LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� HBO has pulled the plug on 鈥淲estworld,鈥� its Emmy-winning sci-fi drama.
The series鈥� cancellation came less than three months after its fourth season concluded in August. The cast included Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Aaron Paul and Thandiwe Newton.
Newton earned a best supporting actress Emmy in 2018, and the series received more than 50 nominations and won nine awards from the TV academy.
In a statement Friday, HBO thanked series creators and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for taking "viewers on a mind-bending odyssey, raising the bar at every step,鈥� and saluted the 鈥渋mmensely talented鈥� actors and crew.
In October, Nolan told The Hollywood Reporter that he hoped HBO would order a fifth season to properly end the series that debuted in 2016 as a ratings success for the cable channel. Viewership fell in the third season and again in the fourth.
Like the 1973 film that inspired it, also titled 鈥淲estworld,鈥� the series was initially set in a Western-style amusement park that allowed guests to realize their fantasies with the help of androids. The show later broadened into a artificial intelligence vs. human global conflict.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been privileged to tell these stories about the future of consciousness 鈥� both human and beyond 鈥� in the brief window of time before our AI overlords forbid us from doing so,鈥� Nolan and Joy's Kilter Films said in a statement.
The Associated Press
