While it's good that season six naturally capped the story off without it feeling too forced or sudden, there's still so much source material left to cover in the books. This is not something that we're having to scramble for." "We've been talking about what the shape of the show could be, and this six- season arc was always one of the options that was on the table. "This is a conversation we've been having since we were canceled the first time," added Abraham. I think one of the things that is sort of an outmoded idea is the idea of being canceled." "It'll feel like a satisfying end to the story we've been building over the first five seasons.
"We have what we think is a very natural pause point for the story after season six," Franck explained during a press event. That's because book seven, Persepolis Rising, takes place after a 30-year time jump, which means a potential seventh season would have to use CGI and makeup to age up each character – or even recast them completely, à la The Crown.īack when the cancellation was announced in 2020, writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck referred to the show's end as a "pause" then too (via Polygon):
Uh, I don’t think we would have been able to tell the season in any less than six."Īs disappointing as this cancellation is, fans have taken comfort in knowing that there is at least a natural ending point to the climax of book six, which is where season six ends as well. It’s always a negotiation to some extent. It came down to making six episodes of it. I mean, you always kind of agree on how much money you’re going to commit to the production of the show. "That was a decision between Amazon and Alcon Television.
The Expanse showrunner Naren Shankar told io9 that financial considerations were the main reason behind this – and that's also why season six was cut down from ten episodes to just six:
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