Netflix Cancels Lockwood & Co. After One Season

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 collection from Jonathan Stroud The collection premiered back 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 gave the impression to be fairly widespread. 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 response to 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 a press release additional the cancellation. “Being trusted by the supremely proficient Jonathan Stroud to adapt his excellent collection of books was an honour and a privilege,” reads the assertion. “Making this present was one of the rewarding experiences of our careers and we are going to endlessly 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 not thanks sufficient for the way a lot you’ve got embraced, celebrated and cherished the present. […] This may be the tip of the road for the TV present, however the books dwell on, as do the friendships made. We encourage you to embrace each.”

Likewise, Stroud took to Instagram to name the present “an totally good present Full Fiction and Netflix have made. And never simply good, however well-loved worldwide.” Referencing its time on the streamer’s world High 10, he cheekily referred to as the present’s efficiency “not unhealthy for somewhat start-up company.” He ended his publish 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 latest 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 don’t have the flexibility to take action, and transfer on as soon as the choice is made.

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