Although theres no official word from Cinemax, it appears unlikely the Clive Owen-starring medical drama will return for a third season, according to This Is Us star Chris Sullivan, who played The Knicks gruff ambulance driver Tom Cleary.
Yeah, Ive heard its done, Sullivan told TVLine on the PaleyFest red carpet. They were gonna try [to do a third season], but Ive heard its done.
The network did order a script for a possible Season 3 premiere, and Soderbergh even said last July he was still planning to do a third season. But with the last episode airing way back in December 2015 and cast members like Sullivan moving on to new projects, it seems safe to say The Knick is headed for the TV morgue.
Sullivan now stars as Kates boyfriend Toby on NBCs hit family drama This Is Us, and he looks and sounds so different clean-shaven, no Irish accent that even The Knick fans dont recognize him. But he still credits the Cinemax drama with kick-starting his acting career: I was very proud of that show. And everything Ive done since then is directly because of that show. So Im very thankful to Steven Soderbergh and the whole crew.
This sucks, but then it makes the last episode a hell of a series finale!
I'm not the least bit surprised Cinemax isn't moving forward with The Knick, given their new "more cost effective, high octane, co-productions" directive, but I will be baffled if the show doesn't jump over to HBO. It's quite a bit better than any of their current homegrown dramas and it's cheap to produce by HBO standards. They'd be foolish to let this one slip through their fingers.
I hope that's the case. The setting of the show is too good to be wastedI'm not the least bit surprised Cinemax isn't moving forward with The Knick, given their new "more cost effective, high octane, co-productions" directive, but I will be baffled if the show doesn't jump over to HBO. It's quite a bit better than any of their current homegrown dramas and it's cheap to produce by HBO standards. They'd be foolish to let this one slip through their fingers.
They were planning on rebooting the show with a new cast and storyline if it was renewed, iirc.
I'm not the least bit surprised Cinemax isn't moving forward with The Knick, given their new "more cost effective, high octane, co-productions" directive, but I will be baffled if the show doesn't jump over to HBO. It's quite a bit better than any of their current homegrown dramas and it's cheap to produce by HBO standards. They'd be foolish to let this one slip through their fingers.
Cinemax has made it official Steven Soderberghs The Knick will not produce more seasons beyond the two that already had aired. Clive Owen, who starred in the first two seasons, had said that he was done, though the network had left the door slightly open for another installment with a new lead actor. Cinemax will now focus completely on its re-callibtated identity as home of high-octane action dramas, most of them international co-productions. Here is the statement by Cinemaxs programming chief Kary Antholis:
After a critically acclaimed two-season run of THE KNICK on Cinemax, we will not be going forward with additional episodes of the series, said Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming. Despite our pride in and affection for the series, as well as our respect for and gratitude towards Steven Soderbergh and his team, we have decided to return Cinemax to its original primetime series fare of high-octane action dramas, many of which will be internationally co-produced.
It couldn't have ended on a better note. It's perfect as it is.
Soderberg did a AMA recently and he gave some details on what S3 would've been like. Set in 1947, shot in black and white, and in anamorphic widescreen.
http://collider.com/the-knick-seaso...utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=collidersocial
oh my god
ughhhh that sounds too cool
why did HBO not pick this up
Why this show didn't air on HBO in the first place will forever baffle me. I would have been way IN on that season 3.
Black and white? The fuh.Soderberg did a AMA recently and he gave some details on what S3 would've been like. Set in 1947, shot in black and white, and in anamorphic widescreen.
http://collider.com/the-knick-season...collidersocial
This show was pitched at a time when HBO had more heavy hitters on, and they felt they couldn't find a place to put it on their schedule. Though I'm sure many of the execs at HBO were kicking themselves for not picking it up, especially when they banked so much on shows like Vinyl becoming a hit.
FuckSoderberg did a AMA recently and he gave some details on what S3 would've been like. Set in 1947, shot in black and white, and in anamorphic widescreen.
http://collider.com/the-knick-seaso...utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=collidersocial
Soderberg did a AMA recently and he gave some details on what S3 would've been like. Set in 1947, shot in black and white, and in anamorphic widescreen.
http://collider.com/the-knick-seaso...utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=collidersocial
Yes, I believe it was also at a time where HBO believed in it's rigid and lengthy development process and Soderbergh came to them with a fast action plan to get the thing on the air very quickly. HBO balked at that, but thought they could indulge Soderbergh's desires via Cinemax.
Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but I've firmly believe that on HBO Sunday night this would have pulled in decent ratings and been an Emmy darling.
I would want to know what happened to Algernon, though