✔️ 2022-12-15 14:48:15 – Paris/France.
The end of 2022 is a hectic one for the scene of the Streaming and it seems that the crisis with which the year has started for Netflix has led the rest of the platforms to prepare for an uncertain future, whether with cuts in terms of content or with changes in subscription prices, including cheaper packages but, yes, in exchange for advertising as has been the case with Netflix and also Disney+ (for now in the United States).
The latest news of catalog cancellations and departures has affected HBO Max and comes after the merger of Warner Media with Discovery+ and which gave birth to the company Warner Bros Discovery. 'Raised by wolves', 'Minx', 'Les Nevers' or even 'The time traveler' are among the victims, but we will still have to wait to see what future these series will have. Those that are HBO Max Original Fiction will likely be available again in options of Streaming free (in exchange for advertising) that the company intends to launch. And titles that are not theirs will, in principle, remain in the hands of production companies who will be free to offer them to other platforms.
The competition is intensifying and surviving is not easy. Last November, we knew, for example, the decision of the renowned Lionsgate+ to close in several international markets, including Spain. A change that meant, among other things, that the announced original series “Nacho” about the porn industry was not even released. In addition, his recent premiere 'Dangerous Liaisons' has been canceled as well as another of his legendary titles 'Becoming Elizabeth'. Two cancellations that add to the 20 you have below.
“Westworld” (HBO Max)
Despite the fact that the first of its fourth season was brought forward by surprise this summer, the series was not renewed and left the audience endless. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, it is an adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1973 film. The sci-fi series takes place in a kind of theme park made for the rich where visitors give free rein to their lowest instincts while playing, killing and having sex with the androids of this place of entertainment. Everything changes when the host androids become wiser and more humane, besieging the park and escaping into the futuristic real world where they blend in and wreak havoc. In addition to being canceled, this title will disappear from the HBO Max catalog, even if it remains to be hoped that it will be recovered on another channel of the group.
'Minx' (HBO Max)
Despite the fact that the second season has already been filmed, HBO Max has decided to cancel and remove this comedy set in 70s Los Angeles from its catalog. The series follows young feminist Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) in her feat of creating the first erotic magazine for women. To achieve this, he teams up with a porn film producer played by Jake Johnson. In this case, it is expected that the second installment will end up being seen on another platform.
“Le Nevers” (HBO Max)
The lack of news on the renewal ended up assuming a confirmation of the cancellation of this series which did not arrive on the right foot. The definitive fact that it is not moving forward is in the elimination of the series from the HBO Max catalog, as happened with "Westworld", among others. Its spring 2021 premiere was already controversial as it was a series created by the controversial Joss Whedon, who eventually quit being part of the project. The fiction is set in Victorian London to follow a group of women who suddenly develop a series of strange abilities.
“Gentleman Jack” (HBO Max)
Despite the quality and interesting story of this period series, poor viewership data led to HBO Max will cancel it after two seasons. Starring Suranne Jones (Anne Lister) and Sophie Rundle (Ann Walker), the fiction tells the story of Anne Lister, an atypical landowner and industrialist, who lived as she wanted, defying the conventions of the time, in the midst of the industrial revolution in the United Kingdom. To tell her story, the designer relied on Lister's real diaries in which she recounted her sexual and romantic relationships with other women with a secret code.
"Made for Love" (HBO Max)
There will also be no third season of this love story, or rather heartbreak, which focuses on a couple going through a divorce, but the situation is more complicated than it seems. . Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen) is a prominent tech businessman who implanted his wife, Hazel Green (Cristià Milioti), with a chip that monitors her thoughts and movements. Something she ends up discovering and which pushes her to flee. In the new episodes, she will have to return to save her father (Ray Romano) and will find herself trapped with her husband by the technology created by himself.
"Chubby Chronicles" (HBO Max)
This series produced by Zoe Saldaña and Eva Longoria has not passed its first season. This is a coming-of-age comedy that follows a headstrong 12-year-old Dominican as she struggles to fit in in hedonistic 1980s Miami as her family pursues the American dream. Life in the United States won't be as the Castelli family imagined, but they're ready to move on. The family series tackles topics such as opportunity, love, resilience or challenging the status quo.
