Fans 'so mad' as HBO Max axes popular thriller reboot after just two seasons

The bid debuted connected the streaming level Max backmost successful 2022 earning a loyal fanbase who person been near devastated implicit the show's cancellation.

Fans of the Pretty Little Liars reboot connected Max person been near devastated aft the streamer announced it was cancelling the amusement aft lone 2 seasons.

The archetypal season, titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, made its debut connected the streaming work backmost successful 2022 with the 2nd season, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, airing betwixt May and June this year. In a statement, Max confirmed determination would not beryllium a 3rd season.

"While Max volition not beryllium moving guardant with a 3rd play of Pretty Little Liars, we are truthful grateful to our co-creators, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, arsenic good arsenic the squad astatine Warner Bros Television, for reintroducing fans to this caller iteration of liars who set unneurotic to combat the latest creepy villain terrifying Millwood,” the connection read.

“Their unsocial and modern originative imaginativeness – combined with the immense endowment of our formed and unit – gave the bid a fun, horror-filled constituent of presumption that paid tribute to its archetypal Rosewood roots.”

The quality has not been good received by devotees of the show, which stars singer-songwriter Bailee Madison and Nickelodeon alum Maia Reficco arsenic a caller procreation of 'liars'. Also successful the formed are Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Alex Aiono, Jordan Gonzalez, and Elias Kacavas.

"I’m truthful mad," declared 1 spectator connected Twitter/X. "This amusement was astonishing and it really makes maine truthful mad. Literally everyone was talking astir it connected Twitter and it was fig 1 for truthful long. Like what the heck."

Another expressed their disappointment that the accidental for a crossover with the archetypal show's formed volition present ne'er travel to fruition. "So disappointed by this! This sucks! And with however past play ended similar travel on! And we could've gotten a mates cameos from the OG cast!", they shared.

Watch the trailer for Pretty Little Liars: Summer School below

Not each fans were arsenic disappointed however. One said the archetypal TV adaptation remained the strongest, writing: "This was expected. This caller epoch Pretty Little Liars conscionable didn’t person the aforesaid large vibes arsenic the original."

There person present been 4 TV adaptations of the Pretty Little Liars publication bid by Sara Shepard. The first, starring Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario and Sasha Pieterse was arguably the astir successful, enjoying a seven-season tally betwixt 2010 and 2017.

Meanwhile determination were 2 spin-off shows titled Ravenswood and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, alongside Max's present cancelled introduction into the franchise.

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin is presently disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer.