Syfy has opted to cancel “Deadly Class” and “Happy!”, Variety has learned.
The former, an adaptation of Rick Remender’s comic book series, starred Lana Condor, Benjamin Wadsworth and Benedict Wong. Produced by the Russo brothers, the series revolved around an orphan who becomes a student assassin at King’s Dominion High School for the Deadly Arts.
Co-production partner Sony Pictures Television will now be shopping the show in an attempt to find it a new home. The show ran for one season.
“Even if ‘Deadly Class’ talks a tough talk about being different and darker than those other high school shows, watching it walk the walk often proves more frustrating than fascinating,” wrote Variety TV critic Caroline Framke in January.
The latter series will be shopped around by studio partner Universal Content Productions. “Happy!”, which ran for two seasons on Syfy, is based on Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the same name. Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt starred in the series featuring a corrupt ex-cop-turned-hit man named Nick Sax and a tiny blue unicorn named Happy.
Variety‘s Sonia Saraiya in 2017 called the show “unsettling,” and “a genuinely weird object, in ways that are both refreshing and disturbing.”
The first season of “Happy!” is streaming on Netflix.
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Syfy has opted to cancel “Deadly Class” and “Happy!”, Variety has learned. The former, an adaptation of Rick Remender’s comic book series, starred Lana Condor, Benjamin Wadsworth and Benedict Wong. Produced by the Russo brothers, the series revolved around an orphan who becomes a student assassin at King’s Dominion High School for the Deadly Arts. […]
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“Sneaky Pete” is coming to an end. The crime drama, which was co-created by Bryan Cranston and starred Giovanni Ribisi, has been canceled after three seasons on Amazon. “Sneaky Pete” centered around the titular criminal (Ribisi), who stole his cellmate’s identity and started living with and working for the man’s family of bail bondsmen after […]
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In today’s roundup, Showtime sets a premiere date for the final season of “The Affair” and Starz releases the official trailer for “The Rook.” DATES The fifth and final season of “The Affair” will debut on Showtime on Aug. 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The new season sees the cast come to terms with the consequences of their actions […]
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UPDATED: “Jussie [Smollett] will NOT be returning to ‘Empire,’” series co-creator Lee Daniels said Tuesday. Daniels was responding to a Variety report in which multiple production sources said that “Empire’s” writing staff was breaking ideas for the show’s sixth and final season with the expectation that Smollett would appear in the back half of the 18-episode […]
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MRC’s president of television development Peter Johnson is departing after two years in the role, Variety has learned. The veteran producer, who was formerly EVP of scripted development at Legendary Television, oversaw the development and sale of MRC’s TV projects, reporting to co-CEO Modi Wiczyk and COO Scott Tenley. Johnson’s move comes less than two months […]
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced today that Lorenzo Soria has been elected president of the organization for the 2019-2020 term. Outgoing president Meher Tatna revealed the news at the HFPA’s annual election meeting. “It’s a privilege to once again be elected to serve as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,” Soria said in […]
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The Netflix multi-cam comedy “The Ranch” is ending. Series star Ashton Kutcher made the announcement on Twitter Tuesday, saying “@theranchnetflix is coming to an end, but not just yet. We’re excited to bring you the final 20 episodes — 10 streaming later this year (2019) on @netflix, and then 10 more in 2020. Stay tuned!” […]
