Summary
- Snowpiercer season 4 was canceled in January, and the show searching for a new home.
- Producers hope to find a buyer for all four seasons.
- Producer Marty Adelstein reveals that all episodes of Snowpiercer season 4 are already filmed.
Snowpiercer season 4 was surprisingly canceled.
In an interview with Deadline, producer Marty Adelstein gave an update on some of the shows he's involved in, including Snowpiercer season 4. Adelstein states that the show's last episodes are already filmed and the hope is that they'll find a new home for all four seasons. His quote, in which he also touches on Showtime's canceled Let The Right One In, is included below:
Ten Year Old Tom is doing really well this year, I think the numbers are up, what 10 or 20%. Physical has popped 20% and us doing really well on Apple. Snowpiercer we have Season 4 in the can, which hasn’t been seen yet. We’re talking to a number of buyers about buying the first three seasons and also Season 4 which is probably our best season; we’re in the middle of that. Let the Right One In got caught up in the whole turnover from Showtime; we’re trying to place it elsewhere.
Why Snowpiercer Was Canceled (& Why There Still Could Be Hope)
After Snowpiercer's season 3 ending, the decision to cancel Snowpiercer was influenced not only by WBD's tax write-offs for removing content. TNT, as a network, has made moves to shift away from scripted series. At one point, Snowpiercer season 4 was intended to be TNT's final scripted program. So, the cancelation was part of a larger corporate strategy that included the removal of many movies and shows. But it was also reflective of TNT's change in programming objectives.
At the time, Adelstein was among the Snowpiercer's team to respond to the cancelation. Along with fellow producer Becky Clements, Adelstein said in part: “We love Snowpiercer and believe season four completes a story with incredible talent that will entertain viewers while exploring issues of climate change and class warfare.” It was reported that Tomorrow Studios, one of the production companies behind the series, had bought back the rights to the entire series so it could shop the full library to other platforms that may be interested.
One of the shocking WBD cancelations was Westworld, though that eventually found a home in free streaming services with ads like Tubi and Roku. The hope is that Snowpiercer will end up at a similar place, at least so that the already-filmed final outing can be enjoyed and potentially get discovered by a whole new audience. It's the kind of high-concept drama and a familiar franchise name that should be able to draw interest.
Source: Deadline