Netflix canceled the series after the first season and without giving reasons. The Boroughs: rebel retirement, which premiered in May and was among the ten most viewed.
Less than a month after The Boroughs: Rebel Retirement was released, Netflix canceled the series, even though it managed to be among the ten most viewed on the platform.
The series shows a retirement community that seems perfect, a group of unconventional heroes who must prevent an otherworldly (alien) threat from stealing the only thing they don’t have: time, notes Netflix.
Sam Cooper, a newcomer to the New Mexico desert community, finds something suffocating. Everything changes when he sees a nocturnal event, which shows the presence of something monstrous among its inhabitants, describes Sensacine.
When he goes to tell the authorities, they don’t believe him, and he decides to join a group of marginalized neighbors. Together, they must discover the dark secret hidden in the community before it is too late.
The series stars Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman, Clarke Peters, Denis O’hare and Geena Davis. And the creators are Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews.
Geena Davis, protagonist of the series and also known for Beetlejuicehe told the newspaper The Hollywood Reporter, that she felt very “disappointed” and that she had found out from the creators of Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer. “I really don’t know what happened.”
“Luckily, the producers, who over time became great friends, notified us before the news became public,” he said, commenting that they did not receive any explanation.
The actress commented that she had found her role as Renee, a former music manager who lives in a nursing home, perfect for her, but the series was cancelled.