Wentworth season 7 has just recently dropped on Netflix, but fans of the prison drama are eager to find out when the upcoming installment will arrive on the streaming giant. Here's what we know so far about the possible release date of Wentworth season 8 on Netflix.
Wentworth is a popular Australian prison drama series which gains a global audience, thanks to Netflix. The show becomes one of the most-watched titles in Australia; wherein the story follows the group of women in a female prison.
Right now, the official release date of Wentworth season 8 was not yet revealed, but the production is reportedly set to begin in September 2019, and it is said the new season will have 20 episodes. Since its Australian air date is yet to be announced, we can just speculate a broad release window for the moment.
Wentworth season 8 will probably return in Australia in mid-2020, and then will be released on Netflix soon after. Over the past years, the streaming giant drops the new installment after the season finale aired. For instance, season 7 arrived on the platform last July 31, since its finale aired on July 30. If the new season follows this release schedule, then we can expect its arrival in August 2020.
Meanwhile, for those who are wondering if Wentworth season 8 will be available on Netflix in other regions, Netflix Canada will likely release the series either November or December 2020. Netflix UK and Netflix Australia, on the other hand, do not reportedly carry the show in any capacity - but Australians can watch Wentworth on Foxtel.
In a related report, it was previously teased that Joan "The Freak" Ferguson is alive and she might be coming back in Wentworth season 8. The season 7 finale left a massive cliffhanger in which the character suddenly appeared, and she is very much alive. Thus, she escaped that wooden coffin-like box where she was buried in.
Before the previous season ends, most fans were wondering whether or not Joan will be returning in the show. Even Pamela Rabe, who plays The Freak, revealed in an interview via TV Week that she has no idea whether her character was alive, dead, or disappeared.
The actress just said Joan was buried alive in the box, and then teased no one knows if she's gone. And as for the series itself, Rabe said she's grateful to be part of Wentworth and described it as an "opportunity of a lifetime."
"The reality of seeing the response internationally, fans coming up to you all over the world, the letters you get, blows my mind," Rabe noted.
