Paradise has a new resident. Shailene Woodley is set to star in the second season of the hit Hulu political thriller. Deadline reports that Woodley‘s role is being kept under wraps for now, but will tie in with the first season’s finale. The new season is currently filming, but no release date has yet been announced.

Paradise‘s season 1 finale reveals that tens of millions of people have survived the apocalyptic volcanic eruption and subsequent nuclear war that preceded the events of the series, and ends with Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) leaving the idyllic bunker to seek them out; reportedly, Woodley will play one of those survivors. Woodley began her acting career as a child, eventually starring in The Secret Life of the American Teenager and the acclaimed George Clooney drama The Descendants. She rose to fame in the teen romance The Fault in Our Stars and the YA-dystopia Divergent films, and has subsequently starred in high-profile projects like Big Little Lies (which earned her an Emmy nomination), Ferrari, and Dumb Money. Recently, she starred in the miniseries Three Women and the thriller Killer Heat. She is next slated to star with Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson in the action thriller Motor City.

What Is ‘Paradise’ About?

Paradise centers around Xavier Collins (Brown), a Secret Service agent tasked with investigating the murder of President Cal Bradford (James Marsden). However, it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary political thriller: it is set in an underground bunker in the Colorado Rockies, built and funded by billionaire Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond (Julianne Nicholson). The rest of the world has been ravaged by an enormous tsunami caused by a massive Antarctic volcanic eruption, which then prompted a nuclear war. Collins, whose wife (Enuka Okuma) was left behind when the President and his entourage evacuated to the bunker, soon realizes the answers behind Bradford’s death are connected to the chaotic final days of civilization…and that the residents of the bunker may not be the only surviving humans. The series also stars Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, and Percy Daggs IV.

Paradise was created by Dan Fogelman (This Is Us). Reviews for the show’s first season were strong, earning it an 83% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as was viewership on Hulu; it was promptly renewed for a second season, which is now in production.

The second season of Paradise is now in production; no release date has yet been announced.

via Collider