Finish clapping for Robert Langdon’s adventures on the M6. The channel airs the final four episodes of the first season of The Lost Symbol this Saturday, August 27 at 9.10pm. And fans of this series adapted from the novel missing symbol Dan Brown will be saddened to learn that there will unfortunately be no sequel.
Launched last fall in the US on the Peacock streaming platform, the series, which centers on the youth of symbologist Robert Langdon (Ashley Zuckerman), serving as a prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Inferno, has indeed been cancelled. in January and will not return for a second season.
Variety reported at the time that, according to a source close to Peacock, The Lost Symbol was ending after just one season, for the good and simple reason that the platform and production felt that this Dan Brown adaptation would tell the story of the novel. its integrity and that no sequel was necessary.
“We are proud to bring this action-packed, mystery-filled thriller to our subscribers and see this fascinating series unfold in a complete and satisfying way.”Peacock also said in a press release published by Variety at the time of the series’ cancellation.
Developed by writers and producers Dan Dworkin and Jay Beatty (The Crossing, Outer Banks), The Lost Symbol sees Ashley Zuckerman (Fear Street, Legacy) play Tom Hanks in an updated version of Langdon. And Valorie Carr (The Next), Sumale Montano (10 Cloverfield Lane), Rick Gonzalez (Arrow), Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s 13) and Bo Knapp (Seven Seconds) star.
Over the course of the 10 episodes that make up the series’ first and only season, Robert Langdon, then a Harvard professor, must solve a series of deadly puzzles to find his missing mentor. A quest that may end in uncovering a sinister conspiracy involving the Freemasons.
While you wait to find out if another Dan Brown novel may soon have the honor of being adapted to cinema or the small screen, head to the M6 this evening to discover the end of the whole story. and the final showdown between the heroes and the villain Malach.
The complete The Lost Symbol is also available on the Salto platform.
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