Although it has a 92% Tomatometer rating and 83% Popcornmeter rating, HBO Max has canceled the crime thriller collection Duster lower than every week after the season 1 finale was launched on July 3. The collection, which was first ordered in April 2020, reunited Josh Holloway and J.J. Abrams after they each beforehand labored on Misplaced.
Holloway led Duster’s solid as Jim Ellis, a getaway driver for prison kingpin Ezra Saxton (Keith David) in Nineteen Seventies Arizona. When Jim learns that Saxton could have been chargeable for the demise of his brother, Joey, he secretly begins working with the FBI agent Nina Hayes (Rachel Hilson) to be taught the reality.
In line with Deadline, HBO Max has now canceled Duster. The choice is probably going on account of low viewership, because the present by no means made it into the Nielsen Prime 10 for unique streaming reveals and solely ever managed to achieve the fiftieth spot in Luminate’s listing of Prime 50 streaming originals throughout its fourth week.
Since filming occurred lengthy earlier than the present’s debut, the choices on the solid expired and weren’t prolonged. There have been reportedly makes an attempt by Warner Bros. TV and Unhealthy Robotic to discover a totally different streaming residence, however these efforts didn’t pan out. Take a look at HBO Max’s assertion in regards to the cancelation under:
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 pleased with this collection led by Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson and we thank them together with our solid and crew for his or her unimaginable collaboration and partnership.
What This Means For Duster
HBO Max’s determination to cancel Duster has extra to do with enterprise and fewer to do with being dissatisfied by the present itself. The viewership was not the place it wanted to be for a renewal, however the present already had a difficult street forward as a result of solid’s choices expiring and never being prolonged.
As indicated by the Rotten Tomatoes scores, Duster’s evaluations had been wonderful, and common audiences loved the present as properly. HBO Max appears to have been comfortable to have partnered with Abrams, LaToya Morgan, Holloway, Hilson, and the remainder of the solid of crew, however this was not sufficient to warrant a renewal.
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When it comes to the story, Duster season 1’s ending wrapped up Jim and Nina’s battle with Saxton, however many different storylines had been left unresolved. The devastating and game-changing fact about Joey’s demise arrange a really totally different story for season 2, and there was nonetheless way more to be taught in regards to the bigger political conspiracy Saxton performed a task in.
The dynamic between Jim and Nina had additionally shifted significantly from the place it started. A surprising reveal about Izzy Reyna (Camille Guaty) additionally got here out to make the stakes much more private for Jim and for Luna Reyna (Adriana Aluna Martinez) in season 2, and now there is no such thing as a decision to this cliffhanger.
Our Take On Duster’s Cancelation
It Continues A Irritating Development
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The collection additionally tackled necessary social points, together with the prejudices Nina and her work companion, Awan Bitsui (Asivak Koostachin), encounter on account of her being the primary Black feminine FBI agent and due to him being Navajo. There was additionally the matter of Izzy and her fellow feminine truckers preventing for higher working circumstances.
I’m glad that the Saxton storyline and that a lot of Duster season 1’s largest mysteries had been solved, however it’s irritating that there shall be no follow-through for the tantalizing season 2 setup. Whatever the enterprise causes behind HBO Max’s choices, it’s extremely irritating to see one other promising unique present come to a untimely finish.
Supply: Deadline
