AMC’s disappointing choices continue with the cancellation of Pantheon, the animated series based on the short fiction of Ken Liu (The Grace of Kings). The show was originally ordered for two seasons, and Deadline reports that there is a “small chance” the completed second season may wind up on another network.
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Pantheon, an hour-long show about uploaded human consciousness, starred Katie Chang as Maddie, “a bullied teen who receives mysterious help from someone online” according to AMC’s description:
The stranger is soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David (Daniel Dae Kim), whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being: an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI,” but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.
The cast also included the voices of William Hurt, Paul Dano, Taylor Schilling, Maude Apatow, Corey Stoll, and Lara Pulver.
Variety said, “The decision regarding Pantheon was made months ago, declared in a list of programming write-offs in early December of last year. The embattled network’s cost-cutting measures include $400 million for ‘strategic programming assessments’ and $75 million for ‘organizing restructuring costs,’ per an SEC filing.”
Last month, AMC also called it quits with the sci-fi series Moonhaven, despite having announced its renewal earlier in the year.
