‘Westworld,’ ‘The Nevers’ to Be Pulled From HBO Max - Variety

“The Nevers” has been canceled halfway done its archetypal play by HBO. The Joss Whedon-created sci-fi play volition beryllium pulled from streaming connected HBO Max, on with the precocious canceled HBO bid “Westworld,” Variety has confirmed.

The Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly-led “The Nevers,” which aired Part 1 of its archetypal play successful Spring 2021, was acceptable to debut the backmost fractional of Season 1 adjacent twelvemonth connected HBO. Sources adjacent to the concern accidental it’s imaginable that the already finished batch of episodes — which were completed nether caller showrunner Philippa Goslett, who came connected committee pursuing the exit of Whedon earlier the amusement adjacent debuted — volition aerial connected different platform.

“Westworld” was canceled by HBO Nov. 4,  just nether 3 months aft the bid aired its Season 4 finale Aug. 14.

The 2 shows are among aggregate bid that are being chopped from the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer’s offerings, on with “Minx” (which had already been renewed for Season 2) and “Love Life” (which had not yet been picked up for Season 3) — some of which, dissimilar “The Nevers” and “Westworld,” were HBO Max originals.

Created by husband-and-wife producing duo Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and produced by J.J. Abrams, “Westworld” starred Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Luke Hemsworth, Aaron Paul, Angela Sarafyan and James Marsden. Newcomers for Season 4 included Ariana DeBose, Aurora Perrineau and Daniel Wu.

Warner Bros. Discovery has been cutting down connected spending since it set retired to find $3.5 cardinal successful cost-saving synergies implicit the adjacent 3 years post-April merger. However, adjacent connected the heels of a unsmooth third-quarter net report, CEO David Zaslav has continued to underline the value of steadfast contented spend, and HBO inactive has aggregate big-budget dramas, including “House of the Dragon,” “Euphoria” and the upcoming “The Last of Us” adaptation.

The removal of shows from HBO Max means WB Discovery is capable to prevention wealth successful residuals paid to formed and crews of productions, connected apical of the wealth saved by not continuing with the shows astatine all.