PRODUCTION UNDERWAY IN IRELAND ON SECOND SEASON OF ACORN TV'S MYSTERY DRAMA "IRISH BLOOD," STARRING AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY ALICIA SILVERSTONE

First-Look Images Released

NEW YORK, NY - May 26, 2026 - Acorn TV, the leading streaming service for brilliant mysteries and suspense-driven dramas, announced that production is underway in Ireland on the second season of its hit series Irish Blood, with Executive Producer and Star Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Bugonia) reprising her role as Fiona Fox. First-look images from season two, which consists of six, hour-long episodes and is filming in and around Dublin, were also released. Irish Blood first debuted last summer and became the #1 series in Acorn TV history in subscriber acquisition.

The news comes as Acorn TV is hosting its second annual Murder Mystery May, with new series premieres every week, a bingeable mystery every Monday and a killer film every Friday. The popular, month-long programming event celebrates the breadth of Acorn TV, showcasing the world's best mysteries ranging from fan-favorite whodunits to quirky sleuths to diabolical thrillers.

Irish Blood season two finds Fiona still reeling from the repercussions of her estranged father Declan's (Jason O'Mara's) death, while extricating her mother Mary (Wendy Crewson) from peril at the hands of grifter Callum Deasy (Stuart Graham). As Mary, Fiona and Róisín (Ruth Codd) continue to follow the breadcrumb trail of clues left in Declan's briefcase, they are swept up in a crime-solving adventure across Ireland.

In addition to Silverstone, season two stars O'Mara (The Man In The High Castle, The Good Wife), Crewson (We Were Liars, Tracker), Dearbhla Molloy (Wild Mountain Thyme, Rendezvous), Simone Kirby (His Dark Materials, Kneecap), Codd (The Fall of the House of Usher), Leonardo Taiwo (Wheel of Time, Ant-Man & The Wasp) and Stuart Graham (Hunger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

Irish Blood is executive produced by Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Paul Donovan, Ailish McElmeel, Susan Coyne, Christina Ray, Aaron Martin, Silverstone and Ruba Nadda, who also directs. Producers are Catherine O'Flaherty and Paige Haight. Irish Blood is produced by Shaftesbury and Deadpan Pictures, in association with AMC Studios and with the support of incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the government of Ireland, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and Ontario Creates. AMC Studios holds worldwide distribution rights. In Canada, Irish Blood is available for streaming on Crave.

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About Acorn TV

AMC Global Media's Acorn TV is the leading streaming service for brilliant mysteries and suspense-driven dramas. Experience the world's best stories, from the criminally cozy to the daringly dark, and get wrapped up in gripping mysteries as Acorn TV adds exclusive programming every week to a deep library - all commercial-free. Acorn TV's robust slate is comprised of acclaimed original and commissioned series including the highly anticipated murder mystery You're Killing Me (Brooke Shields), the record-breaking thriller Irish Blood (Alicia Silverstone), hit crime drama Art Detectives (Stephen Moyer), popular parish mystery Murder Before Evensong (Matthew Lewis), fan-favorite UK detective drama Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), critical darling Inspector Ellis (Sharon D Clarke), Italy-based Signora Volpe (Emilia Fox), The Chelsea Detective (Adrian Scarborough), New Zealand detective series My Life Is Murder (Lucy Lawless), British crime drama Whitstable Pearl (Kerry Godliman), lauded British detective drama Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel), gritty Australian whodunit Mystery Road: Origin (Mark Coles Smith) and many more. The above add to a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas including Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), Doc Martin (Martin Clunes), Deadwater Fell (David Tennant, Cush Jumbo) and all 25 seasons of fan-favorite Midsomer Murders, among others.   

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About Deadpan

Deadpan Pictures is an International Emmy award-winning production company specialising in drama with humour.

Recent credits include Irish Blood starring Alicia Silverstone, Acorn TV; This is not a Murder Mystery, an €18m series for Studio Canal and the New 8 with Panenka, Belgium; Showkids (RTE and Madgic) and Video Nasty, (BBC, Virgin Media TV, WDR and Boatrocker).

Next up in early 2027 are Recipes for a Nervous Breakdown for BBC and the New 8 and The Roaring Banshees a 6 x 1 hour female-led gangster saga set in 1920s Chicago.

Previous productions include Northern Lights (Lionsgate and ZDF): Can't Cope Won't Cope (RTE and Kew Media) which sold to Netflix and BBC; the critically acclaimed Dead Still (RTE, Acorn and ZDFS) and International Emmy-winning Moone Boy for Sky and BBC WW.

About Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury is an award-winning creator and producer of original content, founded by Christina Jennings, Chairman and President. For more than three decades, the company has been at the forefront of Canadian screen-based storytelling, building internationally successful series and franchises that reach audiences worldwide. Shaftesbury's productions include the globally acclaimed drama Murdoch Mysteries, now in its 19th season, and Hudson & Rex, both airing in over 120 countries. Shaftesbury's portfolio spans scripted drama, comedy, and genre programming, including the horror anthology Slasher and its latest instalment Hell Motel, the international thriller Departure which went to #1 on Netflix in 40 countries, the Irish-Canadian co-production SisterS, and Irish Blood, Acorn TV's highest-rated series. Current projects include the dark crime drama The Borderline, now streaming on Crave, the upcoming comedy series Slo Pitch, and Granville Girls, a newly announced Netflix series.