Top Stories

The Outsider | Entertainment News, Photos, and Videos

'The Outsider' Cancelled at HBO, Show Being Shopped Elsewhere

HBO’s The Outsider has been cancelled and the network will not pursue a second season.

However, there is some hopeful news for fans of the show. MRC, the studio behind season one, will be shopping a second season to other networks and streaming services, Variety reports.

“We enjoyed our collaboration with Richard, Jason, Andrew, and the MRC team, and we wish them well in continuing the world created by the brilliant Stephen King,” an HBO spokesperson said about the cancellation.

There have been a lot of shows cancelled throughout the entirety of 2020 and Netflix especially has been cancelling left and right. Find out which shows have been recently cancelled by Netflix in the past few months.

ARE YOU UPSET by the cancellation of The Outsider?

HBO Debuts Trailer for New Series 'The Outsider,' Starring Jason Bateman!

Jason Bateman is continuing his successful run on television with a new series titled The Outsider and HBO just debuted the official trailer!

The 50-year-old actor most recently starred on the Netflix series Ozark and he also was part of the ensemble cast of Arrested Development.

Now, Jason has teamed up with Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo for the new HBO series.

The 10-episode series follows police detective Ralph Anderson (Mendelsohn), as he sets out to investigate the mutilated body of 11-year-old Frankie Peterson found in the Georgia woods. The mysterious circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will help explain the unexplainable.