Season two of Minx is still filming after getting canceled by HBO Max
Star Jake Johnson says '70s-set comedy Minx is "about a week away from being finished shooting"
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Minx might have been canceled by HBO Max earlier this week, but the ’70s-set comedy about a male pin-up magazine is still hitting the presses. In a December 13 Instagram post, star Jake Johnson says that the cast and crew are continuing to work on the second season and are “about a week away from being finished shooting.”
“From what I am hearing S1 & S2 (and hopefully S3) will find a new home, the question is where,” he writes. “The crew really killed it this season. @blakemcclure crushed as DP. The set design/wardrobe/everything. It was truly impressive & worth watching. I am eager to find a new platform for these episodes.”
On Minx, Johnson portrays Doug Renetti, a publisher who teams up with the feminist writer Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) to create their pioneering magazine. When the show premiered, the New Girl actor told The A.V. Club, “I think the second half of Minx is better than the first, especially episode eight. It’s one of the best TV episodes I’ve been part of.” Now, the series is being shopped around for a new home.
“We appreciate all the online support,” Johnson continues on Instagram. “We love making the show and hope to continue to. It’s a crazy business & that’s partly what’s so additive [sic] about it. So hopefully we have good news to share soon.”
Along with rescinding the season two renewal, HBO Max will also be taking the existing episodes offline sometime before the end of the year. As of this writing, the first season of Minx is still available to watch. Westworld, Love Life, and The Nevers, meanwhile, have been marked for deletion.
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Glad to hear it, I loved the first season (and so did my parents). Why can’t HBO just leave these shows alone?!?!
Because they’re afraid they might have to pay actors for their work.
They’re still paying the actors, stupid.
It was in my queue, and I binged The Minx after this news came out. I loved it. Hope they find a new home so I can watch S2 upon release!
Hope they find a good home. Really enjoyed the show
I mean, there’s a bunch of old-timey HBO channels on various cable services, presumably it could air there, if not on a streaming service.I’d definitely rather it get as far away from David “I sleep on a pile of money and slaughtered dreams” Zaslav as possible, though, so if it can end up somewhere else, so much the better.
Every time I read an article about HBO Max, I have to ask myself “Did Elon Musk buy HBO?”
Jake Johnson wears the hell out of those ‘70s outfits.