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‘The Tick’ Renewed At Amazon, ‘Dick’, ‘Van Johnson’ Cancelled

The Tick has been renewed for a season two at streaming giant Amazon. The creator of the series Ben Edlund (Firefly, Supernatural, Gotham) will return along with leads Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) as The Tick and Griffin Newman (Search Party) as Arthur, with additional casting to be announced. From Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television, the second series of The Tickcomprising 10 episodes, will begin production in 2018 and is expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countries exclusively for Prime members.

Amazon will launch the highly anticipated second half of The Tick’s first season on 23rd February 2018, featuring six all-new episodes of the acclaimed show.

“Ben has created a resounding hit while Peter and Griffin have brought Tick and Arthur to indelible life,” said Sharon Yguado, Head of Scripted Series, Amazon Studios. “We can’t wait to bring fans more of the Tick universe soon.”

“I am so excited that Amazon wants to continue this wildly fruitful collaboration and that this amazing cast gets to stay together and we get to build this mythos further, wider, deeper, and taller,” said Ben Edlund, series creator and executive producer. “We got a good ball of mud spinning with the right tilt of axis, I’m very happy we have this opportunity to keep peopling it.”

In other news, the streamer has cancelled the Kevin Bacon-led I Love Dick, Tig Notaro’s One Mississippi and Jean Calude Van Damme series Jean Claude Van Johnson.

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