‘Our Flag Means Death’
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Max is lowering its Flag.
The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has canceled its comedy series Our Flag Means Death after a two-season run. David Jenkins created the pirate comedy that starred Rhys Darby and exec producer Taika Waititi.
“While Max will not be moving forward with a third season of Our Flag Means Death, we are so proud of the joyous, hilarious, and heartfelt stories that creator David Jenkins, Taika Waititi, Rhys Darby, Garrett Basch, Dan Halsted, Adam Stein, Antoine Douaihy, and the entire superb cast and crew brought to life. We also thank the dedicated fans who embraced these stories and built a gorgeous, inclusive community surrounding the show,” a spokesperson for Max said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
The decision to wrap the series comes after Reservation Dogs, co-created by Waititi, wrapped its run in 2023 and as the prolific producer, actor and director’s other FX comedy, What We Do in the Shadows, will conclude later this year with its sixth season. Next up on the TV side, Waititi has Apple’s re-do of Time Bandits, starring Lisa Kudrow.
Praised for its queer storylines, Our Flag Means Death has an impressive 94 percent score among critics and 93 percent rating with viewers on Rotten Tomatoes. Season one of the series consisted of 10 episodes and aired in March 2022, with the renewal coming for a shortened eight-episode run that wrapped in October.
Creator Jenkins shared a heartfelt post about the show’s cancellation on Tuesday: “I’m very sad I won’t set foot on the Revenge again with my friends, some of whom have become close to family. But I couldn’t be more grateful for being allowed to captain the damn thing in the first place.” (Read the full post, below.)
On the comedy side, Max recently handed out a season two renewal for Chuck Lorre’s Bookie and revealed that the third season of Hacks is expected to arrive in the spring. Max’s roster of comedies also includes And Just Like That, Rap Shit (also awaiting word on a potential third season) and The Sex Lives of College Girls, among others.
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