Amazon’s ‘The Wilds’ Relocates to Australia for Season 2
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmazon Prime Video’s YA series “The Wilds” will relocate production from New Zealand to Queensland, Australia, as preparations to shoot the second season ramp up.The move was announced by Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and by Australia’s federal Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher.The federal government will provide A$9.8 million ($7.58 million) to Disney subsidiary ABC Signature for the season. Palaszczuk said that the relocation was “thanks to the Queensland Government’s Production Attraction Strategy,” but she did not disclose a financial injection from the state coffers.