Star Kathryn Newton signed it herself, and posted about the petition on Twitter.
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Since the shock announcement, fans of the series have started a petition asking Netflix to renew the series, that currently has over 130,000 signatures. Our people are out of jobs, but that's true all around the country." I guess we're like all those small businesses and restaurants that closed and aren't going to reopen. We have no choice but to, as so many people do within this period, deal with the losses that this pandemic has caused. But I’m not entirely in control of that." "Obviously, no one wants to see the story they're writing end, and I would like the characters not to end up as the children of New Ham, to have disappeared suddenly, abruptly, never to be seen again. "I know we had many months of conversations about the challenges of producing in this environment.
"I can't pretend I'm surprised," he continued. And then they made the decision that it was too much. "But we were heading back into fall and winter. Season two "was meant to be shot mostly in the summer," Keyser said. "There were ongoing conversations, we knew that there were challenges for this." "We were dealing with Netflix and the rise in the budget and all of that kind of stuff," Keyser said. "And then I got a call from Netflix saying, 'We have made this decision.' It was obviously pretty upsetting and abrupt." "We spent the last bunch of months getting ready to go back again, dealing with all the COVID protocols," showrunner Chris Keyser told Variety. We're disappointed to have to make these decisions due to circumstances created by COVID."Ī source told The Hollywood Reporterthat despite being happy with how both shows performed, the "uncertainty" over air dates, "unexpected budget increases" due to the pandemic, and the complications of managing a big cast were obstacles that proved too big to overcome. In a statement, Netflix blamed COVID-19, saying: "We've made the difficult decision not to move forward with second seasons of The Society and I Am Not Okay With This.