Kirsten Dunst's 'On Becoming a God in Central Florida' canceled due to Covid-19

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‘On Becoming a God in Central Florida’ Season 2 Canceled at Showtime Due to Pandemic https://t.co/EwTahdmg7P
- Variety (@Variety) October 8, 2020
The show was originally renewed for Season 2 last September, but Showtime has now reversed that decision in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

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[flyingpigs_live]

I have a feeling that this will start happening to a lot of shows

[kidviciousdonna]

It already has been

[squirrels_oh_no]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_impacted_by_the_COVID-19_pandemic#Series_cancelled_due_to_factors_brought_upon_by_the_pandemic.

[backwardsjoker]

Damn, I knew it was a lot but seeing so many shows being cut is nuts. Whew boy, this year

[neuers]

:(

[snortingcoke]

they keep cancelling the women led shows hmmm

[veritas_44]

I just replied to a comment up-thread saying this before scrolling! oops but also, it bares repeating!

[t_snake]

I legit said wow out loud. Yet another show to be cancelled. I feel so sorry for the crew and cast.

This is the what, 6th post (?) Like this we get. It's crazy.

[patentpending]

Does it cost them any money to not cancel the shows and just wait for safer means to be able to make them happen? What's going to be left if that's the case besides the shows that are pulling in a ton of money, which, are few and far between in the bigger picture. It seems so ridiculous at this point that all these shows are getting cancelled because of a pandemic that, at least in the us, isn't going to get better any time soon. Seems like more of hassle buying out everyone's contract to cancel everything when clearly they'd rather the money go to the shows that are actually turning a profit for them that they are still managing to resume productions through all of this.

[_myaugust]

I think it may have to do with contracts and paying out money for an indefinite hiatus. Plus if the actors have other projects going on, they may not be able to continue with the show.

Not 100% sure tho.

[umilicious]

I wouldn’t be shocked if part of this decision had to do with unemployment benefits too, and the costs of providing continued financial and medical support to the production staff whose work is paused. It’s sad because these large companies could probably absorb a lot of these costs, but their executives “need” their ludicrous paychecks

[tragedyofempty]

Often it comes down to stalling production due to cast obligations. Like Dunst might be free during May-September to film, but with COVID filming got moved to November and she's already signed onto a movie for Nov-Jan. (Just examples) and production either has to pay lesser players to keep them on hold until she's ready, pay to get her out of her existing contract, or just shut everything down. Generally they shut it all down.