The romance continues Season 2 of "Bridgerton" is officially coming to Netflix The streaming service has renewed the hit period drama from producer Shonda Rhimes

"Bridgeman," adapted from the popular novel by Julia Quinn, can be described as "Jane Austen meets Gossip Girl" The show follows the eponymous Bridgerton family as they navigate the Regency-era marriage market And all the secrets of London's upper class tonnage are documented with sharp wit by anonymous columnist Lady Wistledown

Spoilers for Bridgerton Season 1

Season 1 of Bridgerton focused on the roller-coaster relationship between Bridgerton's eldest daughter Daphne (Phoebe Dinever) and Simon, Duke of Hastings (Ledger-Jean Page) They enter into a sham marriage, but eventually fall in true love The season concludes with Daphne and Simon welcoming a baby

Season two will draw its main storyline from Quinn's second novel, The Viscount Who Loved Me, and will focus on Bridgerton's oldest brother Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) and his search for a wife

"At the end of the first season, we put him at a bit of a crossroads," series creator Chris Van Dusen said on the Today show

Here's everything you need to know about Bridgerton Season 2

Netflix announced the renewal of the series on January 21, but did not set a release date for Bridgerton season 2

Production is underway (cast member Nicolas Coughlan revealed on Twitter that he has already had a costume fitting), and according to a "letter" from Lady Whistletown coinciding with Netflix's announcement, filming will begin this spring:

Filming will take several months and likely Season 1 took about 10 months from the end of filming in February 2020 to the Christmas premiere If "Bridgerton" Season 2 follows a similar schedule, new episodes may not be available until late spring or even summer 2022

The cast of "Bridgerton" Season 2 will return all the major players from Season 1 However, the focus will shift to Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton

The two main characters from Season 1, Phoebe Daimber as Daphne and Leger-Jean Page as Simon (played by Simon) may return Van Dusen told the Today newspaper, "I hope so It's the Duke and the Duchess now, but in my mind they will always be Bridgerton and they will always be part of the show"

Other Bridgertons include:

In Bridgerton Season 2, Nicola Coughlan will reprise her role as Penelope Fetherington, the youngest daughter of the Fetherington family and secretly known as Lady Whistledown Her true identity will be revealed in the season 1 finale

(Julie Andrews also continues as the voice of Lady Whistletown)

The show features Penelope's family: Polly Walker as Baroness Portia of Fetherington, Bessie Carter as Prudence Fetherington, Fetherington's eldest daughter, and Harriet Kynes as Philippa Fetherington, Fetherington's middle daughter

It is also possible that Ruby Barker will appear as Marina Thompson, the Featherington family's cousin Pregnant Marina left London after agreeing to marry her dead lover's brother Sir Philip Crane (Chris Fulton)

There may be others in the cast of Bridgerton Season 2:

As for new faces, "Bridgerton" Season 2 needs to cast two important roles: Edwina Sheffield, a young woman just making her debut and the next "incomparable The Unparalleled Man"

These characters are discussed below

Spoiler alert: The following contains more information about Julia Quinn's novel "The Viscount Who Loved Me"

The "Bridgton" series does not follow Quinn's novels closely, but season 1 follows the plot of her first "The Duke and I" closely

Bridgerton If the main plot of Season 2 is true to "The Viscount Who Loved Me," Anthony Bridgerton will be the main character He decides to look for a bride and settles on the beautiful debutante Edwina Sheffield, who is considered the new charisma of the season But to win her hand, he must win Edwina's sister-in-law, Kate

Unfortunately, the smart and sassy Kate hates Anthony at first (very Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy) So how do they get together?

First, we need to know that Anthony's father, the previous Viscount, died from an allergic reaction to a bee sting So, Anthony is afraid of bees The finale episode of Bridgerton Season 1 ended with a shot of bees buzzing around a window

When Kate is stung in the chest by a bee, Anthony sucks out the venom, putting her in complete danger He does the right thing and asks her to marry him But like Daphne and Simon, the new couple's life after marriage becomes a bit precarious It will be some time before they can live happily ever after

In other developments in Bridgerton Season 2, we can expect Eloise to continue her quest to uncover the identity of Lady Whistletown (without knowing it is her best friend Penelope) Meanwhile, the Fetherington family is in a precarious position now that the baron is dead and there is a new, unnamed heir

Bridgton Season 2 could set up a third installment focusing on Benedict, which could see the second eldest brother continue to explore his artistic side