After a long wait, Deon Cole is back. Paramount+ has set an August 19 premiere date for Season 2 of the action-comedy thriller “Average Joe,” releasing the first look photos alongside the announcement.
The eight-episode second season will launch with two episodes, followed by weekly installments every Wednesday. The series streams globally on Paramount+.
Season 2 picks up after the explosive events of the first season, with Joe Washington and his crew heading to Cape Town, South Africa, after a mysterious threat targets his family. What starts as a search for answers spirals into a dangerous adventure involving international criminals, powerful enemies and long-buried secrets. Joe, Leon, Cathy and Touch find themselves dodging assassins and outrunning bounty hunters across the city as the chaos around them continues to escalate.
Two new faces are joining the ensemble. Katlego Lebogang comes aboard as Imani, a young woman whose connection to Joe’s family upends everything he thought he knew about his past. The South African actress is known for her work on Netflix’s “Yoh! Christmas” and the legal drama “Law, Love & Betrayal.” Hakeem Kae-Kazim joins as Sipho, a powerful Cape Town crime boss whose pursuit of Joe and the gang threatens to unravel their lives. The British-Nigerian veteran is widely recognized for his role in “Hotel Rwanda” and appearances in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” and “24.”
Created by Robb Cullen, Season 1 debuted to strong reviews, landing an 86 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and becoming the number one scripted drama on BET+ in its debut week. The series moved to Paramount+ in June following the shuttering of BET+ after Paramount bought out Tyler Perry Studios’ minority stake in the platform.
“Average Joe” is executive produced by Cullen, Cole, Eric Dean Seaton and Tyrone Finch, along with Deb Evans for DAE Light Media and McG, Corey Marsh and Mary Viola for Wonderland Sound and Vision.