VIU, the pan-regional video streaming service, announced the second season of the award-winning Original series Pretty Little Liars, premiered on April 14, 2022, in all 16 Viu markets.
The winner of the Asian Academy Creative Awards and Content Asia Awards for the first season, the teen mystery-drama from Indonesia, based on a US show of the same name, is set in the fictional town of Amerta, exclusively created in Bali.
Pretty Little Liars follows the lives of four female students whose clique fell apart when their leader, Alissa (Yuki Kato), went mysteriously missing. The Liars find themselves reunited when they suddenly begin to receive creepy messages from a mysterious figure known as 'A', who threatens to expose their darkest secrets.
In season two, Hanna (Anya Geraldine), Ema (Caitlin Halderman), Sabrina (Vanessa Thomas), and Aria (Shindy Huang) try to uncover who was behind the accident that happened with Hanna in the first season, and the main big question mark remains: is A actually dead or still alive? and continues to provide the cliffhanger entertainment that is expected from this scale of production from Viu.
“The drama revolves around everyone, because everyone has drama. Not only the main cast, but basically everyone in this series is involved in the drama. There’s a lot of different types of drama. So drama is all over the place," said Caitlin Halderman during an interview roundtable with members of the Malaysian media.
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been two years since the first season of the show premiered on Viu.
The series, directed by Emil Heradi and produced by Visinema Pictures’ Angga Sasongko. In addition to the main ensemble, it brings a number of seasoned big cast, such as Wulan Guritno, Tarra Budiman and Irgi Fahrezi, alongside new cast members such as Bastian Steel, Bio One and Fandy Christian.
"We’ve consciously taken note increasing cases of bullying that resulted in depression among young people, due to a fully open digital world we bring this drama to our viewers to reflect and start social conversations around these subjects.
"And together with Angga’s and Emil's magical touch, we have successfully translated our vision into a piece that takes this season to the next level with deeper connect to the audience, stylized character growth, and an immersive plot which is believed to make the audience even more engaged than before," said Varun Mehta, Country Head Indonesia, Viu.
"In terms of culture, of course it’s different because the setting itself is in Indonesia. I think how we present the culture is more indirect, it’s more subtle. Of course we try to present our culture as much and as best as we can, but we have to stick to the story, and the story unfolds or makes it possible for us to really showcase our culture," said Shindy Huang. –The Vibes, April 21, 2022
