Netflix has decided not to move forward with a second season of Lockwood & Co.
The teenage supernatural series, helmed by Attack the Block director Joe Cornish, has been canceled after just one season on the streaming platform.
Based on the popular YA series from Jonathan Stroud, the series premiered back in January and starred Ruby Stokes, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, and Cameron Chapman.
Along with scoring good reviews, the series remained atop Netflix’s global Top 10 list for nearly a full month, garnering a reported 79.91 million hours worth of viewership. Per Deadline, however, Netflix claims those numbers weren’t enough to greenlight a sophomore season despite being “very pleased” with the show’s numbers.
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Production company Complete Fiction (founded by Cornish, Edgar Wright, and Rachael Prior) released a statement regarding the cancellation. “Being trusted by the supremely talented Jonathan Stroud to adapt his outstanding series of books was an honour and a privilege,” reads the statement. “Making this show was one of the most rewarding experiences of our careers and we will forever treasure it.”
The statement concludes with a shout out to the show’s audience, aka Lock Nation: “You really have been the greatest. We cannot thank you enough for how much you have embraced, celebrated and loved the show. […] This might be the end of the line for the TV show, but the books live on, as do the friendships made. We encourage you to embrace both.”
Stroud also took to Instagram to call the show “an utterly brilliant show Complete Fiction and Netflix have made. And not just brilliant, but well-loved worldwide.” Referencing its time on the streamer’s global Top 10, he praised the show’s performance as being “not bad for a little start-up agency.” He ended his post by thanking the show’s audience “so much for your love, generosity and dedication.”
Lockwood & Co. is not the only series to get bit by the cancellation bug in recent weeks. National Treasure: Edge of History, The Winchesters, and Fantasy Island have all had their plugs pulled either due to viewership or the ongoing writers’ strike.
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