{"id":433409,"date":"2026-04-13T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/433409\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:54:10","slug":"black-sands-final-season-to-premiere-on-may-14-on-viaplay-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/433409\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sands\u2019 Final Season To Premiere On May 14 On Viaplay U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>A second and final season of Black Sands<\/a> is coming back to the Viaplay<\/a> Streaming Service in the U.S. The first season of the dark Icelandic crime drama was well received, scoring numerous award noms at home and positive reviews in the English-language press. Season 2 will drop on the Nordic drama-skewed Viaplay Streaming Service<\/a> on May 14. Two episodes of the eight-part series will launch each week.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs well as the Season 2 launch news, we have a first-look at the trailer for the upcoming run and a teaser of what to expect.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Iceland\u2019s titular black sands serving as the backdrop, the first season of the show followed Anita, a troubled police officer played by Aldis Amah Hamilton (The Valhalla Murders) who also co-writes the series. Hamilton\u2019s character is forced back to her hometown where she begins tracking a serial killer who has been operating for years, but disguising the murders as accidents.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMaybe it\u2019s time you knew the truth,\u201d says the voiceover as a sweeping shot of the black sands opens the Season 2 trailer.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe second season picks up the action fourteen months after the events of the first run. Set during a bleak Arctic winter, the mystery deepens with the strange death of an elderly woman and another shocking murder. As the investigation unfolds, the local town\u2019s dark history is revealed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt fills me with joy to see that Black Sands continues to intrigue,\u201d said lead actor and co-writer Hamilton. \u201cIt was always our dream for this story to be two halves that would come together, so writing it felt very urgent, knowing this would be the grand finale. We hope this season will create space for important conversations regarding family, grief and inheritance\u2026 in its many shapes and forms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tViaplay Content Distribution snagged the SVOD rights for the US, Germany, and the UK, where Season 1 went out on\u00a0 UKTV. All3Media International<\/a> distributes the series, which is Icelandic-language with English subtitles. Season 2 is also launching in Germany, starting May 18.<\/p>\n

\n\tJoan Cruells, VP Partnership & Growth, International SVOD, Viaplay Group said: \u201cBlack Sands\u00a0remains one of Iceland\u2019s most acclaimed crime dramas, with its first season performing exceptionally well across Viaplay\u2019s specialized streaming service\u00a0in the U.S., UK and Germany. We\u2019re thrilled to bring the gripping and addictive second season to subscribers this May.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: A second and final season of Black Sands is coming back to the Viaplay Streaming Service in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[181616,192771,18,117,19,17,128,192772,192773],"class_list":["post-433409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-all3media-international","tag-black-sands","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv","tag-viaplay","tag-viaplay-streaming-service"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116398212413848472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}