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The 1899 TV show is officially finished after one season of eight episodes. The creators of the Netflix series have revealed that the show has been cancelled and won't have a second season.

A multi-lingual sci-fi mystery thriller series, the 1899 TV show was created by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar. The show stars Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Andreas Pietschmann, and Miguel Bernardeau, with José Pimentão, Isabella Wei, Gabby Wong, Yann Gael, Mathilde Ollivier, Jonas Bloquet, Rosalie Craig, Maciej Musiał, Clara Rosager, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Maria Erwolter, Alexandre Willaume, Tino Mewes, Isaak Dentler, Fflyn Edwards, and Anton Lesser. Read More…...

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Netflix’s 1899 has been canceled after one season.

Showrunners Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese announced the news on Instagram via a joint statement on Monday.

“With a heavy heart we have to tell you that 1899 will not be renewed,” the statement read. “We would have loved to finish this incredible journey with a second and third season as we did with Dark. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way you planned. That’s life.”

The statement continued, “We know this will disappoint millions of fans out there. But we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts that you were a part of this wonderful adventure. We love you. Never forget.”

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The many mysteries of 1899 will remain unresolved as Netflix has canceled the drama after a single season.

Co-showrunners Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese announced the cancellation on social media Monday.

"With a heavy heart we have to tell you that 1899 will not be renewed," reads a message from the pair on Odar's Instagram account.

"We would have loved to finish this incredible journey with a 2nd and 3rd season as we did with Dark."

"But sometimes things don't turn out the way you planned."

"That's life. We know this will disappoint millions of fans out there."

"But we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts that you were a part of this wonderful adventure," the statement continues.

"We love you. Never forget."

1899 focused on a migrant steamship heading west to leave the old continent.

"The passengers, a mixed bag of European origins, united by...

The steamship Kerberos has already sunk. Netflix has canceled “1899,” the sci-fi period drama from the creators of “Dark,” after just one season, it was announced Monday.

Baran bo Odar, who co-created the series along with his partner Jantje Friese, announced the news via a post on his Instagram account. “With a heavy heart we have to tell you that 1899 will not be renewed,” the statement from Odar and Friese reads. “We would have loved to finish this incredible journey with a 2nd and 3rd season as we did with Dark. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way you planned. That’s life. We know that will disappoint millions of fans out there. But we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts that you were a part of this wonderful adventure. We love you. Never forget.”

“1899” premiered in November, and was only streaming...

The long-awaited 1899 premieres Thursday, November 17, on Netflix.

After watching the episodes provided to critics for review, it's clear the series is another winner from Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese.

1899 takes viewers to the high seas for a story focused on a group of migrants traveling from London on a steamship to start a new life in New York City.

However, things turn mysterious when they encounter another migrant ship adrift in the ocean.

The mysteries crafted by the creatives leave you with more questions than answers, but the beauty of the writing is that we get a lot of payoff throughout the first six episodes.

There's an immediate sense of dread in the series premiere that doesn't subside as crazy happenings occur, leaving us with the feeling that things will get worse before they get better.

The series nails the tone, the setting, and, of course,...

If you were a fan of Netflix’s Dark, then the next mind-bending series from creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar looks to be right up your alley. Netflix has released another trailer for 1899, a mystery series which follows the passengers of an immigrant ship encountering the biggest mystery of their lives on their journey across the cast and treacherous Atlantic Ocean.

Set against Jimi Hendrix’s cover of All Along the Watchtower, the 1899 trailer looks like a wild ride, full of disturbing imagery and mysteries just begging to be solved. Baran bo Odar has previously teased that 1899 will be unlike Dark in a lot of ways. “Dark was not about action at all, but this is really an action show, with a lot of violence, beating, running, screaming,” Odar said. “I think it’s going to be exciting to watch with the audience [to see] if they love this new puzzle too,...

Exclusive: Cast has been finalized on 1899, the major European Netflix series from Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar.

Joining the previously announced Emily Beecham are: Aneurin Barnard (The Goldfinch), Andreas Pietschmann (Dark), Miguel Bernardeau (Elite), Maciej Musial (The Witcher), Anton Lesser (Game Of Thrones), Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (The Rain), Rosalie Craig (London Road), Clara Rosager (The Rain), Maria Erwolter (The Ritual), Yann Gael (Sakho & Mangane), Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord), José Pimentão (Al Berto), Isabella Wei, Gabby Wong, Jonas Bloquet, Fflyn Edwards and Alexandre Willaume.

Production is now underway on the mystery drama series in a newly-built, state of the art virtual production stage housed at Babelsberg Studios in Germany. The ‘LED Volume’ is the largest such facility in Europe. You can read our exclusive deep-dive into the series and its tech with creators Friese and Odar as well as Netflix here.

The international cast, who hail from countries including Spain,...

The Killing’s Soren Malling leads the adaptation of Jens Blendstrup’s best-selling novel.

Terribly Happy director Henrik Ruben Genz starts shooting his next film Gud Taler Ud (literal translation:’God Speaks Out’) next week in Risskov, Denmark (a suburb of Aarhus).

The film is an adaptation of the 2004 best-selling novel by Jens Blendstrup, the story of a strong-willed patriarch whose family may revolt against him. Bo Hr. Hansen adapted the script.

Soren Malling from The Killing, Borgen and A War plays the protagonist - a psychologist with three sons who are ready to rebel against him - and Swedish singer Lisa Nilsson plays his wife. The cast also includes Marcus Gert, Jesper Asholt, Jacob Kvols and Maria Erwolter.

Signe Leick Jensen and Morten Kaufmann are producing for Toolbox Film, in co-production with Deluca Film and with production funding from the Danish Film Institute. It is produced in partnership with TV 2 and the West Danish Film Fund...