The Society Season 2 Release Date: Why Was “the Society” Canceled?

The Society is an American mystery teen drama TV show created by Christopher Keyser. It debuted on Netflix on May 10, 2019. The Society is a story about a group of teenagers who are forced to learn how to run their own town after everyone else in it disappears.

What Was the Society Season 2 Storyline?

In 10 one-hour episodes, Season 1 of The Society covered a lot of ground. We followed a group of juniors and seniors in high school from the quiet town of West Ham, Connecticut.

They were supposed to go on a school field trip, but for unknown reasons, they were sent back to their hometown. When the teens got back home, they realized

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they were the only ones left without parents, a government, or any other clear social structures. They also find that all the roads out of town have been mysteriously blocked by forests as if their town had been dropped in the middle of nowhere.

The Society’s upcoming season 2 cast

For season 2 of The Society, the cast was set to come back. Kathryn Newton was set to play Allie again. The next season of the Netflix original series will also feature Jacques Colimon, Toby Wallace, Gideon Adlon, Sean Berdy, Alex Fitzalan, Kristine Froseth, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. Olivia Nikkanen, who plays Gwen, has been promoted to a series regular, and her character is now described as follows

Dewey, played by Seth Meriwether, shot and killed Cassandra. He was then put to death for the same crime, so it was unlikely that either of them would be in The Society season 2. But since this show tries out different universes, anything is possible in the world of the Netflix original.

Why was “The Society” canceled?

The show’s production was halted at first because of COVID-19, but it was supposed to start up again soon. Even the actors mentioned that they were getting ready to go back to work. But the COVID situation may have caused production costs to go up, which is why Netflix changed its mind.

“We’ve made the hard decision not to make second seasons of The Society,” Netflix told Deadline. “I’m not okay with this.”

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“We’re sorry to have to make these decisions, but COVID has made it so that we have to. We’re grateful to these creators, like Jonathan Entwistle, Christy Hall, Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen, and Josh Barry at 21 Laps Entertainment for I Am Not Okay With This; Chris Keyser, Marc Webb, and Pavlina Hatoupis for The Society; and all the writers, casts, and crews who worked hard to make these shows

The release date for season 2 of The Society

According to  digitalspy.com Netflix ended season two of The Society because of how COVID-19 affected the TV and movie industries.

The second season of The Society did start filming in 2019, and Deadline reported on April 2 that it would be out in “late 2020.”