This ‘Batman’ prequel series has received bad news about its future

The ‘Batman’ prequel series ‘Pennyworth’ has been officially cancelled.

The HBO Max series was starring Jack Bannon, who gave life to a young version of the Wayne family butler, Alfred Pennyworthduring his years working for the SAS.

Through his spy service, Pennyworth meets Thomas (Ben Aldridge) and Martha Wayne (Emma Paetz), which leads them to the events that take place at the start of “Batman,” decades later.

its third season — subtitled ‘The Origin of Batman’s Butler’, to make its reference to DC clear — it was finished in november with no news that it was going to be renewed.

One of the HBO Max spokespersons has finally confirmed that ‘Pennyworth’ had been canceledthrough Deadline.

In the statement, he shared the following: “While HBO Max will not continue to develop any more seasons of ‘Pennyworth: The Rise of Batman’s Butler,’ we are very grateful to its creator Bruno Heller and to executive producers Matthew Patnick, Danny Cannon and John Stephens. Also to Warner Bros Television, for its brilliant and unique portrayal of the origin of Alfred Pennyworthone of the most iconic characters in the Batman universe.”

“An incredible mix of action, drama and humor has taken fans, for three seasons, on a journey into the wacky world of Alfred and the beginnings of some of the superheroes and supervillains best known.”

The cancellation of the series comes a day after the new CEO of DC, James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced their new DC Worlds organizationboth in film and on television.

Gunn announced that, from now on, the DC series will be directly linked to the cinematographic universewith the same actors interpreting their characters on the different platforms.

In addition to ‘Pennyworth’, ‘Titans’ and ‘Doom Patrol’ have also been removed. The ‘Harley Quinn’ cartoons will continue for one more season and with its Valentine’s Day special.

‘The Batman’ is available on streaming on HBO Max.