Remember the cancelled episodes and shows announced by HBO at the beginning of this year? There is no shortage of anticipation, such as the comedy "Babyface" starring Kat Dennings in "Broken Sister Flower" that we know will not be broadcast for a third season.
"Legends of Tomorrow", which has survived seven seasons, was also ruthlessly stopped
And "The First Lady," starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, and Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, won't return in season two.
Now comes HBO's surprising decision, with the critically acclaimed sci-fi series "Westworld" also unexpectedly canceled on Friday.
Westworld premiered on HBO in October 2016. Based on the 1973 film of the same name, the series follows a future in a robotic amusement park monitored by humans, where wealthy vacationers are free to explore their deepest fantasies, no matter how dark they are.
In addition to receiving rave reviews, the four-season broadcast received 54 Emmy nominations and won nine of them, including the 2018 Best Supporting Actress Award and several Screen Actors Guild Awards and Critics' Choice Awards.
The main cast is Evan Rachel Wood, Tandivi Newton, Aaron Paul, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth and Angela Salafian.
When the fourth season of "Westworld" aired in June EST this year, everyone may not realize that this is also the final season of the show.
In fact, at the end of the fourth season in August, British-American writer, producer, director and writer and co-creator of "Westworld" Jonah Nolan also expressed his hopes for a fifth season at New York Comic-Con, saying, "We're working on plans for the final season, which is the fifth season, and we've been communicating online, and we're very keen to make them." Another co-creator, Lisa Joy, added: "Jonah and I have always had an ending in our minds that we hope to achieve, and we haven't quite reached that goal yet. ”
But after Friday's cancellation announcement, Nolan and Joy's Kilt Film Company said, "Making Westworld has been one of the highlights of our careers." We are so grateful to have worked with an extraordinary cast and crew to create these indelible characters and glorious worlds, and we are very fortunate to have the opportunity to tell these stories about the consciousness of the future whether human or beyond before our AI fully achieves world domination. ”
"Lisa and Jonah have led viewers on a mind-bending adventure over the past four seasons, raising the bar every step of the way, and we are very grateful to them, as well as the talented cast, producer and crew on the show, as well as all of our partners at Kilter Films, Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television." It's so exciting to be on this journey with them.