‘Westworld’ creators reveal they have started outlines and scripts for season 2

“Westworld” has been green lighted for another season, but fans need to wait for some time as the show is not returning until 2018. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have recently teased fans about “Westworld” season 2, saying they have started working on the scripts and outlines.

Nolan has also confirmed that “Westworld” season 2 is not happening this year. Although “Westworld” season 2 air date is still a number of months away, the showrunners have already started working. “We’ve started working on scripts and outlines. It’s looking good. It’s looking very ambitious,” Joy revealed.

Joy has also teased fans about what is bound to happen in “Westworld” season 2. She said the next season is likely to focus on a journey of self-discovery for the hosts. In the first season, the hosts have discovered that they can make decisions of their own.

Part of “Westworld” season 2 will see the hosts as they become more aware of their situation. Therefore, the upcoming instalment is expected to reveal more about how the hosts work and who they are.

“Now the thing we get to explore is once they’ve heard their own voices and once they’ve embraced who they are, what choices they will make,” Joy told Entertainment Weekly. With the showrunner’s revelation, it seems “Westworld” season 2 will mostly be about the hosts.

Nolan is confident that they have a unique opportunity to play with “Westworld” season 2’s plot given that the situation of protagonist hosts is unique. The hosts do not age like humans although they look much like real ones. Additionally, the hosts are not really equipped to understand the distinction between their memories and the present.

The “Westworld” showrunner went on to share that there are a number of things that were left untouched in the first instalment. That’s why they plan to break the upcoming season with more revelations. Nolan has assured that in “Westworld” season 2, they will explore more nuts and bolts of what the hosts are.

Human characters may also be revealed as hosts. A Reddit user theorised that Dr Robert Ford (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is actually a host. In “Westworld” season 1, Ford has been shot by host Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) in the head. But there is a chance that he will be back. Nolan said it was “likely” we would see Arnold in some form. If he proves to be a host and hosts can be repaired, he can be brought back to life to run the park again.

Official air date for “Westworld” season 2 is yet to be announced. Foxtel has aired “Westworld” season 1 in Australia.