{"id":18510,"date":"2018-05-21T22:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/amazon-reportedly-talks-about-reviving-the-expanse-after-syfy-cancellation\/"},"modified":"2018-05-21T22:35:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:35:10","slug":"amazon-reportedly-talks-about-reviving-the-expanse-after-syfy-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/amazon-reportedly-talks-about-reviving-the-expanse-after-syfy-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon reportedly talks about reviving \u2018The Expanse\u2019 after Syfy cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frankie Adams plays a Martian Marine in \u201cThe Expanse.\u201d (Syfy \/ Alcon TV Group Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just days after the Syfy channel announced it was canceling \u201cThe Expanse,\u201d sparking a fan campaign to save the space opera, The Hollywood Reporter says Amazon Studios is in talks to keep the show going into a fourth season.<\/p>\n

Variety and Deadline said they confirmed the report with their sources. But all three news outlets quoted sources as saying a deal had not yet been closed, and Amazon Studios said the reports were still speculative.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are have not confirmed anything about \u2018The Expanse\u2019 yet,\u201d Tammy Golihew, director of publicity for Amazon Studios, told GeekWire in an email.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Expanse,\u201d based on the popular James S.A. Corey series of science-fiction novels, tells the story of interplanetary conflicts involving Earth, Mars and other players including the asteroid belt\u2019s rebellious \u201cBelters.\u201d<\/p>\n

The saga is said to be one of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 favorites. The Hollywood Reporter quoted unnamed sources as saying Bezos was livid when the show, produced and financed by Alcon Television Group, went to NBC Universal\u2019s Syfy network in 2014.<\/p>\n

Amazon Studios holds North American streaming-video rights to the first three seasons, and Netflix has international rights. The Hollywood Reporter said the fact that those companies were tapping into the show\u2019s revenue streams \u201cput additional pressure for the show to perform on its linear network,\u201d implying that the arrangement may have contributed to Syfy\u2019s decision to cancel after the third season ends in June.<\/p>\n

Word of the cancellation was greeted with a #SaveTheExpanse push on social media that included pleas for Amazon to pick up the show.<\/p>\n