After nearly a decade, The Night Manager is finally returning, with Tom Hiddleston stepping back into the role of Jonathan Pine — now living under a new name, in a new world, and facing a new threat. Vanity Fair has released the first official look at the long-awaited second season, which reunites Hiddleston with Olivia Colman for another six-part story. The new episodes will premiere globally on Prime Video, with BBC and BBC iPlayer carrying the show in the UK.
Set eight years after the events of the first season, the story finds Pine operating under the alias Alex Goodwin. Having left behind his former life as a luxury hotel manager and undercover operative, he now works quietly within a low-profile MI6 surveillance unit in London. But when he unexpectedly crosses paths with one of Richard Roper’s former mercenaries, Pine is drawn back into the shadowy world he tried to escape. His latest mission takes him from London to Colombia and across Europe as he uncovers a conspiracy that once again blurs the line between loyalty and betrayal.
Joining the returning cast are Camila Morrone as Roxana Bolaños, a businesswoman entangled in Pine’s investigation into Colombian industrialist Teddy Dos Santos, played by Diego Calva. Executive producer Stephen Garrett notes that the creative team aimed to expand the show’s perspective, saying they wanted the female characters to be “every bit as complex as the men,” signaling a shift toward more balanced storytelling within the espionage genre.
Unlike the original season, which was based directly on John le Carré’s 1993 novel, the upcoming chapters move beyond the author’s written work. Series creator David Farr developed the new story with the blessing of le Carré’s sons, Simon and Stephen Cornwell, who manage the Ink Factory production company. The concept reportedly came to Farr on the night le Carré passed away, and the family encouraged him to continue the story in the spirit of their father’s legacy.
Hiddleston recalled an early exchange with le Carré before filming the first season, when the author told him, “Jonathan Pine is me — and now he must be you.” That connection between actor and character appears to carry forward into this new installment, which explores how years of secrecy and loss have reshaped Pine.
The Cornwells also confirmed that The Night Manager’s return won’t end with this chapter — a third season has already been greenlit, with Simon Cornwell teasing that “great stories often come in threes.” For fans of le Carré’s intricate world of espionage and moral ambiguity, Pine’s next move looks to extend the series into uncharted but promising territory.
