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HBO Max is clearing all of the live-action DC Comics scripted original series.

Warner Bros.’s Discovery-sponsored stream has been canceled. Pennyworth, A prequel to Batman’s famous butler. The series concluded its third and now final season on November 24.

The drama, starring Jack Bannon as Alfred Pennyworth, was created by Gotham creator Bruno Heller (who also served as showrunner). Pennyworth was acquired from Warner Bros. Television and produced for the MGM-backed premium cable network Epix (now known as MGM+). To reduce programming costs, the series was sold to HBO Max and bundled with the DC series. Doom Patrol And The Titans on stage. MGM+ still has the option of airing a third season, though it seems highly unlikely even with the discounted licensing fee.

“HBO Max is not moving forward with another season. Pennyworth: Batman’s Butler OriginsThank you to creator Bruno Heller and executive producers Matthew Patnick, Danny Cannon and John Stephenson, along with Warner Bros. Television, for making this wonderful, wonderful, and wonderful picture of the original Alfred Pennyworth. The world of Batman” in a statement issued by a spokesperson for HBO Max The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “An incredible mix of action, drama and comedy, spanning three seasons; Pennyworth: Batman’s Butler Origins It takes fans on a mind-bending journey into Alfred’s eccentric world and the beginnings of super heroes and super villains.

Cancellation decision Pennyworth It’s just days after HBO Max aired DC dramas. The Titans And Doom Patrol And new DC studio chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran days later announced a more cohesive first “chapter” in the new DC universe, a five-show, five-film slate. Pennyworth It wasn’t part of those plans. Under Gunn and Safran, all 10 projects will intersect with each other — following the model created by Greg Berlanti for the DC Universe on The CW and, later, the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

with a conclusion Pennyworth and deleted Doom Patrol And the titans, All that’s left of the pre-Gunn/Safran DC roster is an animated hit on HBO Max. Harley Quinn. That series, which comes from Abbott Elementary Producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker and Warner Bros. TV, has already been renewed for a fourth season and has a spinoff, Noon’sin the work.

As for the rest of Berlanti’s DC reign on The CW, Flash It ends this year; Superman and Lois It’s in its fourth season and on the bubble; And a beginner Gotham Knights Arrows in March. Incidentally, Berlanti had prepared a large budget. Green Lantern series for DC and HBO Max, but Gunn and Safran parted ways with the project. True Detective –Catch it on the famous hero(s).



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