Mindhunter season 2 hits Netflix this August!

May 8th 2019, 3:35pm

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Netflix and David Fincher's amazing serial killer series MINDHUNTER debuted on the streaming giant way back in October 2017. And today we have not only some confirmation on just what we can expect to see when the new season lands, but we also know via executive producer, Charlize Theron that the second season hits Netflix this August.

Netflix renewed the series in November 2017, but Season 2 plot details have been officially announced. That said, we do know that Damon Herriman (who oddly enough plays Manson in Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD) will be playing Charles Manson this season. And Fincher did confirm the new season will feature The Atlanta Child Murders, a series of killings that left 28 African-American children, teenagers, and adults killed between 1979-1981. David Fincher told Billboard in 2017:

Next year we’re looking at the Atlanta child murders, so we’ll have a lot more African-American music which will be nice.

On top of that, retired FBI agent John E. Douglas, who wrote the book that inspired the series, confirmed some of the long-standing rumors about the show’s second season, including the fact that season will feature David Berkowitz AKA Son of Sam. Douglas says:

Mindhunter’ is going to have a five-year arc. At least five years is what they are planning. That’s what David Fincher asked both the actors: ‘Can you give me five years here?’…I know there are supposed to be eight episodes [in season 2]. I know the cases. They are going to have David Berkowitz, as well as Charles Manson. The Atlanta child killings in the early ’80s, they’re gonna be covering that.

Berkowitz and Manson were already in jail by 1977, so it makes sense that our lead detectives will be interviewing the killers as they try to solve the Atlanta child murders case. As for the episode count, Season 2 would consist of eight episodes with Fincher directing the premiere and finale. Andrew Dominik and Carl Franklin helming the other episodes. MINDHUNTER SEASON 2 hits Netflix this August.