Our Flag Means Death star Rhys Darby has responded to the present’s stunning cancellation, two years after it was initially introduced. Our Flag Means Dying was greater than a interval sitcom. It was a swashbuckling romance and a narrative of unlikely friendships, one that also resonates with audiences immediately.
When HBO Max introduced it would not be shifting ahead with an already deliberate third season, there was an outpouring of help from the fanbase, who subsequently launched a marketing campaign to assist save the sequence. Within the aftermath, creator David Jenkins introduced that the present had been shopped round to different potential distributors, however Our Flag Means Death was sadly unable to find a new home.
Rhys Darby, who portrayed the awkward but endearing land-owner-turned-sort-of-pirate Stede Bonnet, has now shared his emotions on Our Flag Means Death‘s baffling cancellation as soon as extra. Throughout ScreenRant’s interview with Darby on the TIFF pink carpet for Little Lorraine, the actor revealed that he is nonetheless “in shock” over HBO’s resolution.
ScreenRant: I really feel like all people brings up Our Flag Means Dying to you as a result of folks need it to come back again so badly. But it surely must be wonderful how a lot folks nonetheless love that present.
Rhys Darby: I am unable to consider it. I do know it is a good present, and I understand how vital it’s and the way fantastic it was to make and the way actual it felt and the way passionate all of us had been to carry it to life. We lived it, and we actually treasured it. I suppose whenever you do one thing like that, the result’s that folks actually, actually find it irresistible.
None of us phoned something in, and I believe I am nonetheless in shock that it is over. Regardless that [it’s] been two years now, I hold it out of my head as a result of once I begin to consider it, I am like, “Why did that get canceled?!” It simply is mindless. It brings a lot pleasure to the world. So, I attempt to not give it some thought, to be trustworthy with you.
Darby additionally acknowledged that the possibilities of one other streamer choosing up the present had been slim, however that he was “able to do the rest to make folks snigger and make them smile.”
ScreenRant: To not simply ask one other query about it, however do you suppose there’s a probability a streamer or one thing might are available?
Rhys Darby: No. No. And that is simply what’s incorrect with the world. Why are we not doing that good present and making lots of people glad? Look, I am right here able to do the rest to make folks snigger and make them smile. Deliver some kindness to the planet. So, give me a name. We should not be simply rotating the identical sort of concepts, and that is all I am going to say on the matter.
ScreenRant: Except we’re doing one other Jumanji.
Rhys Darby: Yeah! I imply, hey, that might be good. I imply, huge blockbuster household motion movies? There usually are not a lot of them, so I believe if there may be one other one, that’d be a very good factor.
If any followers had been nonetheless holding out hope for a revival, plainly door has formally been closed. If no different streamers are prepared to choose up the present, regardless of the main stars and the followers’ continued love for the characters, there’s little that may be performed. Clearly, there’s been no new motion on the sequence, not since David Jenkins introduced on Instagram in March 2024 that the present had “reached the top of the highway.”
That does not make Our Flag Means Dying‘s cancellation any much less irritating, although, even now, particularly contemplating Jenkins had advised Inverse in 2023 that there was a plan for the present to be a “trilogy,” bringing the story to a extra pure conclusion. “It’s the story of affection in youth, love in much less youth, and love in even much less youth,” Jenkins mentioned. “Simply since you’re not emotionally in your 20s doesn’t imply the love story stops.”
Our Take On Our Flag Means Dying’s Cancellation, Two Years Later
On this age of infinite remakes and reboots, it is even sadder when one thing really unique, humorous, and beloved comes alongside, solely to be canceled earlier than the story can finish on the creators’ phrases. Our Flag Means Dying is much from the one streaming present to be axed prematurely, however it would possibly simply be the one which hurts essentially the most.
Although the present’s unplanned ending left loads of plot threads unresolved, not less than, on some stage, followers know that Stede and Ed are nonetheless collectively, embarking on a brand new journey as innkeepers. That is one thing to carry on to. Think about if Our Flag Means Dying had been canceled after season 1’s cliffhanger, as an alternative?
Our Flag Means Death
- Launch Date
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2022 – 2023-00-00
- Showrunner
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David Jenkins
- Writers
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Eliza Jiménez Cossio, Zayre Ferrer, David Jenkins
