Report: DC’s ‘Constantine’ Formally Canceled at NBC

[luis4u]

http://screencrush.com/nbc-constantine-canceled-rumor-season-2/

 

[Man in the Suit]

Duh. It was cancelled when NBC stopped production last year.

 

[famicommander]

"Formally" is the key word here. It was likely to be cancelled by week two, and NBC stopping production and canning the back up scripts they ordered were the nail in the coffin.

Sad to see it go, but anyone surprised by this either wasn't paying attention or doesn't know how network television works.

 

[Jason Kane]

**** broadcast tv! **** it!!!

EDIT: Having just looked at Cerone's twitter, the meeting with NBC for S2 pitching is still in effect until we hear from him and the network according to the April 6th tweet. So, SlashFilm and BuzzFeed's report (or lack thereof) are false until proven otherwise

 

[Rowsdower!]

RIP Constantine (and the Constantine forums, I assume).

It's a shame... the show itself was a tad too formulaic and the side characters weren't very good but I loved Matt Ryan as Constantine. It's a shame the show relied on his performance to elevate the material rather than giving him great material to work with.

 

[rashad]

Constantine: Daniel Cerone Clarifies That Series Is Not Canceled

I just received confirmation from the corporate offices at NBC. I was assured that Constantine has not been canceled and our pitch meeting to discuss a potential second season remains on the books. By the way, this is a pitch meeting involving the president of Warner Bros and and the entertainment heads of NBC. Nobody at this incredibly busy time of the development season has time to waste taking pointless meetings.

Now, is it fair to say that Constantine is a long shot? Sure, that's fair to say. While we marginally improved a tough time slot for NBC, we're a very expensive show to produce. A lot of NBC's decision making will not doubt hinge on their new pilots and how they feel those new shows would fare as a companion piece to Grimm, versus a second season of Constantine.

 

[Jason Kane]

Constantine: Daniel Cerone Clarifies That Series Is Not Canceled

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So, in the meantime wait for a NBC press release (or Cerone's statements) before listening to 2nd hand opinions. Opinions like TVBTN's which SlashFilm and Buzzfed look to as facts is pathetic. Screen Crush, too since they printed an article slagging the show four months ago

 

[Fallen Angel]

No trades have reported this crap.

 

[Jason Kane]

No trades have reported this crap.

Exactly. This is hand me down opinions knicked from TVBTN (who have a hard on for the show's fate since the end of October)

 

[Man in the Suit]

Why does Cerone keep leading the fans on like that? I've followed TV production news for a while now and when a new show that didn't have a 13 episode or more series order doesn't get a back 9, it's very much cancelled.

Networks don't really announce cancellations through press releases. They just happen.

Sorry. I'm just being realistic.

 

[Jason Kane]

Why does Cerone keep leading the fans on like that? I've followed TV production news for a while now and when a new show that didn't have a 13 episode or more series order doesn't get a back 9, it's very much cancelled.

Networks don't really announce cancellations through press releases. They just happen.

Sorry. I'm just being realistic.

Not all the time though otherwise we'd see ABC and FOX playing the waiting game with Selfie or Red Band Society leaving fans of those two on pins and needles

 

[Sawyer]

Oh look. Luis made a thread.

 

[KillerWolf]

RIP Constantine (and the Constantine forums, I assume).

It's a shame... the show itself was a tad too formulaic and the side characters weren't very good but I loved Matt Ryan as Constantine. It's a shame the show relied on his performance to elevate the material rather than giving him great material to work with.

Nicely put.

Though I must add that the source material for some episodes is great.

Constantine: Daniel Cerone Clarifies That Series Is Not Canceled

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So we should play the "wait and see" game now, right?

 

[Jason Kane]

Nicely put.

Though I must add that the source material for some episodes is great.



So we should play the "wait and see" game now, right?

Yes. Something SlashFilm and BuzzFeed should do as well instead of being halfcocked.

 

[Teelie]

It isn't official yet but to everyone else it seems they already decided it has been, especially the fandom who is determined to see the show cancelled.

Until someone who has real authority and knowledge says it is cancelled I'm going to assume it's on the bubble and may get renewed as much as it may get cancelled.

 

[Grimmfreak]

There has been speculation/rumors Constantine may move to Syfy channel as well. I think and hope NBC wants to keep it in some form.

 

[SuperBatman]

I'd actually be fine if it moved to SyFy.

 

[famicommander]

There has never been any indication it was under consideration at SyFy. That was just a rumor some delusional fan online came up with. The official SyFy channel twitter account flat out said they had never had any talks about picking up the show; they just aired a few re-runs one weekend like TNT has done with iZombie.

 

[Jason Kane]

There has never been any indication it was under consideration at SyFy. That was just a rumor some delusional fan online came up with. The official SyFy channel twitter account flat out said they had never had any talks about picking up the show; they just aired a few re-runs one weekend like TNT has done with iZombie.

Not yet anyway

 

[Teelie]

There is always hope of that though I'd much rather it show up on NetFlix that will never happen.

 

[Jason Kane]

There is always hope of that though I'd much rather it show up on NetFlix that will never happen.

Yeah. I knew Netflix would be out of the question the moment Marvel laid claim to it. To counter it, Hulu or Amazon Prime my do the trick

 

[Teelie]

It is all that much worse having seen how excellent Daredevil is and knowing we'll never get Constantine to have that kind of quality on network television.

 

[nightwalker]

Hasn't there been talk about SyFy picking up Constantine and renaming it Hellblazer and continuing the story?
There could still be hope.

 

[Jason Kane]

It is all that much worse having seen how excellent Daredevil is and knowing we'll never get Constantine to have that kind of quality on network television.

Same w/ iZombie. Both should benefit anywhere but the dying Broadcast TV but alas a certain CCO wouldn't understand if it bit him on the bollocks

 

[nightwalker]

Same w/ iZombie. Both should benefit anywhere but the dying Broadcast TV but alas a certain CCO wouldn't understand if it bit him on the bollocks

It takes a while for exec's to understand the changing technologies and attitudes, unless it makes them a lot of money.
What Netflix did with Daredevil was awesome and it was something that they couldn't do on regular broadcasting.