When it comes to cosmic movies and superhero series, fans will think of DC and Marvel Studios, which are hollywood's two giants in the field of comic book and television dramas. Usually, you can only see the superhero series from the Disney Channel or the HBO platform, and since the Hollywood theater closed in a large area, fans can see the two major platforms compete in stages - in last year's Christmas slot, Wonder Woman 1984 was a great success on the HBO platform, and Gayle Gadot made his acting career more prosperous. Disney Channel then launched Wanda Visions on New Year's Day, and although fans were unhappy with the ending of Crimson Witch and other characters, the series kept Disney channel in a position to stay in. In March, it was the competition between "Justice League Cut" and "Falcon and Winter Soldier".
By mid-2021, the Netflix platform will also be involved in this field of competition, the platform's self-produced drama "Jupiter's Property" (aka "Jupiter's Legacy") the first season received a good response, many people feel that Netflix in the limited creative resources, but also can challenge high-quality, demanding cosmic movies or episodes. Just when everyone was discussing whether Netflix could form the superhero series "Big Three" with Marvel and DC in the future, this series was canceled. There are many opinions about the reasons for the cancellation, some fans feel that the show's estimated sales are not good, and Netflix does not have a strong user base like Disney Channel or HBO, and the platform estimates that the work may lose money after it is broadcast, and the person in charge can only make this decision. In the early morning of June 5, Beijing time, Josh Duhamming was interviewed by Hollywood reporter James Hebford, who explained the reasons for the cancellation of "The Legacy of Jupiter".
Duhaming responded to the cancellation of Jupiter's Property: "Netflix does not have the ability to run comic adaptations, and many actors even feel that we are being played by this platform, which is a very intuitive feeling." Many outsiders will say that from the statistics of the Nielsen rankings, Netflix's user base is very wide, and its audience is larger than other platforms, even if the platform's self-made superhero series is not as sophisticated as MCU or DC, but the development of any project requires a process. What's more, when Richards and other Hollywood professional film critics watched the test screening of "The Legacy of Jupiter", they felt that the series had a lot of potential, and it could become a comic book sitcom on par with "Wanda Vision" if filmed well. And the first season of "Jupiter's Property" was less controversial and the word of mouth was better.
Many people only pay attention to the shooting and creative ability of the platform, ignoring their operational ability, and the reason Du Haming said is that the fans even ignore the things that they are at a low ebb. In Duhamming's view, the works broadcast on online television also need to be publicized, and this kind of publicity is not simply to promote "The Legacy of Jupiter", but to connect all the works of the platform for a period of time, so that these movies or episodes can "absorb fans" from each other. As long as this goal is achieved, streaming platforms will be able to generate more users in the short term at a relatively small cost. In this regard, disney channels can be called textbooks – Kevin Feige has made temporary adjustments to Marvel's plans for the fourth phase, because special circumstances have changed the main distribution channel of the work from the big screen to an online platform.
At that time, Feige canceled the "Avengers" in the fourth phase of the MCU, and replaced it with the operation of "Falcon and Winter Soldier" to add the replacement of the main characters, including the breakthrough of important characters such as "Black Beauty Team". Considering that "Falcon and winter soldier" belongs to the highest-planned release time in this phase after the reorganization of Marvel's fourth phase, the series also plays a role in the preview of "Doctor Strange 2" and other film and television dramas such as "Rocky". The Netflix platform does not have such a complete plan, and the particularity of comic works determines that such episodes cannot appear alone, so Du Haming will say that Netflix does not have the ability to operate comic works, which led to the cancellation of "Jupiter's Property".
At the same time, the actor also called "The Legacy of Jupiter" an expensive American drama, in terms of production and shooting costs, the series is a low-cost shooting in the superhero field, why should Du Haming emphasize the expensive? The point is that the actor characterized "Jupiter's Property" as an American drama, not a real cosmic movie. Many fans believe that the superhero series needs to have a certain depth, the cost of special effects needs to be more expensive, and Netflix does not have so much money to shoot high-cost, well-produced comic films, which is also a typical example of Netflix's ability to operate comic works. Perhaps this also explains that Dark Horse Pictures has sold well on individual works, and Predator and Alien are shiny series, but they lack integrity and the ability to operate such works.