Amazon Cancels Josh Brolin Western Drama After 2 Seasons

Amazon MGM Studios has officially decided not to renew Prime Video’s Western sci-fi drama Outer Range for a third season.

This cancellation comes after the Josh Brolin-led series had wrapped up its 7-episode second season more than a month ago. At the moment, it’s unclear why the studio canceled the show, especially when its latest season had reached Top 3 on the Nielsen Streaming Originals chart with a total of 476 million views garnered during its first week of release.

What was Outer Range about?

“Outer Range centers on Royal Abbott (Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathomable phenomenon at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, in the form of a dark void,” reads the synopsis. “The mystery surrounding the enigmatic void on the west pasture of the Abbott family ranch deepens in Season Two, as Royal and his wife Cecelia struggle to keep their family together in the aftermath of their granddaughter’s sudden disappearance. The stakes have never been higher for the Abbotts, who now face threats on multiple fronts. Outer Range’s second season propels its characters deeper into the void with profound and unforeseen circumstances that could shake the very foundations of time itself.”

The series starred Imogen Poots (Baltimore), Lili Taylor (Manhunt), Tamara Podemski (Reservation Dogs), Lewis Pullman (Lessons in Chemistry), Tom Pelphrey (Ozark), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), Shaun Sipos (Reacher), Isabel Arraiza (The Little Things), Olive Abercrombie (The Haunting of Hill House), Will Patton (Horizon: An American Saga) and more. In addition to leading the cast, Brolin also served as an executive producer alongside showrunner Charles Murray, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Ernest McNealey, Tony Krantz, Heather Rae and Jon Paré.

Source: Deadline