While Scott’s Scott Free Productions thrives in film, they still feel the pain of the premature ending of Raised By Wolves by HBO.
In 2022, after two seasons, HBO canceled Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series Raised By Wolves. The show was created by Aaron Guzikowski, Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker. HBO would release a statement saying, “While we are not proceeding with a third season of Raised by Wolves, we are beyond grateful to the stellar cast and crew, our creators Aaron Guzikowski, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, and the entire team at Scott Free Productions, for their beautiful artistry and unique ability to immerse fans into the world of Kepler-22b.”
The Hollywood Reporter recently caught up with Ridley Scott’s studio team as they speak on his Scott Free company’s projects as well as his upcoming epic Gladiator II. When asked about the decision for HBO to cancel Raised By Wolves, they admitted that the news had been particularly heartbreaking as they felt that the series was just about to realize its potential. Clayton Krueger, the president of the TV division at Scott Free explained,
It was deeply frustrating. We really were creatively positioned to start up. We had broken the season, we had the team together. We felt like the show really found its footing.”
The series centered around two androids, Mother (Amanda Collin) and Father (Abubaker Salim), who are tasked with raising human children on an alien world after the Earth was destroyed by a great war between militant atheists and a religious order known as the Mithraic. With the new colony in danger of being torn apart by religious differences, the androids learn that controlling the beliefs of humans is a treacherous and difficult task.
Back in 2022, Raised By Wolves star Abubakar Salim shared the news on Twitter while asking for the show to be picked up by another network or platform. “It’s not surprising, especially after the news of the mergers and what is happening at Warner [Bros. Discovery, which owns HBO Max], that a lot of shows are not having their stories finished. And unfortunately, one of those shows is Raised by Wolves,” Salim said. “Nothing has been publicly shared yet. And there is a reason for that. An important one. One which I’m here to share with you now. There is hope.”
Not only would the show not find a way to continue on another platform, but HBO would remove the show from the Max streaming app in yet another cost-cutting measure from Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Once these shows are taken off the streaming platform, they’ll be put together in a package that will be licensed to FAST (free ad-supported television) channels.
