Netflix has opted to tug the plug on Lockwood & Co.
Per Selection, the present from Assault the Block director Joe Cornish received’t be returning for a second season. Based mostly on the favored YA sequence from Jonathan Stroud The sequence premiered again in January and starred Ruby Stokes, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, and Cameron Chapman as a trio of teenage supernatural investigators. Together with scoring strong opinions, it seemed to be fairly fashionable. It stayed in Netflix’s international High 10 listing for almost a full month, and garnered a reported 79.91 million hours value of viewership. However in line with the outlet, these numbers weren’t sufficient to greenlight a sophomore season, at the same time as Netflix was mentioned to be “very happy” with how the present turned out.
Manufacturing firm Full Fiction (based by Cornish, Edgar Wright, and Rachael Prior) launched a press release additional the cancellation. “Being trusted by the supremely gifted Jonathan Stroud to adapt his excellent sequence of books was an honour and a privilege,” reads the assertion. “Making this present was one of the vital rewarding experiences of our careers and we’ll without end treasure it.”
The assertion concludes with a shout out to the present’s viewers, aka Lock Nation: “You actually have been the best. We can’t thanks sufficient for the way a lot you’ve got embraced, celebrated and liked the present. […] This is likely to be the tip of the road for the TV present, however the books stay on, as do the friendships made. We encourage you to embrace each.”
Likewise, Stroud took to Instagram to name the present “an totally sensible present Full Fiction and Netflix have made. And never simply sensible, however well-loved worldwide.” Referencing its time on the streamer’s international High 10, he cheekily referred to as the present’s efficiency “not dangerous for somewhat start-up company.” He ended his submit by thanking the present’s viewers, thanking them “a lot on your love, generosity and dedication.”
Netflix cancellations are nothing new, and Lockwood & Co. follows a string of cancellations in current weeks. Whether or not it’s as a result of Writers Strike or low viewer numbers, exhibits like Nationwide Treasure: Fringe of Historical past, The Winchesters, and Fantasy Island have had their plugs pulled. Whereas a few of these key creatives (like The Winchesters’ Jensen Ackles) are working to maneuver their present elsewhere, others shouldn’t have the flexibility to take action, and transfer on as soon as the choice is made.
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