It looks like cancellation was one opponent that ‘The Tick’ wasn’t nigh-invulnerable enough to conquer. The superhero satire was axed in mid-April by Amazon, after two seasons, but at that time, star Griffin Newman shared that the series wasl “very much still alive” and that Ben Edlund who not only created this series but the comic books upon which it was based, was actively shopping ‘The Tick’ around in hopes of finding another outlet.
Sadly, Edlund has taken to Twitter to share that there have been no takers on renewing ‘The Tick’ for additional seasons.
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As Edlund wrote:
After much door-knocking we have found no new home for the Tick series in this current market. #SaveTheTick & #LunaTickArmy I’m sorry we could not reward your glorious support with better news. I am so proud of the show, of the cast and crew and writers, and so warmed by the fans
— ben_edlund (@ben_edlund) June 14, 2019
We will look for other opportunities to continue this story with this cast, but the current series must I’m afraid come to its end.
— ben_edlund (@ben_edlund) June 14, 2019
Please continue to choose love and hope for good things. And I think we might as well accept it as a law of the universe: when the time is right #TheTick always comes back…
— ben_edlund (@ben_edlund) June 14, 2019
Following Edlund’s tweets, Newman responded:
We tried, folks. We really tried. https://t.co/QiFgxiMJuJ
— Griffin Newman (@GriffLightning) June 14, 2019
I’ll post a more thorough, emotional thing later saying goodbye to #TheTick once I’ve had a little more time to fully absorb. For now, I just want to extend my deepest gratitude to everyone who fought to keep our show alive. We are eternally grateful. #SaveTheTick #LunaTickArmy pic.twitter.com/dkd8BnqV5X
— Griffin Newman (@GriffLightning) June 14, 2019
Newman co-starred as The Tick’s sidekick Arthur, with Peter Serafinowicz portraying the titular superhero. Valorie Curry portrayed Arthur’s sister Dot Everest. ‘The Tick’ also starred Brendan Hines as Superion, Yara Martinez as Miss Lint/Janet/Joan of Arc, Scott Speiser as Overkill/Esteban, and Jackie Earle Haley as The Terror.
This incarnation of ‘The Tick’ fared better than an earlier attempt to adapt the comics to a live-action series in 2001. That series only lasted one season on FOX.
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