«The Wilds» is an American drama streaming television series created by Sarah Streicher for Amazon Prime Video.
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- The Wilds is an American drama streaming television series.
- It was created by Sarah Streicher for Amazon Prime Video.
- The series revolves around a group of teenage girls who are left stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash, but are unaware they are the subjects of a social experiment.
- The cast features Sophia Ali, Reign Edwards, Shannon Berry, Jenna Clause, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Erana James, Sarah Pidgeon, David Sullivan, Troy Winbush, and Rachel Griffiths.
- The first season was released on Amazon Prime Video on December 11, 2020.
- It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances, writing, and plot.
- In December 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on May 6, 2022.
- Filming for the first season began in October 2019 in New Zealand.
- Some of the filming takes place at West Wave pool in Auckland, New Zealand. This is the same venue where Jason Statham competed at the 1990 Comonwealth Games as a diver.
- Most of the outdoor scenes for the first season were filmed in Bethells Beach, New Zealand.
- Filming for the second season would relocate from New Zealand to Queensland, Australia and began filming in April 2021.
- Filming for the second season wrapped in August 2021.
- Mia Healey, who plays Shelby Goodkind, is originally from Australia. After receiving a callback, she believed in the character so much that she flew to LA to read in person.
- A lot of the scenes especially in Toni’s episode make it very obvious they are not in America – due to the landscape and road signs. (Maybe easier to spot for Kiwi viewers)
- Mia Healey’s first role, fresh out of Drama school (NIDA) a prestigious Drama School in Australia.
- A number of scenes in the series are filmed at Bethells Beach, New Zealand. The same beach where the music video was filmed for Shania Twain’s single “Forever and for Always”.
- Mia Healey (Shelby), Chi Nguyen (Jeanette) and Shannon Berry (Dot) are from Australia.
- Season 3 aim to set up a relationship between Scott and Dorothy.
- The all-female control group is named “Dawn of Eve” and the male control group is named “Twilight of Adam”, two counterparts showing the purpose of the experiment, as dawn indicates a new beginning for women and twilight signaling the end for men.
- It’s clear throughout that the parents are aware of the experiments, as all of the girls are troubled in their own way and deemed in need of “therapy”, and Gretchen has access to things
- The Wilds spent all of season 1 following the Dawn of Eve girls as they were stranded on a deserted island for the first 23 days in the past as well as their interrogation in the present after their “rescue”.
- According to Sarah Streicher, the creator of the series, shared that this isn’t based on a true story. The story is something that has purely been created for the story.
- The island is really a metaphor to examine teenage life through according to the showrunner Amy B. Harris.
- The Wilds was nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series category for the GLAAD Media Awards in 2021.
- On June 28, 2018, Amazon Studios gave production a pilot order. On August 3, 2018, it was announced that Susanna Fogel had signed on to direct the pilot and serve as executive producer.
