Not even Stephen King hits a home run with every swing.
Castle Rock–the horror anthology series named after, and inspired by, the fictional Maine town featured in several of King’s stories–this week was unceremoniously dropped by Hulu after two seasons, as reported by comicbook.com.
The streamer gave no specific reason for the cancellation, but the series never seemed to get the usual “King buzz” enjoyed by so many of his adaptations. And, of course, it may just have been another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Craig Erwich, Hulu’s senior vice president of original programming, when discussing the show earlier this year following the conclusion of Season 2, said, “We have not made any further decisions on Castle Rock. People are still continuing to discover it.” Well, it looks like the decision was made, and the axe fell.
Castle Rock–created by showrunners Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason and inspired by King’s flights of imagination–debuted on Hulu in July 2018. The show combined “the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland,” according to the official description.
Over the course of its two seasons and 20 episodes, the show’s stars included Andre Holland, Melanie Lynskey, Bill Skarsgard, Jane Levy, Sissy Spacek, Lizzy Caplan, Paul Sparks and Tim Robbins.
The second season dealt with a different take on Misery–one of King’s most popular novels–and the intriguing story surrounding Annie Wilkes. Both seasons–produced by Warner Bros. Television–are currently streaming on Hulu.
Keep reading Horror News Network for details on all future Stephen King adaptations and any additional Hulu horror offerings on the horizon.
