Max’s Tokyo Vice is hanging up the badge after two seasons, however its creator nonetheless has a need to inform extra of the story.
As reported by Variety, the noir thriller’s cancelation was confirmed by Max unique programming chief Sarah Aubrey, sequence creator and govt producer J.T. Rodgers, and director and govt producer Alan Poul throughout the Produced By convention at this time. They say the choice to finish earlier than Season 3 was mutual and determined in an effort to assist the storytelling.
“To know you’d have the two-season arc was actually great,” Rogers stated.
Rogers and Poul additionally launched a joint assertion with the announcement of the present’s finish that thanked Max for its assist. They say the corporate stood by them when making main, probably controversial story selections.
“Over the final 5 years Max has made positive we obtained to inform our story,” they stated. “They have supported us by way of thick and skinny. Not solely did they offer us these two seasons, they stated sure after we requested to finish season one with a sequence of cliffhangers, they usually stated sure after we requested for 2 further episodes so we might land the airplane in the way in which J.T. had at all times envisioned.”
The assertion continues: “We’re grateful not solely to Max, however to our companions Fifth Season, who offered the present all over the world, and made it a worldwide success story. They had been within the trenches with us at all times, guaranteeing that we might make the present we wished to make. The response from each the press and from followers, particularly to Season 2, has been overwhelming. It’s been thrilling to learn the way deeply viewers have engaged with our characters, and to listen to how they’re clamoring for extra.”
Rogers and Poul tease, although, that they want to proceed with extra Tokyo Vice sooner or later. The when and the place have but to be determined, and it’s at present unclear if the present will formally return in any respect:
“We know there’s extra story to inform. Of course we’ll see what the long run holds, however we’re certainly grateful to have been capable of share this story on Max till now.”
Tokyo Vice Season 1 premiered in 2022 and starred Ansel Elgort as Jake Adelstein and Ken Watanabe as Hiroto Katagiri. Season 2 then adopted in February 2024 earlier than wrapping up in April. We loved the primary three episodes of Tokyo Vice, giving them an 8/10 in our evaluate. At the time, we stated, “Tokyo Vice crackles with Michael Mann’s neon-cool depth whereas additionally, for higher or worse, feeling like a nostalgia venture.”
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