Wilderness (2023 TV series)

Wilderness is a British psychological thriller miniseries produced for Amazon Prime Video based on the novel of the same name by B. E. Jones. It stars Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. It was released on 15 September 2023.

Synopsis
Liv and Will Taylor are a young British couple whose marriage is threatened when Liv sees a message on Will's mobile phone revealing his affair with a co-worker. Heartbreak quickly turns into fury and revenge.

Production
The series was adapted for television by Marnie Dickens, based upon the 2017 novel Wilderness by B.E. Jones. Director So Yong Kim executive produced alongside Dickens and Elizabeth Kilgarriff for Firebird Pictures.

Filmed primarily in Vancouver, production began in April 2022, with filming also scheduled for Calgary, the Banff Springs Hotel, and moving in September to Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and New York; additional filming took place in the UK.

Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen were announced as the series leads in June 2022. In July 2022, Ashley Benson, Eric Balfour, Marsha Stephanie Blake and Morgana Van Peebles were announced as added to the cast.

Release
A trailer was released on 23 August 2023, featuring the new re-recorded version of Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do". The song also plays over the opening credits.

The series premiered on 15 September 2023 on Prime Video.

Reception
Wilderness received mixed reviews and scored 68% on Rotten Tomatoes who said 'Wilderness often gets lost in its overabundance of revenge tropes, but its cutting twists may satisfy fans of sordid intrigue.' The show was criticized for its overreliance on tropes.