The Dead Lands

The Dead Lands is a 2020 television series. It premiered on January 23, 2020 and subsequent episodes are available every Thursday.

The series is set in the same world as the 2014 film of the same name but is unconnected to its characters or story.

Synopsis
The story of The Dead Lands follows Waka, a murdered Māori warrior returned from the Afterlife, and Mehe, a determined young woman of the tribe. Together, they embark on a quest to find who "broke the world" and how to close the breach between the living and the dead.

Official synopsis of The Dead Lands from Shudder's website:


 * Dishonoured warrior, Waka Nuku Rau, dies, but the Ancestors in the Afterlife send him back to the world to find redemption and honour. There, in the world of the living, he’s aided by Mehe, a young woman determined to make sure he does. Together they discover the world has been disrupted by forces not of the living. Someone, or something, is preventing the Dead from entering the Afterlife and now the Dead are thrown back into their decaying bodies to hunt the living. Waka and Mehe go on a long journey to discover who created the rift between the world of the living and the world of the dead. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL SERIES, new episodes every Thursday.

Cast and characters
Starring:
 * Te Kohe Tuhaka   as Waka Nuku Rau
 * Darneen Christian as Mehe Te Wehiwehi