‘Minx’ Canceled at HBO Max Despite Season 2 Renewal - Variety

“Minx” has been canceled astatine HBO Max, adjacent though the amusement had been renewed for Season 2 backmost successful May.

According to sources, the amusement was preparing to wrapper accumulation connected its 2nd play erstwhile Warner Bros. Discovery decided to scrap the amusement successful its latest cost-cutting move. The archetypal play volition besides reportedly beryllium taken disconnected HBO Max, with shaper Lionsgate Television readying to store the bid to different outlets.

“We person enjoyed a bully concern with HBO Max and are moving intimately to find a caller accidental for ‘Minx,’ truthful current, and caller viewers, tin proceed this travel with us,” Lionsgate said successful a statement.

“Minx” is acceptable successful 1970s Los Angeles. The bid centers connected Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond), described arsenic “an earnest young feminist who joins forces with a low-rent steadfast (Jake Johnson) to make the archetypal erotic mag for women.” The formed besides includes Idara Victor, Jessica Lowe, Lennon Parham, Michael Angarano and Oscar Montoya. The bid was well-received upon its release, with Season 1 holding a 97% captious support standing connected Rotten Tomatoes.

Ellen Rapoport serves arsenic showrunner and enforcement shaper successful summation to creating the series. Paul Feig and Dan Magnante enforcement nutrient for Feigco Entertainment. Ben Karlin and Rachel Lee Goldenberg besides enforcement produce, with Goldenberg having directed the pilot. Johnson serves arsenic a co-executive producer. Lionsgate Television is the studio.

Since Discovery completed its acquisition of WarnerMedia earlier this year, CEO David Zaslav and his squad person made a bid of akin decisions successful bid to fulfill a committedness to shareholders to find $3.5 cardinal successful savings wrong the recently combined company. To that end, a large woody of improvement arsenic been cut, portion a fig of shows person been pulled of the service altogether. In addition, “Chad” was canceled astatine TBS contempt the information it had already completed accumulation connected Season 2, portion scripted programming is mostly done astatine TBS and TNT.

The decisions are not confined to television, either. Perhaps astir infamously, Warner Bros. Discovery killed the “Batgirl” film portion it was successful post-production. Most recently, it was reported that “Wonder Woman 3” is not moving forward arsenic DC prepares for a large reboot nether James Gunn and Peter Safran.