GARDNER — Breakout hit show “Castle Rock” has chosen Gardner as a place to film its upcoming second season, according to Joshua Cormier, the city’s assistant planning director.

“The city of Gardner has been chosen as one of the featured filming locations for ‘Castle Rock’ Season 2,” he said, describing the opportunity as a “chance for us to showcase the city.”

The web television show is an original series from the streaming service Hulu, and made local news last summer for using Orange as one of the main filming locations for its first season.

A psychological horror, the show is based on the storytelling of best-selling author Stephen King. The town of Orange, about 20 miles west of Gardner, was used as the filming location for the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, in the first season.

Other communities in Massachusetts, including Devens, where New England Studios is located, were used for filming as well.

The show is an anthology series, with the second season to feature a different story line and cast.

According to multiple media reports, the second season will once again feature the setting of Castle Rock, Maine, and also introduce the new setting of Jerusalem Lot’s, Maine — another fictional town that has appeared in King’s writing.

Cormier, who serves as Gardner’s contact person for companies that are interested in scouting the city for possible filming locations, said that the Massachusetts Film Office will reach out to him about opportunities. He helps facilitate the process, but ultimately when it comes to any filming on private property, any agreement on that is worked out between the filming company and property owner.

Cormier said he could not discuss the specifics of Gardner’s involvement in filming the second season of “Castle Rock,” only that he could confirm that multiple commercial and residential properties in the city will be used.

Regarding timeline, he indicated filming could begin in the near future and continue at various points until October.

Cormier said scenes shot in Gardner will serve as “an adjacent city to Castle Rock” in the show.

“This will probably be the most significant film project we’ve had in the last two decades,” he said.

Cormier recalled that in the early 1990s, Gardner (specifically the Blue Moon diner) was used as a filming location for the movie “School Ties” starring actor Brendan Fraser, which was released in 1992.

He said the city has developed a “nice relationship” with the film and production crew from the show “Castle Rock,” saying that Gardner made a good first impression and proved to be an appealing option for them, among a number of areas they considered.

“We believe it will be beneficial to both sides and look forward to working with the ‘Castle Rock’ team for as long as they would like to film in Gardner,” he said.

According to the Greenfield Recorder, the town of Orange is scheduled to be used again for filming the show’s second season.

A premiere date for the second season has yet to be announced.