{"id":813598,"date":"2024-12-21T18:12:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/disney-executive-reveals-why-the-acolyte-was-canceled-after-one-season-it-wasnt-where-we-needed-it-to-be-given-the-cost\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T18:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T00:12:21","slug":"disney-executive-reveals-why-the-acolyte-was-canceled-after-one-season-it-wasnt-where-we-needed-it-to-be-given-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/disney-executive-reveals-why-the-acolyte-was-canceled-after-one-season-it-wasnt-where-we-needed-it-to-be-given-the-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Executive Reveals Why \u2018The Acolyte\u2019 Was Canceled After One Season: \u2018It Wasn\u2019t Where We Needed it to Be Given the Cost\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tA <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/disney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney\" data-tag=\"disney\">Disney<\/a> exec has revealed why \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d was canceled after just one season.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/how-disney-finally-made-streaming-profitable.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/how-disney-finally-made-streaming-profitable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vulture<\/a>, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment\u00a0Alan Bergman said while the House of Mouse was pleased with how \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d performed in its single season Disney+ debut, it wasn\u2019t enough to justify a follow-up considering the price tag.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe were happy with our performance, but it wasn\u2019t where we needed it to be given the cost structure of that title, quite frankly, to go and make a season two,\u201d Bergman said. \u201cSo that\u2019s the reason why we didn\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tUpon the series\u2019 cancellation, \u201cAcolyte\u201d lead <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/amandla-stenberg\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amandla-stenberg\" data-tag=\"amandla-stenberg\">Amandla Stenberg<\/a> posted an 8-and-a-half-minute video to her Instagram Stories saying she was unsurprised Disney didn\u2019t renew following the aggressive online backlash surrounding the show\u2019s female-driven story and queer undertones.<\/p>\n<div data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"1234758890\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s not a huge shock for me,\u201d Stenberg said. Ever since the series was unveiled in 2020, she added, \u201cwe started experiencing a rampage of, I would say, hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol, prejudice, hatred and hateful language towards us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDinsey\u2019s latest series from a galaxy far, far away, \u201cSkeleton Crew,\u201d has already \u201cseen growth\u201d according to Bergman, who is hopeful the Jude Law vehicle will fare better having received \u201cexcellent\u201d reviews since its Dec. 2 premiere.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAlthough light on specifics, Bergman went on to tease second seasons for \u201cAndor,\u201d \u201cAhsoka\u201d and a \u201cnumber of other\u201d Star Wars shows that are still under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIn terms of what\u2019s coming up, we have \u2018Andor\u2019 season two, which we\u2019re really excited about. It is excellent. I\u2019ve watched all the episodes, and it is a fantastic season. And then we have \u2018Ahsoka\u2019 season two, which Dave Filoni is leading,\u201d Bergman said. \u201cAnd then we\u2019re looking at a number of additional series that are in development. We\u2019ll see what we decide to do. As I said earlier, they have to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/disney-executive-reveals-acolyte-canceled-after-one-season-1236257121\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Jack Dunn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Disney exec has revealed why \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d was canceled after just one season. In an interview with Vulture, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment\u00a0Alan Bergman said while the House of Mouse was pleased with how \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d performed in its single season Disney+ debut, it wasn\u2019t enough to justify a follow-up considering the price tag. \u201cWe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[333,1798,4738],"tags":[5626,7881],"class_list":{"0":"post-813598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-disney","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-executive","10":"tag-disney","11":"tag-executive"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}