The PlayStation Network’s Powers series has been cancelled, and won’t be coming back for Season 3.
The superhero crime drama was based on Brian Michael Bendis’s 2009 comic book of the same name, and starred Sharlto Copley as a detective/former superhero and Susan Heyward as his crimefighting partner. It was also the PlayStation Network’s first venture into original programming.
Bendis, who developed and executive produced the series, confirmed the rumours that Powers was getting the axe on Twitter. Read his tweets here:
this is hard to tweet, but word is that @POWERStheSERIES is sadly, no more. season 2 was the last. at least for now. 1/2
— BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (@BRIANMBENDIS) August 3, 2016
i’ll type more about it later, but thank you ALL for your support. such a fantastic personal experience that you gifted all of us. 2/2
— BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (@BRIANMBENDIS) August 3, 2016
Bendis also confirmed that the Powers comic book series is still going strong at Marvel, and is kicking off a new story arc entitled ‘Diamond Days‘.
It’s not hard to see why the series was cancelled. Although the show has its merits, who really watches TV on the PlayStation Network? Powers was more of an experiment to test how PSN original programming would go. Nothing has been confirmed, but it sounds as though PSN won’t be trying it again in a hurry.
You can order Powers Season 1 on DVD for £22.78 from Amazon.co.uk. Get all the latest superhero news with every issue of SciFiNow.