‘Black Dagger Brotherhood’: First Reactions to Season 2 Revealed & More Updates
If you love spicy and faithful adaptations of your favorite romance novels, Passionflix is for you. The streaming service made a splash with the first season of The Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and fans have been waiting with bated breath for news about Season 2. The show has already wrapped production, and episodes have been screened by Passionflix CEO Tosca Musk — and now author J.R. Ward has gotten her hands on them! Gird your loins, BDB fans!
On June 17, Musk revealed that the Passionflix team had screened the first two episodes of The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2. “They are so good, and I’m so excited,” Musk gushed in a video. “I think you’re gonna love it.” She then said that Ward would be getting the episodes next, and then the Passionflix team would get to work on VFX, music, and more. She promised fans that the episodes are “looking good.”
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It didn’t take long for Ward to react to those episodes hitting her inbox. “O.M.F.G. You wont believe what they opened with… Holy f*ck lololololololololololol,” she captioned her reaction video. (We need to see those episodes ASAP!)
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Swooon exclusively confirmed who would be playing the roles of Mary, John Matthew, and Bella in the upcoming second season. Season 1 adapted Ward’s Dark Lover novel and introduced us to the Brotherhood via Wrath (Robert Maaser), king of the vampires, and his love story with Beth (Olivia Grace Applegate). Season 2 will follow the events of Lover Eternal, the second book in the series, and with the casting of Mr. O, the show is already looking ahead to a potential third season.
As the first season explored Beth and Wrath’s romance, we met the other members of the Brotherhood: Rhage (Alexander Cubis), Tohrment (Joel Cederberg), Zsadist (Andrew Biernat), Vishous (Sia Zami), and Phury (Zack Ignoffo), who all have their own books in the J.R. Ward book series. So, when is The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2 coming out? Which love story is the focus of Season 2? What are the reactions to the Season 2 episodes? Swooon has all the latest updates.
When will The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2 premiere?
The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2 doesn’t have an official premiere date set in stone yet, but we do know it will debut in fall 2026. (Around Halloween sounds good to us, right?)
Back in June 2025, series star Sia Zami confirmed on the Astras Awards red carpet that Season 2 is on the way. In December, Passionflix CEO Tosca Musk shared a status update on Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2. “We cast a couple of our characters, our very important characters, for Season 2 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, and that’s so exciting,” she said in an Instagram video. “J.R. Ward and I are very happy with the people that we have chosen to come on for Season 2.”
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Who will be the stars of The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2?
Lover Eternal is the next book in the series to be adapted. That means that Rhage is the next brother to step into the spotlight, and Season 2 will dive into his love story with Audrey Hare‘s Mary. Passionflix released a first look teaser of Mary in April.
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Cubis will reprise the role of Rhage, and he’ll be joined by Audrey Hare, who has been cast as Mary. “The instant I saw Audrey, I knew she was the Mary who has been inside my head for all these years,” Ward said in a statement. “We are so fortunate to have her joining our incredible cast, and I know she’s going to be the heart of Season 2!”
Who else is in the cast of The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2?
In addition to Applegate’s Beth, the rest of the brothers are expected to be back, alongside Maaser and Cubis. We’ll get to see more of Joel Cederberg as Tohr, Andrew Biernat as Zsadist, Sia Zami as Vishous, and Zack Ignoffo as Phury.
Swooon previously revealed that Bobby Hogan will play John Matthew and Mariah Davis will play Bella. “Bella is both ethereal and grounded, and that combination is not easy to find. Mariah brings a natural grace and emotional intelligence that makes us incredibly excited to see her bring Bella to life,” Musk said in a statement.
Ward said she “knew Bobby was our John Matthew the moment I saw his audition! He has the ability to seem both youthful and grave, and the fact that he is fluent in ASL meant he was beyond the right fit. We are grateful to have him!”
On June 17, Passionflix announced that Jon Haslam has been cast as Mr. O in Season 2. We won’t give too much away, but Mr. O has major villain energy.
What is The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2 about?
Since the show is going with the Lover Eternal storyline, it’s time for Rhage and Mary’s love story. Known as the ladies’ man of the group, Rhage lives with a unique curse, unpredictably transforming into a terrifying and uncontrollable dragon creature known as The Beast, which fans got a glimpse of in Season 1.
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He eventually crosses paths with a human named Mary, a cancer survivor who ends up on the lessers’ hit list and must depend on the Black Dagger Brotherhood for protection. Rhage and Mary find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other, despite the fact that the relationships between vampires and humans don’t usually have happy endings.
This book also introduces other fan-favorite characters from the novels, like Bella, a beautiful vampire who becomes entangled with the twins, Zsadist and Phury, as well as John Matthew, a pre-trans vampire who grew up in the human world and has a mysterious connection (which was teased in the post-credits scene of Season 1) to the Brotherhood.
Who will direct The Black Dagger Brotherhood Season 2?
Musk directed all of Season 1. In her podcast chat about the Season 1 finale with Ward, she hinted that she’d be willing to do it again, so it is expected she’ll be behind the lens for Season 2 as well.
Which Black Dagger Brotherhood love story is your favorite? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Black Dagger Brotherhood, Season 2, TBA 2026, Passionflix