"Love Life" (HBO Max)
This romantic comedy is another of the series affected by HBO Max's purge that was published by Deadline. After two seasons, this original platform title is canceled and disappears from the catalog. Starring Anna Kendrick in the first episode and William Jackson Harper in the second, it is a journey from first to last love to reflect on how the people we meet along the way make us who we are.
"The Time Traveler's Wife" (HBO Max)
One season lasted the adventure of this fiction which will remain as a mini-series of six episodes. Fiction arrived in mid-May, based on Audrey Niffenegger's novel to tell the story of the marriage formed by Clare and Henry. A complex and magical love story in which the couple had an additional complication: their ability to travel through time. Rose Leslie (“Game of Thrones”), Theo James ('The White Lotus: Sicily'), Desmon Borges and Natasha Lopez are the protagonists of the series created by Steven Moffat and Davis Nutter.
“Raised by Wolves” (HBO Max)
The futuristic and post-apocalyptic production of Ridley Scott Raised by wolves it also failed to make it past the second season and was cancelled. After the news, the cast was convinced that fans could revive it on another platform, but as of now, there are no plans for that. Starring Amanda Collin and Abubakar Salim, it tells the story of an android couple tasked with raising a group of human children on an unknown planet. Soon the human colony will start to split due to religious differences and the main couple will find that it is not easy to control human beliefs.
"Legends of Tomorrow" (HBO Max)
This CW series ran for seven seasons before the company decided to abruptly cancel it, as the writers themselves announced on social media. The one that came as the third series of the Arrowverso. This independent spin-off, connected to other DC Comics productions, features a group of powerful superheroes whose adventures center on time travel. The series that evolved from a more serious tone in its early days to the more rogue comedy of later installments will ultimately not have an eighth season.
'Warrior Nun' (Netflix)
That of 'The Warrior Nun' was one of the most recent cancellations and the news that there will be no more installments of the series came just a month after the premiere of the second season, surprising the avid audience from the Serie. The truth is that the viewership data hasn't been bad and Fiction has been in Netflix's Top 10 Views for several weeks, but that hasn't been enough for the platform. It revolves around a 19-year-old woman (Alba Baptista) who wakes up in a morgue with a new breath and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers that she is now part of an ancient order tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both Heaven and Hell want to find and control her.
“Destiny: The Winx Saga” (Netflix)
La Cancellation of “Fate: The Winx Saga” angered the public against Netflix in early November. The series, released in January 2021, chronicles the coming of age of six fairies from Alfea, a school in the Otherworld. There, they must learn to master their powers, as well as face love affairs, rivalries and monsters that threaten to destroy them. Brian Young, known for his work on 'The Vampire Chronicles', has been cast to create this live action version of the Italian cartoon series 'Winx Club'. In September 2022, the second season arrived on the platform with a new course.
"The First Death" (Netflix)
This Netflix series which arrived in June only had a first and a final season, despite the fact that once again the series has a good number of subscribers who once again did not understand the decision to the platform considering that the series has a fairly good audience. The series centers on teenage vampire Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook) as the time draws near for her to claim her first victim, the new girl in town. The surprise comes when he finds out that newcomer Calliope (Imani Lewis) is actually a vampire slayer. They will soon realize that annihilating the other will not be as easy as falling into the trap of their respective towers.
'Fair: The Darkest Light' (Netflix)
This Spanish horror series hasn't traveled much since its premiere in January this year since it was already known in the spring that Netflix would not be continuing the story. The fiction centers on two sisters who discover that their parents are behind a cult-like ritual that ends in the deaths of dozens of people. From this moment, their life in the city changes and they are singled out by their neighbors. At the same time, they try to discover the truth about the paranormal phenomena that surround their lives and the relationship that the sect has with their family and with the place where they live.
'File 81' (Netflix)
It was not…
SOURCE: Reviews News
Do not hesitate to share our article on social networks to give us a solid boost. 🍕