Off Campus Season 2 Filming Has Officially Started And This Time It’s About Dean & Allie

The Latest Update: Cameras Are Rolling at Briar University Once More

The wait is already over, at least the waiting-to-get-started part. Off Campus Season 2 has officially begun filming as of June 1, 2026, and the internet, unsurprisingly, has completely lost it. Less than a month after Season 1 premiered on Prime Video and bulldozed its way into the cultural conversation, the Briar University crew is back on set in Vancouver. New leads, a new love story, the same addictive energy and honestly, this might already be shaping up to be one of the most anticipated sophomore seasons in recent streaming memory.

If you’ve been obsessively refreshing every cast member’s Instagram since the finale dropped, here’s your full, updated breakdown of everything happening with Off Campus Season 2 right now.

What Happened: The Full Scoop on Season 2 Going Into Production

The first season of Off Campus barely had time to breathe before it became a certified streaming phenomenon. The show, an Amazon Prime Video adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s beloved Briar University book series, premiered on May 13, 2026, and within 12 days had already racked up 36 million viewers worldwide. To put that in perspective, that makes it Prime Video’s third-largest series debut of all time, sitting right behind The Rings of Power and Fallout. For a YA hockey romance, that’s genuinely jaw-dropping.

Now, production on Season 2 has officially kicked off. Cameras started rolling on June 1, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia. That kind of pre-emptive confidence from a streamer like Prime Video usually means one thing: they know exactly what they have.

Now, production on Season 2 has officially kicked off. Cameras started rolling on June 1, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia – the same city and, reportedly, the same University of British Columbia campus that stood in for Briar University in Season 1. The production window runs through September 18, 2026, giving the team roughly four months to film all eight episodes. Creator and showrunner Louisa Levy had already confirmed in an interview on the day of Season 1’s premiere that all eight scripts were completely written and ready to go. That kind of prep work is rare, and it shows.

The big shift for Season 2? The torch is being passed. Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham – Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli’s central couple from Season 1, are stepping back from the lead roles. Moving front and centre are Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) and Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn), the fan-favourite secondary couple who absolutely stole every scene they were in during Season 1. Prime Video made the official announcement on May 28, and the fandom collectively exploded.

The show will be adapting The Score, the third book in Elle Kennedy’s series, notably skipping The Mistake (which centres on John Logan). It’s a deliberate creative choice by the writers, and one that book fans and show watchers alike seem more than ready for, though if you want the full breakdown of how the show has already diverged from Elle Kennedy’s original story, we’ve covered that in detail.

Key Highlights

• Filming officially began June 1, 2026, with a scheduled wrap date of September 18, 2026, a 136-day production run
• Mika Abdalla and Stephen Kalyn are confirmed as the new leads, playing Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis
• Season 2 will adapt The Score, Elle Kennedy’s third Briar University novel, centering on Allie and Dean’s complicated, slow-burn romance
• All eight scripts were already written and locked before filming began, confirmed by showrunner Louisa Levy
• The show is returning to Vancouver, British Columbia, with UBC expected to reprise its role as Briar University
• Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli are confirmed to return as Hannah and Garrett in supporting ensemble roles
• Antonio Cipriano (John Logan), Jalen Thomas Brooks (John Tucker), and Khobe Clarke (Beau Maxwell) are also expected back
• A new character, Grace (played by India Fowler), has been cast, Logan’s love interest, setting up a likely Season 3 arc
• Antonio Cipriano has already been spotted back on set, sharing a photo from his trailer on Instagram Stories
• Season 2 premiere is expected sometime in spring 2027, if production follows the same timeline as Season 1
• Both Abdalla and Kalyn will appear at Amazon’s inaugural Obsessed Fest on June 27, alongside other YA Prime Video cast members

My Take: This Handoff Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to This Show

Okay, I’ll say it, when shows do the “new lead couple every season” structure, it’s a gamble. You’re asking audiences who fell in love with one pair to shift their emotional investment entirely. That’s not easy, and plenty of shows have stumbled trying it.

