Tokyo Vice Canceled at Max But Has ‘More Story to Tell,’ Says EPs
The acclaimed second season of the Ansel Elgort-led will be its last. Though Tokyo Vice has been canceled after only two seasons at Max, the executive producers behind the hit crime drama still have “more story to tell,” but it won’t be happening anytime soon.
Max original programming chief Sarah Aubrey, Tokyo Vice creator and executive producer J.T. Rogers, and director and executive producer Alan Poul confirmed the cancellation during Saturday’s Produced By conference in Los Angeles.
While it’s an unforeseen announcement considering the show has been well-received by critics and viewers alike, the cancellation has been a mutual decision in order to build a clear conclusion to Tokyo Vice’s story.
Ending Tokyo Vice with only two seasons has always been what the executive producers have envisioned, though that doesn’t mean they won’t be working on another Tokyo Vice story in the future — only if the opportunity allows. Rogers and Poul, in a joint statement (viaVariety), revealed that while it’s the end of Tokyo Vice’s story in Max, they are leaning on “what the future holds” for the crime drama.
“Over the last five years Max has made sure we got to tell our story. They have supported us through thick and thin. Not only did they give us these two seasons, they said yes when we asked to end season one with a series of cliffhangers, and they said yes when we asked for two extra episodes so we could land the plane in the way J.T. had always envisioned. We’re grateful not only to Max, but to our partners Fifth Season, who sold the show around the world, and made it a global success story. They were in the trenches with us always, guaranteeing that we could make the show we wanted to make,” the statement reads.
It added, “The response from both the press and from fans, in particular to Season 2, has been overwhelming. It’s been thrilling to find out how deeply viewers have engaged with our characters, and to hear how they are clamoring for more. We know there is more
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