Jurassic Park and Apples Never Fall actor Sam Neill has been tapped to star opposite Eric Bana (Dirty John) in Netflix’s Untamed, an upcoming limited series billed as a “character-driven mystery-thriller.”
Untamed, which hails from Warner Bros. Television (Sweet Tooth) and John Wells’ (Shameless) John Wells Productions, will see Neill playing the character of Paul Souter. A chief park ranger in Yosemite, the character is described as a good friend to Bana’s Kyle Turner as well as a dedicated husband and father. The series is written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) and Elle Smith (The Marsh King’s Daughter).
What is Netflix’s Untamed about?
Per the streamer’s description, Untamed follows National Parks Service’s special agent Kyle Turner, who is thrown into a situation that would uncover the park’s dark secrets as well as his past.
“The character-driven mystery thriller follows Eric Inman (Bana), a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The investigation of a brutal death sends Inman on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past,” the description reads.
In addition to starring, Bana also served as the six-episode drama’s executive producer alongside writers Smith and Smith. Additional executive producers include John Wells Productions’ Wells and Erin Jontow; Escape Artists Entertainment’s Todd Black and Tony Shaw; Bee Holder Productions’ Steve Lee Jones (You Don’t Know Jack); and Syndicate Entertainment’s Cliff Roberts (The Midnight Sky).
Known for his portrayal of Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise (1993’s Jurassic Park and 2001’s Jurassic Park III), Neill also returned to reprise his role in 2022’s Jurassic World Dominion. He also starred in Thor: Ragnarok, The Commuter, Peter Rabbit, Palm Beach, and Thor: Love and Thunder, among others. His television credits include Kane & Abel, In Cold Blood, Merlin, The Tudors, Peaky Blinders, The Twelve, and more.
(Source: Deadline)