Netflix has swiftly canceled the Duffer Brothers series The Boroughs after just one season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The Boroughs was highly anticipated as Matt and Ross Duffer’s first series after Stranger Things, which is iconic in Netflix’s history.
Stranger Things was sci-fi with kids, The Boroughs was sci-fi with seasoned adults. Sci-fi is expensive.
“In a seemingly perfect retirement community, a grieving newcomer’s monstrous encounter inspires him to join a misfit crew of unlikely heroes who uncover a dark secret that proves their ‘golden years’ are more dangerous, and they are more formidable, than anyone expects,” the logline reads.
More: “In the sun-drenched expanse of the New Mexico desert lies The Boroughs, a picturesque retirement community promising its residents the time of their lives. But for new arrival Sam Cooper, paradise feels more like a prison. Everything changes when a terrifying nighttime encounter reveals that something monstrous is stalking the manicured cul-de-sacs. Dismissed by the powers that be as just another confused old man, Sam finds unlikely allies in a band of neighborhood misfits: a sharp-witted former journalist, a spiritual seeker, a cynical music manager, and a brilliant doctor running out of options. Overlooked and underestimated, these unlikely heroes must band together to unravel the dark truth at the heart of The Boroughs before their time runs out.”
The Boroughs has ranked on Netflix’s weekly top 10 since its release. Just last week it was number eight among English-language TV, the fourth straight time the show charted. But Netflix (basically) said, “Don’t let the door hit you on your way to Paramount” anyway.
Deadline first reported the news of the cancellation.
More to come.
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