BBC show with huge Hollywood star cancelled after just two series Mia O'Hare, 6/11/2024 A BBC series, Tokyo Vice, has been cancelled after two seasons despite receiving rave reviews and a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The drama, based on journalist Jake Adelstein's account of the Japanese capital's police beat, starred Hollywood actor Ansel Elgort. The cancellation reason remains unknown, but it could be related to strategy changes at streaming platform Max. A BBC series has been cancelled after just two series and rave reviews.
Tokyo Vice has been axed despite the programme receiving a staggering 92 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The drama was based on US journalist Jake Adelstein and his account of the police beat in the Japanese capital. It starred Hollywood actor Ansel Elgort in the leading role.
He is known for hit thriller Baby Driver, in which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for. Tokyo Vice aired on BBC One and was originally a book that was released in 2009. The first series aired on HBO Max in 2022 while its second season went onto streaming platform Max.
It followed character Jake, an American who moved to Tokyo. He eventually delved into the corruption in the city's underworld where no one he met was who they seemed. Ansel starred alongside Japanese actor Ken Watanabe as Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organised crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Fargo actress Rachel Keller played Samantha Porter, an American living in Tokyo working as a hostess. Rotten Tomato critics said of the first season: "Tokyo Vice's protagonist is its least interesting element, but the intrigue of Japan's underworld and the verisimilitude of its setting make for a seductive slice of neo-noir."
They rated the second series 93% and said: "Fully settled into its dense cast of compelling characters and rich milieu, Tokyo Vice's sophomore season is a riveting crime chronicle." A reason hasn't been given for Tokyo Vice's axe, however The Hollywood Reporter have suggested it could be to do with Max's strategy to revise their TV show slate.
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