Created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner, Scavengers Reign is an adult animated series about a crew who crash land on a strange and beautiful, but inherently dangerous, planet. While stranded there, they take measures to survive and find each other. But out in the elements of the alien wilderness, they each uncover both the stunning, vibrant mysteries the world has to offer as well as the dangerous, more malevolent forces of nature.
The series first premiered on Max in 2023 before being cancelled and moving to Netflix, where the team hoped they'd find a chance of a renewal. However, after many months on Netflix, the streamer has finally decided to pull the plug. Nowadays, moving to Netflix in hope of a renewal is a precarious move — Netflix can hardly keep many of its own shows on air for longer than a season, let alone someone else's.
"As of right now, Scavengers Reign is not being renewed for a second season," creator Joseph Bennett wrote on his Instagram. "I wanted to let everyone know directly because I really love our fanbase, they’ve been such champions for the show, and I don’t want to leave everyone hanging."
He went on to explain that the team has been hard at work fighting for their show behind the scenes. Not only for a season 2 renewal, but for it to get made altogether. "We’ve had to fight tooth and nail every step of the way to get this show made, starting all the way back in 2016 with the Scavengers short film to the release of the first season last year," he wrote.
There was still so much story left to be told. Bennett wants fans to know that, and he's even showed off a teaser the team made for season 2. "But this is not the end," he concluded. "There is more story to be told, we are ready to make another season, and we produced in-house at Green Street a teaser for what was going to come in the second season." Check out the teaser below:
Personally, I'm deeply saddened by the cancellation. I've been rooting for Scavengers Reign since I first watched it on Netflix earlier this year. There's something incredibly unique about it. The story is captivating and the animation is wonderful, but what made the show so special was its use of atmosphere; you never quite knew what creative, quirky denizen of this unforgiving alien world would pop up next. Moreover, the score by Nicolas Snyder was masterful.
Season 1 of Scavengers Reign is still streaming on Netflix.
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