The creators of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off wanted to make sure that their new series wouldn’t be canceled and fans would be disappointed. That’s why there’s only one season
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off will probably not get a second season. This has been confirmed by the people behind the new hit series themselves. But there is actually a sad reason behind this: because Netflix likes to discontinue fan favorites, the makers of Scott Pilgrim have limited themselves to one season from the start.
Not planning a season 2, just in case
Fans should not be disappointed: Comic book writer and producer of the new series Bryan Lee O’Malley wanted to avoid potentially disappointing fans should Netflix pull the plug on Scott Pilgrim after one season. In an interview with (Rolling Stone) he explains:
People are always complaining about TV shows being canceled after just one season. So we didn’t want to go too far out on a limb right from the start and tried to create a season that would be self-contained
There’s no idea for Season 2 now: This makes a second season for Scott Pilgrim lifts off very unlikely at this point. O’Malley and his colleague Ben David Grabinski go on to say in the interview that they simply have no ideas for another season at the moment:
Scott Pilgrim has really taken off: With Scott Pilgrim, they have told what they wanted to tell and are quite satisfied with the result. On (Rotten Tomatoes) the series adaptation of the cult comic (for which there is also a fantastic movie by the way) has a critics’ average of a proud 98 points, while viewers score only
86 percent.
Does Netflix have a cancel problem?
In fact, Netflix has often incurred the displeasure of its subscribers after canceling beloved series that weren’t actually finished
Netflix’s series graveyard: The most recent or examples of this would be Shadow and Bone or Warrior Nun. But other fan favorites such as (The OA), (Glow), (1899) or (Inside Job) and (Mindhunter) have already had the plug pulled unceremoniously.
Another creative mind, (Jorge R. Gutierrez), who had conceived his animated series Maya and The Three in a similar way for the same reason, commented on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s statement: his project for Netflix was also designed for just one season so that a potential cancellation would not jeopardize the story.
It’s why Maya and the The Three is one season. We built it so that a cancellation couldn’t derail the story. My only worry is there’s no physical media version of it. https://t.co/lLWUzHVqLG
– Jorge R. Gutierrez (@mexopolis) November 26, 2023
What do you think of the fact that Netflix likes to cancel fan favorites and therefore limit their projects to one season from the start? Which discontinued series (from Netflix or other streaming providers) has hurt you the most? Let us know in the comments below
