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It’s one and completed for Charlie Hunnam’s newest sequence. Apple TV+ has cancelled the Shantaram TV sequence after one season of 12 episodes. The de facto sequence finale was launched as we speak.
Based on the internationally bestselling novel by Gregory David Roberts, the Shantaram TV sequence stars Hunnam, Shubham Saraf, Elektra Kilbey, Fayssal Bazzi, Luke Pasqualino, Antonia Desplat, Alyy Khan, Sujaya Dasgupta, Vincent Perez, David Field, Alexander Siddig, Gabrielle Scharnitzky, Elham Ehsas, Rachel Kamath, Matthew Joseph, and Shiv Palekar. The story follows a fugitive named Lin Ford (Hunnam) who’s seeking to get misplaced within the vibrancy and chaos of Bombay within the Nineteen Eighties. Alone in an unfamiliar metropolis, Lin struggles to keep away from the difficulty he’s working from on this new place. After falling for an enigmatic and intriguing girl named Karla, Lin should select between freedom or love and the issues that include it.
The present’s expansive manufacturing proved difficult through the pandemic as filming was to happen throughout two continents. After two episodes had been filmed, manufacturing needed to be shut down in February 2020. Production didn’t resume till May 2021. Shantaram launched on October 14th with a trio of episodes and the remaining 9 installments have been doled out one per week since then.
Hunnam has mentioned that Shantaram was a typically grueling sequence to make, however that deep connection didn’t give him any insights into the present’s probabilities for survival. Here’s an excerpt from an EW interview that was given earlier than the information of the cancellation wherein the actor expressed frustration with how the destiny of the sequence on streaming companies is determined.
What sorts of conversations have there been thus far a couple of potential season 2 renewal?
I don’t know what conversations are happening a couple of second season. I don’t even know if there even are any conversations happening at this level a couple of second season. It’s a bizarre factor — streaming platforms work in a very completely different manner than conventional tv networks, which is [by a] actually very clear arithmetic: If a present is getting massive numbers and may justify producing massive advert income, then it’s just about a on condition that it’ll come again. I don’t fairly know what the arithmetic inside streaming platforms are to justify whether or not a present comes again. Nobody ever actually is aware of what [the viewership] is as a result of many of the streaming platforms are very reticent to publish precisely what the viewership is of exhibits.
So pay attention, your guess is pretty much as good as mine. My hope can be that they really feel as if the present is nice sufficient to justify one other season. But actually, I’ve obtained no f—ing thought. I’m not aware about these conversations in any manner, form, or type.
What do you assume? Have you stored up with the Shantaram sequence on Apple TV+? Are you disillusioned that there received’t be a second season?