(01-16-2023, 03:14 PM)StrommSarnac Wrote:(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.
Looks like you are correct.
Quote:Netflix series '1899' accused of plagiarism
Just shortly after the new Netflix series "1899" launched, Brazilian comic book writer Mary Cagnin came forward and claimed several parts of the series were stolen from one of her works.
"I'm shocked," Cagnin wrote on Twitter, "that the series '1899' is simply identical to my comic 'Black Silence,' published in 2016."
Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese, the makers of "1899" and the international hit series "Dark," feel they have been wrongly accused and say they were not aware of her work. The pair stated that they would never steal from other artists, since, after all, they are artists themselves. The case is now in the hands of lawyers.
Another article: Was ‘1899’ on Netflix Plagiarized?
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