The season to take tax write-offs hasn’t ended, yet. After Warner Bros Discovery unceremoniously cancelled theBatgirlmovie in last year August, many in the industry took a good look at their business and in turn the season of cancellations began that hasn’t stopped still. The latest series to take a hit isGrease: Rise of the Pink Ladiesas Paramount+ has decided to take the original series off the platform for a tax write-off,Deadlinehas reported.
The move comes asParamount+ begins the process of merging with Showtime, which will happen later this month, and months after the streamer cancelled series likeCoyote,Guilty Party, andThe Twilight Zone, among others to fans’ disapproval. This time around too Paramount+ has cancelled three other series for write-off that includes originalsStar Trek: Prodigy,Queen of the Universe,andThe Game. All of them will be removed permanently from Paramount+ platform but per the report, the studios are planning to shop some of them to rival broadcasters and streamers.
What’sGrease: Rise of Pink LadiesAbout?
The series created byAnnabel Oakes,premiered in April this year, is a prequel toJohn TravoltaandOlivia Newton-John-led the 1978 classicGreaseand is based on the stage musical of the same name byJim JacobsandWarren Casey.The Rise of Pink Ladiesis one among manyseriesthatthe streamer had ordered based on its movie IPs like Fatal Attraction and the miniseriesThe Offer, which told the story of the making ofThe Godfather.
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Set four years before the events of the original feature,the series follows four misfit highschoolers, who band together to have fun on their own terms, which sends the waves of moral panic through Rydell High and changing it forever. The series has a 64 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes with common consensus thatnostalgia did not hit the right notewith either the fans or the critics. The musical numbers are decent but failed to make any noise as opposed to its predecessor.
The series castMarisa Davilaas Jane,Cheyenne Isabel Wellsas Olivia,Ari Notartomasoas Cynthia,Tricia Fukuharaas Nancy,Shanel Baileyas Hazel,Madison Thompsonas Susan,Johnathan Nievesas Richie,Jason Schmidtas Buddy,Nicholas McDonoughas Gil,Jackie Hoffmanas Principal McGee, withChris McNally,Charlotte Kavanagh,Niamh Wilsonandmany more. Executive producers includeMarty Bowen,Adam Fishbach, and Alethea Jones, who directed the pilot plus two other episodes.
