Amazon has cancelled Z: The Beginning of Everything, months after initially renewing the drama for Season 2, THR confirms:
The writers room had been busy prepping scripts for season two and the show was already in preproduction, with sources noting about $7 million has already been spent on the now-scrapped season. The move to reverse course comes as Amazon is said to be reducing its spending on originals heading into 2018, sources say.
The decision to cut their losses on Z comes five months after Amazon Studios gave a surprising season-two pickup to the show from Christine Vachon. When THR exclusively broke news about the renewal, sources at the time said the show appeared sure to be canceled. The series has a weak 61 score on Metacritic. (Amazon, like Netflix and Hulu, does not release viewership information.)
An Amazon Studios spokesperson said of the un-renewal:
“We heard a good pitch for season two, and based on that, we renewed the show. Anything else is speculation.”
Per sources, there are no immediate plans to shop Z: The Beginning of Everything Season 2 elsewhere.
RIP.
Jamie Becker says
I’ve had Amazon Prime for years now and this is their first original that I fell in love with. I binged the entire season in one night!