Animal Kingdom is an American drama television series created by John Wells about three warring crime families who run organized criminal operations in Los Angeles. It was picked up to series on TNT on January 25, 2016, and premiered its first 13 episodes at 11.
Animal Kingdom is back for its fifth season and the premiere date has been announced! The series will return on Wednesday, June 12 at 9 pm EST.
We are also excited to learn that Animal Kingdom Season will be based on Max Mallet’s novel “All the Old Knives,” which tells a story of family dynamics among four siblings who run an Australian wildlife preserve. Our entire season is about them trying to figure out how they’re going to live with each other now that one has turned into something worse than any animal in the jungle: human beings. It’s been exciting for me because it feels like we’ve told this story before but never from such an insider perspective.”
So many questions! What will happen to this family? Will they come together or will the power struggle destroy them all instead?
Updates for Animal Kingdom Season 5:
Netflix is set to release the fifth season of Animal Kingdom in October 2019, and this time it will be following the story of Dylan O’Brien’s character. The show revolves around a family that operates an illegal business as criminals are interconnected with one another by blood or marriage. They have their ups but also plenty of downs and every single episode leaves you on edge- wondering what could happen next! Fans should definitely not miss out on this new instalment!
Produces: Jonathan Lisco (creator)
Producing Company: Warner Horizon Television, Amblin Television, Netflix
Network: Netflix
Genre: Crime Drama
The cast of Animal Kingdom Season Five:
Finn Cole as Craig “Pope” Cody, the youngest son who is tough and capable but also impulsive. He has been running his father’s business while Pope was in prison.
Shawn Hatosy as John Worthen, a detective with the LAPD Animal Crimes Unit; trying to incriminate Pope for crimes he didn’t commit.
Molly Gordon as Smurfette Miller or J (Smurf) – she is the daughter of Janine and Chief Thomas “Tommy” Rayburn from Season One; now lives at home with her mother Debra and twin sister Denny after their release from jail; suffers from anxiety attacks because of childhood trauma relating to Tommy Rayburn.
Ami Ameen as J, the youngest son of the family
Shawn Hatosy as Smurf (aka Barry “Baz” Brown)
Ellen Barkin as Janine “Smurfette” Jones
Scott Speedman as Baz’s brother Craig Jones and their father John Jones.
The fifth season of the crime drama-family thriller series Animal Kingdom premiere on Netflix in April 2019 with 12 episodes. The first episode will be an hour-long while all others will last 45 minutes each. There are rumours that it could have been cancelled because there haven’t been any new teasers or trailers released. So far about this upcoming release but one can never know for sure until the release date is here.
Season Five Plot of Animal Kingdom:
Season five will pick up two weeks after the events in season four. With Pope’s drug business still going strong and Smurfette reeling from her mother Debra’s death. The series has been renewed for a sixth season by Netflix.
The fifth instalment of Animal Kingdom is set to premiere on May 29th 2019. At 12:00 am PT/EST via the streaming service, Netflix! It was announced that Paul Sparks (Boardwalk Empire) would be joining the cast as the new series regular, Burrell.
Season five has been renewed for a sixth season by Netflix.
Animal Kingdom Summary:
The series follows a 17-year-old boy, J (Finn Cole). Who has to take on the responsibility of his family’s criminal empire; now that he is out of juvenile detention. The show revolves around this too large for him crime business. As criminals are interconnected with one another by blood or marriage.
J and his brothers must learn how to balance their keep while also navigating through adolescence; which proves difficult in such an unforgiving world.
The fifth and final season of the crime drama-family thriller series Animal Kingdom premiere on Netflix.
