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Netflix renews The Sandman, but cancels Fate: The Winx Saga
Netflix has decided the fate of two platform flagships. While he finally renewed The Sandman for a new chapter, he on the other hand penalized audiences fond of the magical world of Fate: The Winx Saga, by canceling the TV series and ending it in the second season. But are these two decisions related?
Deciding the fate of a story is not easy, but for Netflix it is now daily bread. The streaming giant is now used to making clumsy decisions, as it recently demonstrated by canceling Fate: The Winx Saga and ending it in the second season. In return, he renewed The Sandman for a second season. The television series which tells the adventures of Morpheus had divided the public and the critics from the first episodes and its fate remained unresolved for several months after its release.
Yet shortly after the announcement of the cancellation of the Winx TV series, Netflix may have tried to pamper another slice of the public, confirming the renewal of The Sandman. But is there a link between these two television series and Netflix’s decision to cancel one in favor of another?
The Sandman renewed, Fate: The Winx Saga canceled: how these two choices are linked
A connection, however subtle, is there. And it seems it’s all down to cost. According to a report by Deadline, it appears the streaming giant has committed up to $15 million per episode for The Sandman making of. Considering that the first season consists of 11 episodes, a total budget of around $165 million was needed to make them. A very important figure for a television series in its infancy and which, in recent months, would have fueled certain rumors. In fact, many were convinced that Netflix would not renew The Sandman precisely because of its high costs.
But, surprisingly and some time after its launch on the platform, the television series based on Neil Gaiman’s comics was given the green light for a new cycle of episodes. By contrast, Fate: The Winx Saga is said to have suffered the backlash, and the motivation appears to have equally economic origins. Netflix made an awkward decision, as the second season failed to live up to expectations. While the first season topped the Top 10 for weeks, the second season couldn’t take that into account. But it’s also true that stable fans have followed the adventures of Bloom and her fairy friends with passion, bringing the charm of the magical world to social media with memes and musings.
So why would Netflix decide to punish it, with a surprise cancellation? The most likely reason is that even this TV series – given the magical component and therefore the special effects – had costs too high to be justified with below average figures. Considered an expensive product to manufacture, Netflix may have decided to put a stop to it. But the question in this case comes almost immediately: Has Fate: The Winx Saga been canceled to allow The Sandman to move forward? Since these are two expensive products for the platform, this could be a legitimate reasoning. At the moment, however, we don’t know the answer. Just as we don’t know the real reason why Netflix shut down Altea School.