Why Netflix Canceled Marco Polo

Imagine if you want, we returned in 2014. We are deep in Obama’s presidential status, where Donald Trump’s idea of ​​the US president is a bit more than the late -night speech Punchline. And now the DVD distribution service Netflix is ​​trying a crazy idea of ​​putting movies and TV … on the Internet?

Netflix created a “new media” that branched on current content streaming in fans’ favorite performance, such as “arrested development”, Netflix created “new media” existing libraries that show that the streaming service was not limited to the existence of existing content, but could also finance and premiere.

But there is one thing to revive the canceled show where all the primary creative work (such as the development of the visual language, actor and establishment of the series) has already been completed. It is another to create a completely original series. David Fincher’s political drama “House of Cards” and prison drama “Orange is a new black” stroke, Netflix showed that it was needed to compete in the arena Premium TV platforms such as HBO. And now they wanted to go after the HBO crown jewel: “Game of Thrones”.

Write: “Marco Polo.” Originally developed by Weinstein Company, Netflix took a series of 10 episodes with a budget about $ 90 millionOnly “Game of Thrones” itself. A series that told Marco Polo’s story over the years alongside Kublai Khan in the heart of the Mongol Empire. The series brought an epic scale to the story of the time, but Netflix suddenly reversed the exhibition in 2016, which was considered at the time A rare event. So why was this epic power and conquest series canceled?

Creating the Kublai Khan court was an expensive endeavor, and “Marco Polo” never got close to the “critical reception or fans of” Game of Thrones “. Critics called it “abundant” and “lifeless”, “ Netflix is ​​chasing a dramatically attractive fantasy series after that.

This was the first stumbling for Netflix’s original programming, the sign that Streamer was not supernaturally talented with the ability to hit every bat. And for Netflix it was an expensive lesson. By the time it was canceled, “Marco Polo” was a $ 200 million defeat for Netflix. The decision to terminate the series was reported to be between Netflix and Weinstein.

Now, almost 10 years after it has been canceled, “Marco Polo” is a bit remembered in Netflix’s still spreading library. Meanwhile “Game of Thrones” is slowly changed your own spin-off valueseven if only Two has made it a development of hell.

Netflix, on the other hand, has never given up in an attempt to make its own “game of Thrones”. Their latest company, the adaptation of the Chinese Sci-Fi novel “Three body problem” “Game of Thrones” actresses David Benioff and DB Weiss are estimated to be costs $ 233 million for the first season. Despite its hefty price mark, the series seems to be a success for Netflix, and the second season is on the way, so “the three -body problem” fans can thank “Marco Polo” for mapping the path, even though it did not survive to see that day.