Netflix cancels 'Cursed' after one season

Netflix has canceled the fantasy series 'Cursed', which was based on a key character from the King Arthur legend, after one season. The cast has been released to pursue other opportunities.

Los Angeles: 

Netflix has canceled the fantasy series 'Cursed', which was based on a key character from the King Arthur Legend, after one season. The cast has been released to pursue other opportunities.

According to Deadline, b

ased on Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler’s illustrated book, Cursed was a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend as told through the eyes of the young woman, played by Katherine Langford, who would become the Lady of the Lake. Cursed, whose first season was released on July 17 last year, explored such themes as obliteration of the natural world, religious zeal and oppression, senseless war and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.

The cancellation comes only one week after Netflix pulled the plug on four of its comedy series, 'The Crew', 'Country Comfort', 'Mr. Iglesias', and 'Bonding'. Last month, Netflix canceled its superhero show 'Jupiter's Legacy', an adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's comic series of the same name, after only one season. The fantasy drama starred 13 Reasons Why‘s Katherine Langford as Nimue, Devon Terrell as Arthur, Gustaf Skarsgard as Merlin, Daniel Sharman as Lancelot, Sebastian Armesto as King Uther, Lily Newmark as Pym, Peter Mullan as Father Carden, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Morgana, Bella Dayne as Red Spear and Matt Stokoe as Gawain

As per Deadline, 'Cursed' had Wheeler at the helm as show-runner and executive producing it alongside Miller. 

ANI