Just released and already cancelled. Presented with great fanfare by Netflix on November 17, 1899the new series from the creators of Darkwill not be entitled to a second season.
As the show’s showrunners Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese announced on Instagram: “It is with sadness that we have to announce that ‘1899’ will not be renewed.”
“We would have loved to end this incredible journey with a second and third season, like we did with ‘Dark.’ But sometimes things don’t go as planned,” he continues.
accusation of plagiarism
It consists of eight episodes, 1899 tells the story of a group of migrants on board a ship who are faced with a series of mysterious events. In its first week of airing, the show reached Netflix’s top 10 in second place, behind season 5 of The crown.
This huis-clos in the sea also received a favorable reception from critics and the public, judged as successful as Dark, the first project by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese released in 2017 on Netflix. But these great performances will not have been enough to keep the series on the platform.
“We know this will disappoint millions of fans. But we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a part of this wonderful adventure,” Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese concluded on Instagram.
the exit of 1899 it had also been tainted by accusations of plagiarism by Mary Cagnin. This Brazilian comic author had listed similarities between the Netflix series and her work. black silencepublished in 2016.
This is not the first Netflix series cancellation in 2022: Funny, resident demon, Fate: The Winx Saga either midnight club met the same fate as 1899.
Source: BFM TV
