1899 CANCELED after one season: Netflix fails to renew star-studded German period horror
Netflix has canceled the mystery thriller 1899, show creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar said in a joint statement on Instagram on Monday.
“It is with a heavy heart that we have to tell you that 1899 will not be renewed,” they said. “We would have loved to end this incredible journey with a second and third season like we did with Dark. But sometimes things don’t go as planned.
‘This is life. We know this will disappoint millions of fans. But we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being part of this wonderful adventure. We love you. Never forget.’
The Latest: Netflix has canceled the mystery thriller 1899, the show’s creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar said in a joint statement on Instagram on Monday.
Insiders close to the series confirmed the cancellation of the program for Term.
The eight-episode series focused on the events surrounding the passengers of an optimistically westbound migrant steamship at the turn of the century when they came across the Prometheus, another ship at sea, significantly changing the tone of the travel.
The series debuted on Netflix on November 17, 2022, with a cast that included Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Andreas Pietschmann, Miguel Bernardeau, Maciej Musial, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Rosalie Craig, Clara Rosager, Maria Erwolter, Yann Gael, Mathilde Ollivier, José Pimentão, Isabella Wei, Gabby Wong, Jonas Bloquet, Fflyn Edwards, Alexandre Willaume and Anton Lesser.
Friese and bo Odar, who previously created the Dark series, previously said the hollywood reporter they had already developed concepts for a second and third season of the series.
The creators of the show made the announcement in a statement on social media on Monday.
Friese and bo Odar, who previously created the Dark series, previously told The Hollywood Reporter that they had already developed concepts for a second and third season of the series.
The eight-episode series focused on the events surrounding the passengers of an optimistically westbound migrant steamship at the turn of the century.
The ship came across the Prometheus, another ship at sea, significantly changing the tone of the trip.
Production of the show took place on a stage at the Babelsberg studios in Germany.
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The show was mired in controversy after its premiere last fall amid allegations that the show had plagiarized its material from a Brazilian graphic novel.
Author Mary Cagnin, from Sao Paolo, led Twitter After the show launched on the streaming platform in November, he said he was surprised to see 1899 feature very similar visuals to his 2016 graphic novel Black Silence.
The show, which tells the story of a group of immigrants traveling to Ellis Island aboard a steamship in 1899, features the same triangle theme throughout the episode, similar to the illustrations in his novel.
Mary also accused the Netflix show of stealing details from her own story, including the deaths of some of her characters. She claims that Netflix did not contact her to use her artwork without her permission.
However, several people who watched the show and read his novel said that the pyramid and triangle theme is where the similarities between the two stop.
In a now-deleted post, producer Jantje Friese defended 1899 against the claims on Instagram, saying that Mary was a “crying wolf” and that the series was not based on any pre-existing material.
Author Mary Cagnin took to Twitter after the show launched on the streaming platform last week, stating that she was surprised to see 1899 featuring very similar imagery to her 2016 graphic novel Black Silence (right)
The show, which tells the story of a group of immigrants traveling to Ellis Island aboard a steamship in 1899, features the same triangle theme throughout the episode that is similar to the triangles featured in his novel and shows a creepy black pyramid.
The black pyramid that Mary drew for her graphic novel, which was published in Brazil in 2016
Mary took to Twitter last Sunday to share her surprise after 1899 was released on Netflix last week.
‘I AM IN SHOCK. The day I found out that the 1899 series is IDENTICAL to my Black Silence comic, published in 2016. Follow the thread,” she said, before listing several examples that he felt proved his point.
It’s all there: The Black Pyramid. Deaths inside the ship/ship. The multinational crew. The seemingly strange and inexplicable things. Symbols in the eyes and when they appear in her,” he continued.
He shared a screenshot of his own graphic novel alongside some of the Netflix show’s publicity material, noting that the 1899 characters have the same triangle-shaped pupils that his characters sport in his novel.
Mary said she advertised in Europe at a book fair in Sweden in 2017, where she brought the manuscript and its English version with her.
1899 was an instant hit with viewers when it was released last week, but is now the subject of plagiarism controversy.
He also referenced the appearance of a creepy rear pyramid in 1899, which again is similar to a black pyramid that appears in his novel.
Mary also felt that Netflix copied some subtle plot details that appeared in her work, regarding the backstories of some characters and their families.
The author claimed that her original idea could have been circulated at the 2017 Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden, where she distributed the manuscript and its English version to various publishers and other attendees.
The author shared screenshots of scenes from her graphic novel that she believes were similar to the Netflix show, including a character plummeting to her death.
A character also falls to his death from the steamboat in Netflix’s 1899, which was pointed out by Mary and her fans.
The author added that she was “heartbroken,” believing her work was used in this way, and that she “cried a lot” over the issue.
She went on to say: ‘Black Silence is a short work, almost a short story. It’s very easy, in 12 hours of screening the series, to dilute all these “references”, but the essence of what I created is there.’
Her thread has been shared by fans of her work on the social media platform, with many feeling that the similarities between her work and the Netflix show “are not a coincidence.”
One wrote: ‘The new Netflix show ‘1899’ just stole a Brazilian comic called Black Silence.
Mary shared another screenshot from 1899 and Black Silence where the female characters wear a similar helmet.
Fans shared Mary’s claims on Twitter, saying there are too many similarities between the two works to be coincidental.
Meanwhile, 1899 producer Jantje Friese addressed the claims on her Instagram account, which has since been deleted.
She wrote: ‘A Brazilian artist has claimed that we stole her graphic novel. Just to be clear: we didn’t! Until yesterday we didn’t even know about the existence of that graphic novel.
“For two years we have put pain, sweat and exhaustion into the 1899 creation. This is an original idea and is not based on any material source. However, we have been bombarded with messages, some of them nasty and hurtful.
‘Someone yells wolf and everyone jumps on him, not even checking to see if the statements make any sense.
“Of course, if this was a plan to sell more of his graphic novels: well played,” he added.