Evel won’t journey on USA Community. The restricted sequence, primarily based on the lifetime of 1970s daredevil Evel Knievel, was ordered by the cable network final 12 months, and manufacturing was set to start in March. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic precipitated the shutdown of manufacturing, and that has precipitated some points with scheduling for the cable channel.
Milo Ventimiglia was set to star within the restricted sequence for USA, and he deliberate to movie it throughout his break from This Is Us. (That sequence is scheduled to air its fifth on NBC this fall.) Ventimiglia and castmates like Sarah Gadon, David Krumholtz, and Michael Chernus had been launched from their contracts when manufacturing was shut down.
USA Network mentioned the next in an announcement concerning the determination to cancel the sequence, per The Hollywood Reporter:
“USA is extremely upset to have needed to make this determination, as we had been so enthusiastic about this mission and dealing with Milo, [screenwriter/EP] Etan [Frankel], and everybody concerned.”
It’s nonetheless doable Evel may return into manufacturing at a later date. The sequence is being shopped to different retailers.
What do you think? Had been you planning to look at Evel? Are you stunned the sequence has been cancelled in the intervening time?