HBO Max Cancels 92% RT Crime Thriller Much less Than A Week After Season 1’s Finale

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Though it has a 92% Tomatometer rating and 83% Popcornmeter rating, HBO Max has canceled the crime thriller sequence Duster lower than per week after the season 1 finale was launched. The sequence, which was first ordered in April 2020, reunited Josh Holloway and J.J. Abrams after they each beforehand labored on Misplaced.

Holloway led Duster‘s solid as Jim Ellis, a getaway driver for prison kingpin Ezra Saxton (Keith David) in Nineteen Seventies Arizona. When Jim learns that Saxton could have been accountable for the dying of his brother, Joey, he secretly begins working with the FBI agent Nina Hayes (Rachel Hilson) to be taught the reality.

In response to Deadline, HBO Max has now canceled Duster. The choice is probably going on account of low viewership, because the present by no means made it into the Nielsen High 10 for authentic streaming reveals and solely managed to succeed in the fiftieth spot in Luminate’s checklist of High 50 streaming originals throughout its fourth week.

Since filming came about lengthy earlier than the present’s debut, the choices on the solid weren’t prolonged and expired. There have been reportedly makes an attempt by Warner Bros. TV and Unhealthy Robotic to discover a completely different streaming dwelling, however these efforts didn’t pan out. Take a look at HBO Max’s assertion in regards to the cancelation beneath:

Whereas HBO Max won’t be shifting ahead with a second season of Duster, we’re so grateful to have had the prospect to work with the amazingly proficient co-creators J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan, and our companions at Unhealthy Robotic and Warner Bros. Tv. We’re tremendously pleased with this sequence led by Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson and we thank them together with our solid and crew for his or her unbelievable collaboration and partnership.

What This Means For Duster

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HBO Max’s determination to cancel Duster has extra to do with enterprise and fewer to do with being dissatisfied by the present itself. The viewership was not the place it wanted to be for a renewal, however the present already had a difficult highway forward because of the solid’s choices expiring and never being prolonged.

As indicated by the Rotten Tomatoes rating, Duster‘s opinions had been wonderful, and basic audiences loved the present as properly. HBO Max appears to have been pleased to have partnered with Abrams, LaToya Morgan, Holloway, Hilson, and the remainder of the solid of crew, however this was not sufficient to warrant a renewal.

By way of the story, Duster season 1’s ending wrapped up Jim and Nina’s battle with Saxton, however many different storylines had been left unresolved. The devastating and game-changing reality about Joey’s dying arrange a really completely different story for season 2, and there was nonetheless far more to be taught in regards to the bigger conspiracy Saxton performed a task in.

The dynamic between Jim and Nina had additionally shifted significantly from the place it started. A stunning reveal about Izzy Reyna (Camille Guaty) additionally got here out to make the stakes much more private for Jim and for Luna Reyna (Adriana Aluna Martinez) in season 2, and now there isn’t a decision to this cliffhanger.

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Supply: Deadline