival and Jack’s next move, lost their minds. Season 2 is locked, loaded, and coming in hot. Here’s every scrap of dirt dug up so far.
The Artful Dodger Season 2 Potential Release Date
Fans have been glued to their screens, refreshing Disney+ like it’s a lifeline. Good news: Season 2 isn’t just a pipe dream. Disney+ greenlit it back in January 2024, mere weeks after Season 1’s November 2023 premiere racked up rave reviews and solid viewership. But pinning down an exact date? That’s the real dodge.
Filming kicked off in earnest this past March in Tasmania, wrapping principal photography by August. Post-production – think those lavish costume tweaks and edge-of-your-seat edits – has been humming along in Sydney studios. Insiders hint at a soft target of early 2026, likely landing between January and March to catch that post-holiday binge wave.
The Artful Dodger Season 2 Expected Cast
The gang’s all here, older, wiser, and twice as reckless.
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster slides back into Jack’s boots. The ex-thief turned surgeon still flinches at the clink of chains, still winks at danger.
- David Thewlis revives Fagin with that oily charm—every promise a trap, every smile a knife.
- Maia Mitchell steps up as Lady Belle Fox, governor’s daughter gone rogue, trading ballrooms for butcher tables.
Three fresh faces crash the party, announced in February. Local talent, tight lips, big impact. Think a shifty constable, a dockside femme fatale, maybe a rival sawbones with cleaner hands and dirtier secrets. Set photos show them trading barbs in the shadows—whatever they’re cooking, it smells like trouble.
The Artful Dodger Season 2 Potential Plot
Season 1 ended ugly: Jack clapped in irons for nicking gold to save Belle, Fagin selling him out with a bullet and a smirk. Season 2 picks up the mess. Jack’s behind bars, but bars bend when you know the right palms to grease. Fagin’s on the run, pockets jingling, conscience lighter than air. Belle’s alive—barely—and burning to carve her own path in a colony that chains women tighter than convicts.
Expect heists that’d make Dickens blush: midnight gold runs, rigged card games in smoky taverns, surgeries lit by lantern and lightning. Jack wrestles the old itch—steal or stitch? Fagin dangles temptations bigger than any purse. Belle fights for a theater of her own, blood on her apron and fire in her eyes. Showrunner James McNamara teases “deeper scars, higher stakes, same sharp tongue.” Translation: more laughs between screams, more kisses between knife fights.
