The popular thriller The Watcher was a huge success after debuting on Netflix on October 13, 2022. However, as of 2024, lead actress Naomi Watts and fans of the series are still waiting for its next installment.
Watts met up with Entertainment Weekly at the Toronto Film Festival, where she was seen promoting her film Friends. She also had a mini Watchers reunion with her co-star Bobby Cannavale.
When asked about the anticipated second season, Watts revealed that there has been no movement on a new season — at least as far as she knows. “I don’t have any updates, if any. I wish I did,” she told EW. “It was so much fun, wasn’t it? I don’t have any updates, I’m afraid.”
The show was actually renewed for a second season shortly after it debuted. However, it’s been quite a wait, with fans and cast members like Naomi Watts expressing apprehension and disappointment over the delay.
The series revolves around the Brannock family, who move into their dream home in a wealthy suburb, only to be terrorised by anonymous letters from someone calling himself the Watcher.
The family’s fears grow as mysterious and spooky events increase, and disturbing secrets about their new neighborhood are revealed.
Furthermore, Watts also said that the house where they shot the film is vacant, so he has no definite answer as to whether or not Season 2 will be made again.
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TUDUM According to Netflix, The Watcher is based on the true story by Reeves Wiedemann published in the 2018 New York Magazine article ‘The Haunting of a Dream House’.
The article details how Maria and Derek Broaddus bought their dream home in June 2014, and soon after, letters began arriving and trouble came knocking at their door.
Additionally, the actual Watcher House located at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey was put up for sale in 2015.
After several price cuts, the listing was removed in June 2015. The Broadduses filed a legal complaint against the previous owners for not disclosing the letters they had received, but they eventually rented it out at a much lower price as the lawsuit went nowhere.
Though the series was slightly different from the real-life events, many things such as the address were kept the same. Moreover, the scariest part is that till date, the Westfield police have not been able to identify the real Watcher.
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