Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Amazon Prime Video cancels The Man in the High Castle, upcoming 4th season will be its last.


Amazon Prime Video has cancelled its historical science fiction drama series, The Man in the High Castle, with the upcoming fourth season that will be its last.

The final season is currently being filmed in Vancouver and will wrap next month. 

The Man in the High Castle, based on Philip K. Dick's 1962 novel, depicted an alternate Earth history where Germany and the Nazis won the Second World War and ruled the larger part of what used to be the United States.

"We are incredibly proud of all of the hard work from the massively talented executive producers, cast, crew, and everyone who has worked on The Man in the High Castle over the years," says Jennifer Salke, Amazon Studios boss, in a statement.

"With production ongoing on our fourth and final season, we can't wait for fans to see how this final chapter in the story unfolds."

"The Man in the High Castle helped define Amazon Prime Video in the genre space and we are grateful and excited that we’ll continue to be in business with Isa and Electric Shepherd Productions for future Philip K. Dick adaptations."

Isa Dick Hackett, executive producer, says "It has been a great privilege to work alongside our extraordinary High Castle team, in partnership with David Zucker and Scott Free, to bring my father's classic novel to life, particularly during this tumultuous period in our real world".

"I believe fans will be thrilled and satisfied by the epic conclusion we have in store for them. I am very grateful for the ongoing support from Amazon as we produce this final season, and look forward to building on this extremely successful partnership."

David Zucker, executive producer, says "The undertaking of High Castle has been simply extraordinary from the start: the seven years it took to land an ideal home at Amazon - the behind-the-scenes artistry which has been as awe-inspiring to experience as hopefully the work on-screen so powerfully delivered - and an audience whose high standard to meet was our unyielding goal".

In the fourth and final season, The Man in the High Castle will be rocked by war and revolution.

The Resistance becomes a full-blown rebellion, driven by Juliana Crain's (Alexa Davalos) visions of a better world. A new Black insurgent movement emerges to fight the forces of Nazism and imperialism.

As empires teeter, Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido (Joel De La Fuente) will find himself torn between his duty to his country and the bonds of family. Meanwhile, Reichsmarschall John Smith (Rufus Sewell) will be drawn towards the portal the Nazis have built to another universe, and the tantalizing possibility of stepping through a gateway to the path not taken.