Netflix is heading back above the Arctic Circle for more North of North.
The streamer, in conjunction with Canada’s CBC and APTN, has renewed the comedy series set in an small town in Nunavut. The series, created by Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, stars Anna Lambe as a young Inuk woman looking to restart her life after an abrupt — and very public — exit from her marriage.
The renewal for North of North comes less than three weeks after its Netflix debut. It made the streamer’s global top 10 list for English-language series in its first two weeks.
“When I got the call from Alethea, Stacey and Miranda [de Pencier] about North of North being renewed for a second season, my heart exploded in the best way possible,” Lambe said in a statement. “I’m so excited and overwhelmed with joy, I can’t wait to head back to Ice Cove!”
North of North premiered April 10 on Netflix after a January debut on the CBC and APTN in Canada. The show has earned almost unanimously positive reviews; The Hollywood Reporter critic Angie Han wrote of the series, “Ice Cove, Nunavut, might be nestled in a literal tundra. But the comedy’s affection for its characters, and the community they call home, make it feel as cozy as a hot bath after a long day.”
Lambe also told THR about how the North of North audience has responded to the show: “People want original content. They want new stories, they want something that they’ve never seen before. North of North is a place that a lot of people haven’t seen before — or at least not in this way, with so much warmth and so much laughter.”
Along with Lambe, the show stars Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Jay Ryan, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kelly William, Zorga Qaunaq, Bailey Poching, Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds, Keira Belle Cooper and Tanya Tagaq.
Aglok MacDonald and Arnaquq-Bari executive produce with de Pencier, Anya Adams, Susan Coyne and Garry Campbell.
