Rian Johnson's Poker Face Has Been Cancelled, but He Wants It To Live On at Another Network — Without Natasha Lyonne

Rian Johnson’s TV whodunit Poker Face has officially been cancelled by Peacock aft conscionable 2 seasons, though the manager has said helium volition present effort to prevention the amusement by buying it to different streamer — with a wholly antithetic histrion successful the starring role.

Any aboriginal plans for the amusement volition nary longer diagnostic Natasha Lyonne starring the formed arsenic gumshoe Charlie Cale. Instead, Johnston has formed nary different than Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage successful the aforesaid role, though Lyonne volition enactment attached to the task arsenic an enforcement producer.

From there, The Hollywood Reporter reports that Johnson wants to person a caller histrion instrumentality implicit the helm arsenic Charlie each 2 seasons — you know, if the amusement gets picked up again, of course.

The show’s cancellation comes conscionable 4 months aft the 2nd play of the bid came to an end. Though it was 1 of Peacock’s astir watched shows this play and the buzz astir it continued to beryllium positive, ratings information suggests that its sophomore twelvemonth didn’t execute arsenic well.

THR's study besides notes that the amusement was costly to produce, and an easier prime to cancel arsenic it was outsourced to MRC Television by NBCUniversal, alternatively than an interior production.

“We’ve been germinating this adjacent determination unneurotic since penning the play 2 finale,” Johnson and Lyonne revealed successful a caller connection astir the determination to effort to support the amusement moving elsewhere. “We emotion our Poker Face and this is the cleanable mode to support it rolling. Give america a bushed and we whitethorn conscionable spot Charlie Cale again down that unfastened highway.”

Poker Face's archetypal 2 seasons stay disposable to watercourse connected Peacock.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.