The animated drama series Pantheon has been canceled after just one season despite a two-season order, and pulled from AMC’s streaming service as a part of the company’s cost-cutting drive, according to Deadline. The second season has been produced but will not air, via Deadline.
The series follows Maddie, a young woman who starts to get messages from an unknown number that claims to be her deceased father. She tries to uncover the truth, and stumbles upon a larger conspiracy involving the singularity. According to Deadline, Pantheon was created for television by Craig Silverstein (The Invisible Man, Nikita), and is based on a series of short stories by Ken Liu, who is known for writing The Paper Menagerie and The Grace of Kings.
AMC Studios opened a writers’ room for the series in August 2018 before ordering two seasons in March 2020, with the first season launching on September 1 containing eight episodes, via Deadline. While the second season will not premiere, AMC Studios may attempt to sell it somewhere else, as is the plan for its other canceled shows Invitation to Bonfire and 61st Street, according to Deadline. Pantheon is the latest AMC Studio series to be canceled as part of cost-cutting measures, following Demascus, Invitation to Bonfire, 61st Street, and Moonhaven, via Deadline.
Pantheon stars Katie Chang (The Bling Ring, The Outcasts) who voices Maddie, along with Paul Dano (The Fabelmans, Little Miss Sunshine), Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Rabbit Hole), Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married, La La Land), Chris Diamantopoulos (Red Notice, The Three Stooges), Raza Jaffrey (Homeland, Code Black), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Hellboy), Ron Livingston (The Conjuring, Office Space), Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black, The Lucky One), Krystina Alabado (Better Nate Than Ever, Tyrant), Kevin Durand (I Am Number Four, Robin Hood), Michael Kelly (Chronicle, Now You See Me), Heather Lind (Mistress America, Demolition), Scoot McNairy (Argo, 12 Years a Slave), Maude Apatow (Euphoria, The King of Staten Island), Laura Meakin (Money Monster, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), Grey Griffin (Batman: Arkham City, Bumblebee), Nyima Funk (Key and Peele, Teachers), Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and the Frog, Ralph Breaks the Internet), Akay Mehta (Spider-Man, Life of Pi), and William Hurt (A History of Violence, Lost in Space).