Watch a Trailer For Scavengers Reign Season 2, Which May Now Never Happen

In a recent Instagram post, Scavengers Reign co-creator Joseph Bennett confirmed the bid isn’t returning for a 2nd play astatine Max oregon Netflix–and shared a teaser trailer for what could’ve been, twisting the knife, somewhat. Have a look:

Though quality of the series’ cancellation astatine Max was announced past May, it migrated to Netflix with hopes for a renewal. No dice, unfortunately. According to Bennett successful his post, “As of close now, Scavengers Reign is not being renewed for a 2nd season. I wanted to fto everyone cognize straight due to the fact that I truly emotion our fanbase, they’ve been specified champions for the show, and I don’t privation to permission everyone hanging. We’ve had to combat bony and nail each measurement of the mode to get this amusement made, starting each the mode backmost successful 2016 with the Scavengers abbreviated movie to the merchandise of the archetypal play past year. It’s a lawsuit survey for believing successful thing and persevering done a cardinal and 1 hurdles. But, it got made, acknowledgment particularly to truthful galore radical who supported it on the way, successful large and tiny ways.”

The series, which premiered successful October of 2023, acrophobic the survivors of an interstellar cargo vessel marooned connected the aboveground of Vesta, an alien satellite teeming with unusual and often deadly flora and fauna. Think Lost successful Space by mode of Nausicaa, Fantastic Planet and the Cobra-La segments from the archetypal animated G.I. Joe movie.

It was truly cool, if you haven’t seen it. And judging by the trailer above, play 2 would’ve revealed much corners of Vesta, including a taxon of flesh-rending flying monkeys, immoderate absurdly analyzable fruit, and megafauna our heroes’ larn to internally puppeteer by pulling connected the mediocre creature’s organs (personally, that past portion is grosser to maine than thing successful the past Terrifier movie, but your mileage volition vary).

However, anticipation springs eternal. As Bennett says successful his post, “…this is not the end. There is much communicative to beryllium told, we are acceptable to marque different season, and we produced in-house astatine Green Street a teaser for what was going to travel successful the 2nd season.” Consider the supra a transportation task for aboriginal investors oregon streaming services with an itch for sci-fi (Apple TV+?) , and 1 we’re perfectly gladsome to share. Come what may, Bennet concludes, “Thanks again to everyone who watched and supported the show.” Fingers crossed.

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