‘Duster’ canceled, ending J.J. Abrams and Josh Holloway’s ‘Lost’ reunion

JJ Abrams and Josh Holloway Tobacco Unfortunately bit the dust.

The first major meeting of the star and the creator since Lost broadcast his final 15 years ago was canceled by HBO Max after a single season, Weekly entertainment confirmed. Who leaves The Pitt Because the new newly redefined HBO Max series.

“While HBO Max will not go ahead with a second season of TobaccoWe are very grateful to have had the chance to work with the incredibly talented co-creators JJ Abrams and Latoya Morgan, and our partners from Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television, “The Streamer announced in a shared press release with EW.” We are extremely proud of this series led by Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson and we thank them with our Cast and our Trust-Artists for their incredible collaboration for their casting.

Warner Bros. Television, which co -produced the criminal drama of the period, shared: “JJ Abrams and Latoya Morgan delivered a multidimensional and multidimensional criminal drama TobaccoWith textured characters who brought the public in the 1970s in a new and innovative way. These characters were led by a wonderful team led by Josh, Rachel, and an extremely talented overall distribution, as well as an expert team behind the scenes. We are incredibly proud of the show, and although we want this trip to continue, we are grateful to our HBO Max partners for the opportunity to tell the story of Jim and Nina. “”

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Tobacco was announced in 2021. Holloway and Abrams had been occupied since Lost I went out with a controversial blow, with the old main roles hung in series like Intelligence And Colonyand these latest films of films like Star Trek in darkness And Star Wars: The Force Awakensand executive production series like Castle And Country of Lovecraft.

The series with Rachel Hilson (Love, Victor) As an agent of the FBI, Nina Hayes, the first black woman to be made up of the office and Holloway as Jim Ellis, the driver of everyone’s getaway, whom she recruits to help eliminate a boss of vicious crime (Keith David).

Despite strong critical criticism, the series failed to recruit an audience sufficiently faithful to keep its neck out of blocking.

Holloway described the initial Abrams call on the series partnership as “Jerry Maguire moment.”

“This concept is phenomenal-it has just opened the conversation with:” You are a fixer for the mafia in 1972 “”, he told EW in May. “And I said to myself:” Oh my God, my mind just exploded. “There is nothing like on television right now. pulp Fiction encounter Starsky & Hutch. “”

It was the first Holloway meeting with Abrams Since Lost finished, but it was not his first collaboration with a former Lost chief. He worked with the science fiction series’ Co-showrunner Carlton Cuse on the extraterrestrial invasion drama Colony for three seasons.

By thinking about his working relationships with Cuse and Abrams, Holloway shared: “I think they are calling me because they know that I have a very strong work ethics. I work hard and therefore they can trust me to wear something. We worked together, we have done great things. So we say to ourselves:” Okay, we can work together. “And I like that I have this relationship with both.”