(01-06-2023, 01:36 AM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: Why them dirty bastards!
Quote:1899 cancellation proves a sad truth about Netflix
Back in 2017, Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese changed streaming audiences’ perception of international TV with Dark, the mind-bending German time travel series. After three successful seasons, it seemed like its creators would have a blank check to create a new franchise.
Their follow-up was 1899, a multi-language maritime thriller and one of Netflix’s most anticipated shows. Like Dark, it was a slow-burn “mystery box” show, ending with a shocking reveal that was practically begging for a Season 2 renewal. But now the series has been unceremoniously canceled. What happened to prompt a flop from such proven talent? The issue isn’t the show itself, but the environment it was released into.
More than just rumor has it that they knowingly stole the story for 1899 from someone they used to work with and got it greenlit in Europe expecting doing it there would protect them. So Netflix not just canceled more seasons, but also blacklisted them.