Two years after its rebrand, HBO Max has formally returned. Because it stays among the best streaming companies, the platform has gone by means of fairly just a few title adjustments over time, and altered to Max in 2023 following WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery. Now, HBO Max is again in full power, however sadly, not each authentic present streaming with an HBO Max subscription has made the leap. It looks as if one of many streamer’s first strikes underneath its reclaimed title is to cancel a present that has a powerful score.
Lower than per week after its Season 1 finale, the J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan crime drama Duster has been axed, per Deadline. Duster has a 92% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes, making the cancellation all of the extra puzzling. Nonetheless, regardless of being the best present streaming proper now, the sequence wasn’t in a position to produce numerous curiosity. So, though it was in a position to keep within the High 10 on HBO Max, it hasn’t cracked Nielsen’s High 10 record for streaming originals. In an announcement to Deadline, HBO Max stated:
Whereas HBO Max is not going to be shifting ahead with a second season of Duster, we’re so grateful to have had the prospect to work with the amazingly gifted co-creators J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan, and our companions at Unhealthy Robotic and Warner Bros. Tv. We’re tremendously happy with this sequence led by Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson, and we thank them, together with our forged and crew, for his or her unbelievable collaboration and partnership.
This information is much more miserable realizing that followers have been ready 5 years for Duster, and that’s not an exaggeration. The sequence was initially ordered in April 2020, and filming was accomplished some time in the past. Sources say that the forged choices had expired and weren’t prolonged, nevertheless it’s unknown if this performed an element within the cancellation. Studios WBTV and Abrams’ Unhealthy Robotic reportedly quietly shopped the sequence round to different platforms however had been unsuccessful to find it a brand new dwelling when it was clear {that a} cancellation was imminent.
Duster premiered on Might 15 and stars Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Asivak Koostachin, Sydney Elisabeth, Benjamin Charles Watson, Camille Guaty, Adriana Aluna Martinez, Greg Grunberg, and Keith David. Set in 1972, it centered on the FBI’s first Black feminine agent who recruits a getaway driver within the Southwest in an effort to take down a rising crime syndicate.
Duster is only one of many one-season reveals to be canceled, and it is one other tragic addition to the record of sequence ending in 2025. And since Warner Bros. has already tried to buy the present round, it looks as if the possibilities for a comeback have tremendously diminished. As of now, a definitive motive for the cancellation has not been given, however it may be assumed that the present didn’t get attain the extent of recognition that HBO Max hoped for.
On the very least, with HBO Max’s rebrand, there are sure to be extra reveals to stay up for. The hit medical drama The Pitt is presently in manufacturing for its second season, whereas the streamer has formally ordered a brand new Massive Bang Concept spinoff to sequence. It might not be Duster, nevertheless it’s higher than nothing.