Netflix has opted to drag the plug on Lockwood & Co.
Per Variety, 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 back in January and starred Ruby Stokes, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, and Cameron Chapman as a trio of teenage supernatural investigators. Together with scoring stable opinions, it gave the impression to be fairly well-liked. It stayed in Netflix’s global Top 10 record for almost a full month, and garnered a reported 79.91 million hours price of viewership. However in accordance with the outlet, these numbers weren’t sufficient to greenlight a sophomore season, at the same time as Netflix was stated to be “more than happy” with how the present turned out.
Manufacturing firm Full Fiction (based by Cornish, Edgar Wright, and Rachael Prior) launched an announcement 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 probably the most rewarding experiences of our careers and we’ll ceaselessly 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 may have embraced, celebrated and beloved the present. […] This could be the top 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 completely sensible present Full Fiction and Netflix have made. And never simply sensible, however well-loved worldwide.” Referencing its time on the streamer’s world Prime 10, he cheekily referred to as the present’s efficiency “not unhealthy for a bit of start-up company.” He ended his submit by thanking the present’s viewers, thanking them “a lot in 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 because of the Writers Strike or low viewer numbers, exhibits like National Treasure: Edge of History, 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 do not need the flexibility to take action, and transfer on as soon as the choice is made.
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