Tokyo Vice Not Returning for Season 3 at Max
Max has officially said sayonara to Tokyo Vice.
The crime drama, starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe, will not be back for a third season, TVLine has learned. The news came out during a panel at Saturday’s Produced By conference in Los Angeles.
Tokyo Vice‘s Season 2 finale, which dropped on April 4, now serves as its series finale. A Max rep, however, tells TVLine that the series was always conceived as a two-season show, and star Elgort had only signed on for the two seasons that streamed.
“Over the last five years Max has made sure we got to tell our story,” executive producers J.T. Rogers and Alan Poul said in a joint statement. “They have supported us through thick and thin. Not only did they give us these two seasons, they said yes when we asked to end Season 1 with a series of cliffhangers, and they said yes when we asked for two extra episodes so we could land the plane in the way J.T. had always envisioned.
“We’re grateful not only to Max, but to our partners Fifth Season, who sold the show around the world, and made it a global success story. They were in the trenches with us always, guaranteeing that we could make the show we wanted to make. The response from both the press and from fans, in particular to Season 2, has been overwhelming. It’s been thrilling to find out how deeply viewers have engaged with our characters, and to hear how they are clamoring for more. We know there is more story to tell. Of course we’ll see what the future holds, but we are indeed grateful to have been able to share this story on Max until now.”
Added a spokesperson for Max: “From Tokyo Vice’s richly written material to the gorgeously composed shots to the lived-in performances, the care and creativity of this enormously talented cast and crew shines in every frame of the show. We thank J.T., Alan, Ansel, Ken, Fifth Season, and Wowow for their partnership on this wholly unique modern noir thriller.”
Loosely inspired by American journalist Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction, firsthand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, Tokyo Vice — which was filmed on location — captured Adelstein’s (Elgort) daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of the city in the late ’90s, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem.
Will you miss Tokyo Vice? Tell us below!
I’ll miss it very much. I needed one more season. I’ll live it though, since it seems like HBO could have killed it after one season, and not only chose not to, but also gave extra episodes to give the fans a good ending. I’ll miss it, but I won’t complain since it seems like there’s no bitterness between parties.
“and they said yes when we asked for two extra episodes so we could land the plane in the way J.T. had always envisioned.” I wish more companies would treat their shows like this! To get closure. I’m looking at you NBC re Quantum Leap.
I think plenty of nets would be ok with 1-2 extra eps to tell the story. But not more than 2. Not a half season, or 6-8 additional eps. 1-2.
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And Quantum Leap really never got the central arc on solid ground. Same with So Help Me Todd. A few extra eps weren’t going to tie everything up nicely.
Absolutely will miss Vice!!! So sad it’s ending but ended in an ok spot!
Streaming show ending after 2 seasons, there is the least surprising headline of the day.
I think it ended where it needed to. Not prolonging it or dragging it out for the sake of is a good move. It was a wonderful series though.
I’ve never even heard of it before
Though it was a great, great story. Very sorry it won’t be back.
Really enjoyed the show,superb acting by all the cast..wish there was a series 3…
Elgort was a clumsy actor who walked around w the Chick-fil-A girl expression all the time, “huh, what, what’s going on, huh, I don’t understand, huh” Everyone else was great although it was odd seeing Samantha slapping around a yakusa, Sato and not getting back handed for it
Terrible News! This is such a great show!
Well this is terrible news. I love this show and will miss it.
I kept seeing this on the Max thumbnails but assumed it was old. Because didn’t Elgort get marched out of Hollywood several years ago, when certain allegations were made?
Absolutely will miss it
HBO MAX killed off Warrior.. such an unique epic tv show ! ofcourse they will kill Tokyo Vice also because it was great.
I liked the first season quite well. Second season was okay but not as good.
I watched maybe half before I drifted away and didn’t bother finishing.
Please make more
A great series– glad we got to enjoy two seasons worth of it. Plan on reading the book that inspired it all.
Please, make room for more realty tv. Now that I can catch up on some HBO classics on Netflix, one more reason my Max subscription will probably last 3 months a year.
Please, please, please more Tokyo Vice the characters and plot are thoroughly engaging, best TV series in years