But Off Campus Season 2 might actually pull this off better than most, because the groundwork was laid so well. That’s messier and more emotionally complicated than Season 1’s fake-dating premise, and if the writers handle it with the same care they brought to Hannah and Garrett, it could be one of the best romance series of 2027. Dean and Allie weren’t just a background subplot in Season 1, they were built up carefully, given real screen time, and Episode 6 in particular functioned almost like a backdoor pilot for their story. Stephen Kalyn himself described it as “a soft launch for Season 2,” which tells you exactly how intentional this was.

What makes me genuinely excited is the chemistry that Abdalla and Kalyn have already established. Mika Abdalla’s recent comment that ‘she and Stephen didn’t get to do many emotional scenes together in Season 1, but when they did, they really fed off each other’ – is the kind of thing that makes you desperate to watch what comes next. She’s said she trusts him completely, and that Season 2 will go to places “more intense than anything we experienced in season one.” That’s a lot of promise, and from everything we saw in Season 1, it doesn’t feel like an overstatement.

The story itself also works in their favour. The Score is a fan favourite in the book community for a reason, it’s less about grand gestures and more about two people who start something casual and can’t figure out how to stop feeling things. That’s messier and more emotionally complicated than Season 1’s fake-dating premise, and if the writers handle it with the same care they brought to Hannah and Garrett, it could genuinely be something special.

What to Expect Next: The Road to Season 2’s Release

When will Off Campus Season 2 release on Prime Video? Based on the production schedule, filming June through September 2026, followed by post-production, the most likely window for the Season 2 premiere is spring 2027, potentially April or May. Season 1 filmed from June to October 2025 and premiered in May 2026, so a similar timeline would follow. In the meantime, there’s no shortage of upcoming series worth bookmarking across platforms, we keep that list updated regularly.

In the immediate term, here’s what’s coming:

Amazon Obsessed Fest (June 27, 2026): Both Mika Abdalla and Stephen Kalyn will be attending Amazon’s first-ever Obsessed Fest, a daylong fan event bringing together cast from Off Campus, The Love Hypothesis, Maxton Hall, Red White and Royal Blue Wedding, and several other Prime Video YA titles. If you want your first real look at Allie and Dean in lead-couple mode, this is probably where it starts.

More Behind-the-Scenes Content: With filming now underway, expect a steady trickle of cast social media updates, set photos, and promotional content. Antonio Cipriano already broke the seal with his trailer photo. The others won’t be far behind.

Logan and Grace’s Storyline: New cast member India Fowler joining as Grace – Logan’s love interest from The Mistake is a huge hint that Season 2 will plant seeds for a potential Season 3, much like Season 1 did for Allie and Dean. Book readers will know exactly why this is exciting.

More Soundtrack Excitement: Season 1 had an outstanding soundtrack – Remi Wolf even appeared on-screen. Given that Allie is an aspiring actress with a theatre background, there’s real potential for the Season 2 soundtrack to lean into show tunes and something tonally different from Season 1. That’s a big deal for a show where music is so woven into the identity.

Conclusion

Off Campus Season 2 is no longer a promise, it’s happening, cameras rolling, cast on set, and all eight scripts already locked. The handoff from Hannah and Garrett to Allie and Dean feels less like a risk and more like a reward: the show spent an entire season building toward this moment, and now we finally get to see it unfold.

Mika Abdalla and Stephen Kalyn stepping into the lead is the kind of casting decision that makes sense both on paper and in the gut. The chemistry is already there. The story is already set up. And if the showrunners bring the same emotional intelligence to The Score that they brought to Season 1, Briar University might just own 2027 the same way it owned 2026.

Mark your calendars for spring 2027 and maybe rewatch Episode 6 in the meantime. You know, just to prepare. Stay tuned to our Hollywood news section for every update as it drops.

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