Nat Geo’s The Right Stuff Series Cancelled at Disney+ After One Season
Disney+ has officially decided not to renew National Geographic’s historical drama series adaptation of
The Right Stuff for a second season. The cancellation comes six months after the Patrick J. Adams-led series had debuted its 8-episode first season last October. This also marks the first time that Disney+ has cancelled a scripted series.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Television is currently trying to shop the series to other outlets such as TNT and HBO Max. Because of this, they gave a two-week extension for the cast’s contracts that were supposed to expire last Saturday.
The Right Stuff has been cancelled after just one season on Disney+.
The series, which charts the early days of the US's NASA space programme with the Mercury Seven astronauts, only made its debut late last year.
However,
Deadline reports that the streamer has decided not to renew it for a second flight – making it Disney+'s first scripted series cancellation.
Studio Warner Bros have decided to shop the series around in the wake of the news, so there still may be hope of a new life on another network such as HBO Max or TNT. Disney
The Right Stuff starred the likes of