![]() We wanted to tell one complete story and have a satisfying finish and hopefully that's what we're delivering. We're not leaving it open for sequels and prequels and side stories. : Can you take us on a speed run of "Leviathan Falls" and what readers can expect?Ībraham: We're going to pay off the promises we've been making in the first eight books and complete the story. It's incredibly gratifying that this many people came along for the ride. I'd love to say that this is all stuff that we deserve and earn but the truth of the matter is, so much of this is just happy happenstance. I'm always delighted to have things go well when they go well. : Now that you've had time to process turning in the final book in "The Expanse" series, how would you encapsulate this 10-year creative run?ĭaniel Abraham: Well, it was awesome and it was weird and it's great to be lucky. ![]() Rejoice, 'Copeng'! Belter Creole Returns on 'The Expanse' Season 4 (opens in new tab)įollow Scott Snowden on Twitter.Here's What Happened Next (Video) (opens in new tab) 'The Expanse' Cast Visited Blue Origin.After 'The Expanse' Move to Amazon Prime, Actors Hope to Film in Space (opens in new tab).Principal photography on Season 5 will finish around February, but there's no word yet on when the new season will air. Season 4 of "The Expanse" is available to watch on Amazon Prime (opens in new tab). Related: After 'The Expanse' Move to Amazon Prime, Actors Hope to Film in Space (opens in new tab) Sadly, the same can't be said about other quality sci-fi shows that were forced to prematurely pass into obscurity, but oddly enough, being canceled by Syfy was probably the best thing that could've happened to "The Expanse." There are no commercial breaks, and there are no restraints on the language used – and if you've watched Season 4 (opens in new tab) yet, you'll know that Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) takes full advantage of that – the VFX budget has increased and finally, all the episodes drop at once. Related: Fizzy Beer and Exploding Heads: How 'The Expanse' Keeps It Real (opens in new tab)įor viewers of "The Expanse" and other shows, there are a lot of advantages of switching to Amazon Prime. This was a little over two weeks after Syfy's official announcement that it would cancel "The Expanse." The tension between realism and the needs of dramatic storytelling was a key theme running through the discussion. Meanwhile, at the 2018 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles, despite being in a production limbo of sorts, writers from "The Expanse" together with most of the main cast had been invited to talk at the conference about the science of "The Expanse" (opens in new tab) that had been used and visualized in the show. Martin, Patton Oswalt and Andreas Mogensen supported the campaign. They lobbied Amazon Studios and Netflix to pick up the series and set up a crowdfunding (opens in new tab) campaign that paid for an airplane to fly a "#SaveTheExpanse" banner over Amazon Studios in Santa Monica for a day.Ĭelebrities including Wil Wheaton, George R. These fans gathered over 100,000 signatures for an online petition. ![]() Plus, it's the nickname Anvar uses for the fans on Twitter. Related: 'The Expanse's' Cas Anvar Talks Science, 'Floaty Arms' and a Thrilling Season (opens in new tab)įans of "The Expanse" call themselves the "Screaming Warhawks" (much like fans of "Firefly" called themselves "browncoats") since this was the name that Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar) wanted to use for spacecraft Tachi before the crew named it Rocinante. In fact, one of the biggest draws to "The Expanse" is just how accurately the show portrays the laws of physics in space. In the pages of the novel, a scene might be set in space, but to make that scene look real for TV probably requires wirework, practical effects and models, plus greenscreen and a lot of expensive CGI. The biggest stumbling block was that "The Expanse," just like " Star Trek: Discovery (opens in new tab)" and " Lost in Space (opens in new tab)" and every other high-quality sci-fi TV show is that the cost of visual effects can send the budget soaring into space. There was a slim chance that "The Expanse" would find a new home, but whoever took it on would need to not only spend money on producing the show but also absorb potential losses until online streaming had become a viable success. The result was inevitable Syfy's parent company NBC was not about to let "The Expanse" drag Syfy into the red. What further exacerbated the situation for Syfy was that fans on social media were spreading the word of what a great show this is, and as a result, people went to Amazon Prime to stream earlier episodes - and Syfy wasn't making a single cent off that. Poster artwork used to illustrate the third season of "The Expanse." (Image credit: Amazon)
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