One in every of 2020’s finest dramas has been lower brief.
HBO on Friday formally canceled Lovecraft Nation after a single season.
“We is not going to be transferring ahead with a second season of Lovecraft Nation,” HBO mentioned through assertion.
“We’re grateful for the dedication and artistry of the gifted solid and crew, and to Misha Inexperienced, who crafted this groundbreaking collection.”
“And to the followers, thanks for becoming a member of us on this journey.”
Based mostly on the critically-acclaimed 2016 novel by Matt Ruff of the identical title, Lovecraft Nation blended terrors each actual and supernatural.
The collection follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he searches for his lacking father Montrose (Michael Kenneth Williams, The Wire).
This causes Atticus, his good friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Underground), and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance, Regulation & Order: Prison Intent) to embark on a highway journey throughout 1950s Jim Crow America.
This begins a battle to outlive and overcome each the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that really feel like they arose from a Lovecraftian paperback.
The solid additionally included Courtney B. Vance (The Folks v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Jurnee Smollett (Underground), Wunmi Mosaku (Luther), Tony Goldwyn (Scandal), and Jaime Chung (As soon as Upon a Time).
Information of the cancellation is shocking. The collection drew rave opinions from critics and have become a fast fan-favorite on the community.
The scores have been robust, however the community in the end opted to nix plans for a second season which had been pitched by Inexperienced.
Lovecraft Nation Season 1 was designed as a restricted collection, however there was nonetheless a lot the collection needed to say, and it is an actual disgrace followers is not going to get to step again into the world created.
In response to stories, scripts for the second season had been written by Inexperienced.
Inexperienced shared intel on what Season 2 would have been like through Twitter after information of the cancellation broke.
“A style of the Season 2 Bible,” her tweet learn.
“Want we may have introduced you Lovecraft Nation: Supremacy. Thanks to everybody who watched and engaged. #noconfederate”
Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.