Baz Luhrman Confirms Cancellation of The Get Down After One Season
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Netflix will not produce a second season of The Get Down, according to Deadline, making it the first Netflix original drama to receive only one season.
The news comes as no surprise, considering the setbacks and mires that plagued the show in pre-production and ultimately cost the studio $120 million in production costs, making it one of the most expensive TV productions of all time. The pre-production and production stages were delayed so many times because of showrunner and writer changes that Netflix was forced to release one half in August and then finish up the second half, later airing in April.
Until recently, it looked as if we’d be getting a second season. “To be honest, we have already developed the opening of a second season,” Luhrmann told Vulture last March. “Sony and Netflix have been very driven about having a second season. There has been no question about that. They really want it.” But in a late-night Facebook post on May 24, Luhrmann pointed to the exclusivity required by Netflix projects as to why there would no longer be a second season. “It kills me that I can’t split myself into two and make myself available to both productions. But the simple truth is, I make movies.”