A few days ago, Max announced the cancellation of one of his series most illustrious recents, Tokyo Vice, after only two seasons. Naturally, it was a pain for fans of this intense thriller from the early 2000s in which we accompanied Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller and Shô Kasamatsu.
Tokyo Vice It is a series praised by critics and the public and its production design is fantastic, without apparently presenting monstrous cost overruns like other series. Therefore, Max’s decision to seal his fate after only two seasons is most strange.
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But it’s not that it happens to us or to the thousands of fans of Tokyo Viceis that the showrunners of the series themselves refuse to resign themselves after the cancellation.
Without going into spoilers, season 2 of Tokyo Vice It establishes the basis for the continuation of the series in the future, a work that is ruined by Max’s decision, unless there is another way for the story to continue.
Is there hope for a season 3 of Tokyo Vice?
In Variety have had the opportunity to chat with Alan Poul and J.T. Rogersshowrunners of Tokyo Vice, after learning the news that Max was canceling the seriesand it is clear that they aspire to continue with it, even if it is not on the platform.
“We still do not accept condolences. […] Our partner on the series is Fifth Season, and it’s worth remembering they sell the show internationally. Max exists in North America, most of South America, and some European territories. In the rest of the world it is sold by our friends at Fifth Season.
And it has sold very well. It has been a global success. That’s why we trust our partners. We haven’t even gotten down to it yet, because this is all so recent. But there are many territories in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia that will still want the program, and we have to see how our partners will prepare for it.“.
This line of action leaves the door open to the continuity of Tokyo Vice, but it raises the question that, if the series does get a third season, how it will reach Spain and the countries where Max operates. It’s also a mystery because platforms usually have very restrictive agreements with their “original” series. We will have to wait for events.
