Paramount+ has canceled “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” after just one season and the series has yet to be removed from streaming. According to information from Variety, the platform will exclude several productions from the catalog due to a data analysis, which included “Grease” and other productions. So far, the company hasn’t said when the series will be retired.
Creator Annabel Oakes was shocked by Paramount’s move and confirmed she’s looking for a new platform to continue the series. On social media she expressed herself through a statement in the Instagram stories.
“In a particularly brutal move, [a série] it will also be removed from Paramount+, and unless it finds a new home, you won’t be able to watch it anywhere else. The cast, my creative partners and I are devastated by the complete cancellation of our show,” she wrote.
The creator also thanked the fans of the production and stressed that “the music will remain even after the program is removed,” referring to the songs presented in the series. “People are already sending messages and videos about how much the show has meant to them, and I love hearing and seeing it,” he continued. “The most important thing we’d like is for you to watch the show before it airs.”
Fundamental strategy +
The one-two punch of canceling and removing the catalog is part of a Paramount+ strategy for financial purposes. With the titles cancelled, the company plans to sell them to rival broadcasters and streaming services. This way, you make money on top of selling the content.
In addition to “Grease”, the animated “Star Trek: Prodigy”, the comedy “The Game” and the reality show “Queen of the Universe” will suffer the same fate.
Recently, other streaming services like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+ have also removed original series in an effort to cut costs. Additionally, Paramount+’s strategy comes just before streaming joins Showtime in the US, a move that will come later this month.
Prologue to the 1978 classic
Developed by Annabel Oakes (screenwriter of “Awkward.” and “Agraphical”) and directed by Alethea Jones (“Crazy Night”), the attraction is presented as a prologue to the film “Grease” (1978), set four years before the history of the classic musical, which is 1955, before Sandy (Olivia Newton-John’s character) arrives at school and during the rock ‘n’ roll boom.
The storyline followed a group of girls who defied standards and incited moral panic in the hallways of Rydell High School. One of the details that distinguished the Pink Ladies from the series that appeared in the film starring John Travolta is that, this time, the cast was not all white and heterosexual.
The cast highlighted Marisa Davila (“Love with a Date Booked”) as Jane, Cheyenne Isabel Wells (from Broadway musicals) as Olivia, Ari Notartomaso (“Paranormal Activity: Close Entity”) as Cynthia, Tricia Fukuhara (“As Trambiqueiras”) as Nancy, Shanel Bailey (“The Good Fight”) as Hazel, Madison Thompson (“Ozark) as Susan, Johnathan Nieves (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”) as Richie, Jason Schmidt ( “FBI: Most Wanted”) as Buddy, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper (“The Photograph”) as Wally, and Jackie Hoffman (“Only Murders in the Building”) as Principal McGee.
The series premiered on streams on April 6 with weekly episodes. The tenth and final chapter arrived on the platform on June 1st, concluding the 1st season and the series.
In Brazil, all episodes of “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” were released on Paramount+.
Source: Terra
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