The Amazon press release posted above confirms that season 6 will be the last indeed.
That's puzzling.
Nope. Not at anything like the pacing of the rest of the series. Not even at the kind of breakneck pace they used at the end of season 3 to cover the third book in seven episodes.
It seems like season 5 is his last. How they deal with it, I'm not sure.
It was to be a TV show and I agree with been very disappointed that it didn't come into fruition. That said, I respect the estate's decision. They didn't think it was the right time for The Culture to be given a live action adaptation.
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Yes, they filmed all of season 5 before the allegations became public, so chances are that the allegations do not affect the season. I guess it's not totally out of the question that they might have been able to do something in post-production, but I think it's doubtful that they'd be able to edit up anything that seemed like a proper character ending. Most likely they'll need to figure out some way to drop the character in season six via the mechanism of dialogue from other characters.
It might not just have been money. The Expanse started production in 2014, so by the time it finishes in (presumably) 2021, it'll have been seven years of work for the cast and crew. Seven years is long enough to expect that several of the cast would start thinking about moving to something different, and that'd be especially true if the only way to continue the show was to commit to another three seasons and the additional time in make-up they'd need for those seasons.
Book 6 mostly with elements of 7-9 to wrap up the overarching narrative.
Nice. I skipped books 4, 5, and 6, so at least ill be able to go back and read them. I think it would be a good idea to end it there and then maybe show a bit of what life is like during the time skip in an epilogue of sorts. If they even do decide to go with the time skip in the show.
Book 6 with maybe an extended epilogue. Possibly set-up for future spin-offs - I wouldn't think spin-offs have a very high chance of happening, but there are several stories/characters that would provide an opportunity for that, and none of them would be difficult to nod towards.
I don't think there's much of a point in them doing a time jump, at least not of the kind the books do. The way the characters are positioned at the start of book 7 isn't how you'd want your time with those characters to end (naturally, since it's not intended as an ending for any of them) and it doesn't take long for book 7 to start doing things that really wouldn't feel very epilogue-like.
Since we might indeed need it later:
Replace Poochie with Alex.
Yea they just announced it today :(
Well theres one more book coming out next year, then they are moving on to a new sci fi trilogy thats supposed to be a different genre of sci fi. Like a Frank Hubert's Dune type of sci fi.
I think they may even address the ancient aliens
Makes sense to end the current story arc with season 6 with an open ending and the possibility of completing the final arc via movies.Daniel Abraham, one of the writers of the books and executive producer on the show, has made some comments in a reddit thread about a possible movie.
One in particular stood out to me:
"I'm not gonna talk about anything, but I'll say I am very happy creatively with how things are going."
