Netflix has brought the curtain down on the Michelle Yeoh crime drama “The Brothers Sun” after one season.
via: Deadline
Netflix will not be proceeding with a second season of The Brothers Sun, the action comedy-drama from Glee and American Horror Story co-creator Brad Falchuk and newcomer Byron Wu.
The news comes almost two months after the eight-episode first season of the series starring Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chien, Sam Song Li, Joon Lee and Highdee Kuan was released on January 4.
The Brothers Sun launched to critical praise, with reviewers hailing Oscar winner Yeoh’s standout performance. The show spent five weeks in the Netflix Top 10 for English-language series, peaking at No. 2, but it couldn’t find a large audience. Its performance was modest by Netflix standards, with its number of weekly views staying below 7 million and slipping under 2 million for its last two weeks in the Top 10.
Described as a dark comedic drama and family soap, The Brothers Sun follows a Taipei gangster, Charles Sun (Chien), who’s settled into his life as a ruthless killer. But when his father is shot by a mysterious assassin, Charles must go to L.A. to protect his mother (Yeoh) and utterly unaware younger brother Bruce (Li).
Co-creator Falchuk served as showrunner and executive produced alongside co-creator Wu, director Kevin Tancharoen and Mikkel Bondesen.
Falchuk remains in business with Netflix through his overall deal at the streamer.
In other news, The Brothers Sun star Justin Chien has spoken out following Netflix’s decision not to proceed with a second season of the action comedy-drama.
In an Instagram story, Chien reposted Deadline’s story that broke the news of the cancellation and reactions from the series’ casting director Jenny Jue and Kode Abdo, along with his own message to fans.
Noting that he would “take some time to digest the news,” Chien thanked fans of The Brothers Sun “from the bottom of my heart for your love and support for the show.”
“Thank you for riding with us on this labor of love,” he also wrote. “Your love made all of our collective work, sacrifices, and heartache, worth it.”
In her message, reposted by Chien, Jue wrote, “I’m incredibly proud of the show we made. Thank you to the fans who love it as much as we do.”
This is why people who subscribe to Netflix always side-eyes the streaming service, because as soon as people get interested in a show that's actually good, they're quick to cancel popular shows featuring diverse a cast.
Since Netflix isn't interested in giving shows time to find an audience (maybe they need to change up their way of releasing shows. Instead of dropping a whole season all at once why not go the weekly route with their shows?), I hope they can shop the series to another network.
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