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American TV executive David W. Zucker, CCO at Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, says he’s still saddened by HBO Max’s abrupt cancellation of the sci-fi series “Raised by Wolves”.
Zucker has built a long list of TV series during his time with Scott Free, including shows like “The Good Wife,” “Alien: Earth,” “The Man in the High Castle,” and “The Terror”.
“Raised by Wolves” was on that list, a sci-fi saga set on the distant planet of Kepler-22b in the wake of Earth’s destruction from a great war. A pair of androids escape with a dozen human embryos with the goal to raise them in a logic-based lifestyle. They find their lives threatened by the arrival of the religious order known as the Mithraic.
Critics reviews improved from the first to second seasons and ratings were solid, yet the show was abruptly scrapped after two seasons.
In an interview with ScreenRant, Zucker revealed that the studio was actually “ready to do” the next season of the show.
Then came the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. which saw “David Zaslav [come] in” and the show being “set aside” by the streamer.
‘Wolves’ was one of a number of series scrapped in the wake of the WBD merger with “Westworld” also being cut short.
Despite the cancellation, Zucker hopes that “we would be able to bring Raised by Wolves back…I keep hoping that [show] might have another day.”
Zucker has plenty of other sci-fi TV to keep him occupied with a second season of “Alien: Earth” and “Blade Runner 2099” on the way.
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