The Rain Season 2 is now available on Netflix | Picture: Netflix
Netflix’s worldwide expansion has seen plenty of titles from such countries as Spain, India, and South Korea. The only full Netflix Original Danish series to date The Rain just aired it’s highly anticipated second season and left fans wanting even more. But has Netflix renewed The Rain for a second season? Let’s find out!
The Rain is a Danish Netflix Original post-apocalyptic series created by Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft Jacobsen, and Christian Potalivo. Post-apocalyptic titles have always been a popular concept and the Danish series definitely didn’t fail to impress upon the first outing. Filming took place across the Scandinavian nations of Denmark and Sweden, with cinematography handled by Jesper Tøffner and Rasmus Heise.
After a virus, carried by the rain, wipes out most of the world’s population, only a handful of the population remains. To escape from the virus, Danish siblings Simone and Rasmus took shelter in a bunker for 6 years before eventually emerging. Choosing to search for their father, a scientist who left them in the bunker but never returned to his children. Traversing across Denmark and Sweden the pair join a group of survivors, as they search for a safe place to hide from the rain and most importantly to find their father who just may have the cure.
The Rain Season 3 Netflix Renewal Status
Official Netflix Renewal Status: Renewed (Last Updated: 06/19/2019)
Much like Netflix’s other foreign series in a similar genre called Dark, The Rain has been given another season which will be its final outing.
#TheRain has been renewed for a third and final season pic.twitter.com/ZyDRLr3uQq
— Queue (@netflixqueue) June 19, 2019
It should come as no surprise that The Rain was renewed for its third and final season. From the narrative standpoint, a third season would reach the series natural conclusion.
Does the story warrant another season?
Don’t worry you won’t be finding any spoilers here but after shocking ending to the second season, there has to be another season to come!
The Rain season 3 Netflix Release Date
The third and final season of The Rain will be arriving Thursday, August 6th, 2020.
The second season consisted of six episodes, but the final season will have a total of ten.
Episodes have an approximate runtime of 45 minutes.
The Rain final season cast members
The following cast members have been confirmed to star in the final season of The Rain.
| Role | Cast Members | Where Have I Seen/Heard Them Before? |
|---|---|---|
| Simone Anderson | Alba August | Becoming Astrid | Below the Surface | Jordskott |
| Rasmus Anderson | Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen | Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes | Ildfugl | I stykker |
| Martin | Mikkel Boe Følsgaard | A Royal Affair | Land of Mine | The Legacy |
| Patrick | Lukas Løkken | One-Two-Three-Now! |
| Jean | Sonny Lindberg | The Legacy | Darkness: Those Who Kill | Anti |
| Sarah | Clara Rosager | Before the Frost | Misbehaviour | Journal 64 |
| Fie | Natalie Madueño | Follow the Money | In Love and War | Warrior |
| Kira | Evin Ahmad | Beyond Dreams | Ring Mamma! | 112 Aina |
| Sten | Johannes Kuhnke | Force Majeure | Real Humans | The House That Jack Built |
| Stranger | Boie Kratfeldt | Follow the Money | The Charmer | The Reunion |
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