Move over James Bond! Keeley Hawes is back as the ultimate assassin – see first look

Keeley Hawes returns as the seriously bad-ass assassin Julie in the highly anticipated second season of Prime Video's hit crime drama, The Assassin.

The newly released trailer teases the new, high-stakes installment, following Julie as she reluctantly reunites with her son, Edward, after his wife is kidnapped on their honeymoon. 

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The action-packed clip offers a thrilling glimpse at the upcoming season, showing Julie back in her element – handling guns and taking down villains. 

Ahead of the show's return on 6 November, find out all you need to know about season two.

What to expect from season two

Season one ended on a dramatic cliffhanger, with Edward discovering that Julie is not his biological mother, and that his real father is the French arms dealer, Jean-Luc.

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Season two picks up after a "disastrous trip to Berlin, where they find themselves estranged once again following a mysterious fall-out no one is willing to discuss," according to the synopsis.

But when Edward's wife, Kayla, is kidnapped on their honeymoon, Julie and her son reluctantly join forces once again.

The newly released trailer plunges the mother-son duo back into the high-stakes world of international crime. 

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"I don't need you to fight my battles," Edward tells his mum, who quips: "You literally brought me here to fight your battles!"

The synopsis teases: "To survive the job and mend an already fragile relationship, they'll have to take down Spain's corrupt underworld…and hopefully not each other first."

Who stars in The Assassin season two? 

Reprising their roles from season one are Keeley Hawes as Julie, Freddie Highmore as Edward, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Kayla and Devon Terrell as Ezra. 

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Joining them in season two are Arnaud Binard (Emily in Paris, Modern Family), Natalia Tena (Riot Women, Harry Potter), Boris Van Severen (Baptiste, Moresnet), Jacqueline Boatswain (After The Flood, Bridgerton) and Monic Hendrickx (Penoza, Arcadia).

Rounding out the cast are Karl-El Santos (Stags, Yo Adicto), Mehdi Regragui (La Unidad Kabul, Los constructores de la Alhambra), Casimiro Aguza (Sin Lìmites, In From The Cold), Tony Corvillo (Nowhere, Mano de Hierro), Amin Hamada (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Mallorca Confidencial) and Lolo Herrero (El 47, Return to Las Sabinas).

The Assassin returns to Prime Video on 6 November.