The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself has been swiftly dispatched to cancellation hell by Netflix, but could the YA fantasy drama remerge elsewhere for Season 2?
Very bad news for fans, as series creator Joe Barton suggests there’s zero hope of a second season at another outlet, noting his sorrow in “not being able to finish the story”:
Sadly, yes, Netflix have cancelled this. Very proud of it and really liked the people I got to make it with. Sorry not to be able to finish the story…
Sadly, yes, Netflix have cancelled this. Very proud of it and really liked the people I got to make it with. Sorry not to be able to finish the story… https://t.co/HUGi13R6Ow
— Joe Barton (@JoeBarton_) December 9, 2022
The cast included Jay Lycurgo (Titans, The Batman, I May Destroy You), Nadia Parkes (Domina, Starstruck) and Emilien Vekemans (Transferts). They are joined by an exciting mixture of new and familiar faces including Isobel Jesper Jones, Paul Ready (Motherland, The Terror), David Gyasi (Carnival Row, Troy: Fall of a City), Kerry Fox (Conversations with Friends, Last Tango in Halifax) and Liz White (Unforgotten, Brexit: The Uncivil War), Karen Connell (Vikings), Fehinti Balogun (I May Destroy You, Dune), Misia Butler (Kiss Me First) and Roísín Murphy.