formally introduced to be canceled<\/a> after solely a single season. While the podcast lives on, the Netflix present remains to be extremely regarded and in case you puzzled what season 2 may\u2019ve seemed like, we simply bought a brand new \u201cleak\u201d exhibiting simply that\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe information comes via the Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast, or extra particularly, the reside stream model of the podcast, provided that the clip didn\u2019t characteristic within the pre-recorded model of the podcast. However, a lot of the commentary nonetheless stays.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Duncan Trussell begins the solo podcast, teasing that The Midnight Gospel<\/em> would characteristic in the direction of the tip, however was mysterious about what precisely could be proven. When the tip of the podcast does roll round, he begins clearing up a query he at all times will get: Is there going to be a second season? The reply remains to be no, and he desires to ensure individuals don\u2019t get their hopes up. \u201cWe\u2019re not doing another season,\u201d he says bluntly. \u201cJust want to eradicate any hope you might have there.\u201d But as a substitute of venting frustration, Duncan focuses on what he calls the \u201cmiraculous\u201d indisputable fact that the present even bought made in any respect earlier than showcasing a model new mockup trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cYou have to understand how insane it was that Netflix let us make that show,\u201d he says. \u201cThat show never should have gotten made,\u201d Duncan emphasizes how uncommon it was for Netflix to help one thing so bizarre, philosophical, and non-traditional. Even extra stunning was that the animation occurred totally within the U.S., a rarity in an business the place work is often outsourced to cheaper studios overseas. \u201cThe animators were all at Titmouse, an in-house animation team,\u201d Duncan explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He admits he by no means seemed on the funds as a result of he didn\u2019t need monetary considerations to have an effect on the artistic course of. \u201cI could have looked at the budget\u2026 but I never looked because I didn\u2019t want that to impact me feeling free to come up with ideas with Pendleton [Ward].\u201d Still, he has no illusions about the associated fee: \u201cIt must have been fucking expensive. It had to have been.\u201d<\/p>\n
So why didn\u2019t Netflix renew it? According to Duncan, it\u2019s easy: the numbers weren\u2019t there. \u201cIt\u2019s a business,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to make money. There\u2019s probably a crystal clear set of numbers that justify paying more money for another season. And The Midnight Gospel<\/em> did not get that initially.\u201d The present didn\u2019t generate the sort of quick, bingeable engagement Netflix seems for, particularly not the sort that justifies a second season of such an costly venture.<\/p>\nDuncan calls the present \u201ca boutiquey, artsy, philosophical crazy show,\u201d and notes it\u2019s not precisely Stranger Things<\/em>. \u201cIt deals with some heavy duty fucking shit,\u201d he says. \u201cI could see how someone who wasn\u2019t into that stuff\u2026 would not stick around with that show.\u201d Ultimately, he acknowledges that the present wasn\u2019t constructed for mass attraction, and that\u2019s okay. \u201cThat\u2019s just how it works,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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