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Goodbye “50 States of Fright”: Quibi is Shutting Down After Just 7 Months
To the surprise of no one, the bite-sized streaming platform known as Quibi is officially shutting down just seven months after arriving on the scene earlier this year. For horror fans, that means the Sam Raimi-produced horror anthology series “50 States of Fright“ is no more, the show squeezing out two seasons of content before its streaming home bit the bullet.
This also means that the upcoming adaptation of Junji Ito’s Tomie from Alexandre Aja is no longer happening, though we hope it – and “50 States” – will find a home elsewhere.
Wall Street Journal has the full breakdown of the shutdown, with the site noting that “the streaming service has been plagued with problems since it launched in April, facing lower-than-expected viewership, disappointing download numbers and a lawsuit from a well-capitalized foe.” Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg made the call to investors today.
Designed as an on-the-go streaming option, with all content broken up into short “episodes” meant to be watched on your phone, Quibi certainly didn’t benefit from launching during a pandemic that left everyone stuck at home, though that can hardly be considered the sole reason for its downfall. At the end of the day, it just didn’t stand out enough to make its mark.
Other genre shows Quibi had in their roster included the just-launched “The Expecting,” directed by Mary Harron, and the Maika Monroe/Dane DeHaan-starring “The Stranger.”
Last week we learned that Steve Buscemi had joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, and Variety lets us know that Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) has also signed on.
Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.
Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…
“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.
We don’t know much about “Wednesday” Season 2 at the moment but Jenna Ortega has promised that the new season will be “bolder” and darker than the first season of the series.
“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.
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