Summary
Bosch: Legacywas canceled by Amazon over six months ago, and this decision led to one of the biggest ever petitions to save a show.Titus Welliver has now revealed how the news ofBosch: Legacy’s cancelation was broken to him.Unsurprisingly, Amazon didn’t give a reason as to why they were canceling one of their most successful shows of all time.
Titus Welliver has been quite outspoken about the cancelation duringBosch: Legacy’s promotional campaign, and he’s officially endorsed the petition to save the show. However,Welliver doesn’t claim to have any insight as to why Amazon canceledBosch: Legacy.Fortunately, Amazon’s Money Truck hasn’t prevented him from being his authentic self in interviews, and the fans appreciate that.
Bosch: Legacy Season 3
Starring
Titus Welliver, Mimi Rogers, Madison Lintz, Stephen A. Chang, Denise G. Sanchez, Scott Klace, Gregory Scott Cummins, Troy Evans, Orla Brady, Chris Browning, Andrea Cortes, Dale Dickey, Paul Calderon, Anthony Gonzales, Tommy Martinez and Maggie Q
Based on the books by
Showrunners
Tom Bernardo and Eric Ellis Overmyer
The Amazon illuminati didn’t have the decency to directly contact Titus Welliver to inform him that they werecancelingBosch: Legacy. Welliver’s portrayal of Harry Bosch essentially put Amazon on the streaming map, but they arguably ‘kicked him to the curb’ and didn’t want to face the music.Enter Michael Connelly to break the news ofBosch: Legacy’s cancelation to the man who brought the iconic character from his books to life.In a recent interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Titus Welliver said:
I got the call, actually, from Michael Connelly and one of our producers, Henrik Bastin, because we’d already been in conversations midway towards the end of the season talking about the next season and ideas, and we were getting very excited about the prospect of that. I got a call from them, and they said they’re not going forward. It was a pretty brief conversation. We all expressed our disappointment, but we’ve all been doing this long enough to know that could happen.
It’s no surprise that Titus Welliver and the rest of the creative team were disappointed withthe cancelation ofBosch: Legacy.It’s an unwritten rule in Hollywood that all the really great shows are given the opportunity to end on their own terms. The originalBoschseries was given the opportunity to do so, andBosch: Legacy’s showrunner, Tom Bernardo, has stated thatBosch: Legacyseason 1andBosch: Legacyseason 2were given early renewals so they could make future plans. The very least Amazon could do would be to give the third season ofBosch: Legacya chance to end properly.Even though Welliver stated he and the creative team knewBosch: Legacy’could' be canceled, it must have been a shockafter such a long business relationship with Amazon, built on trust and respect.
Save Bosch: Legacy Key Points
Titus Welliver Doesn’t Claim To Understand Why Bosch: Legacy Was Canceled, But He Did Offer One Possible Reason
Titus Welliver has spent over a decade crafting the character of Harry Bosch, and he deserved to give the iconic character a fitting ending.It isn’t Welliver’s job to investigate why Amazon canceledBosch: Legacy, but he has offered an insight into why it might have come about:
Sometimes it’s a myriad of reasons that I don’t necessarily understand. I do understand that, given the economy and things like that, there are a lot of studios that have been experiencing budgetary restrictions. But, as far as that, I’ve never had a conversation where I sat down and said, “Alright, tell me from point A to point B what it’s based on.
It’s the economy, stupid!It’s no secret that Amazon wanted to shoot the originalBoschseries in Vancouver, butMichael Connelly’s contract clauseinsisted that every shot had to be filmed in Los Angeles. Every season of a show becomes more expensive to shoot, and Amazon arguably wanted to cut costs, and they knew they couldn’t shootBosch: Legacyoutside of Los Angeles, so they just canceled it. However, Welliver is right when he says there are ‘a myriad of reasons’ for the cancelation ofBosch: Legacy.
We all have to continue with our lives. But if the fans have anything to say about it… and they are very clear about their feelings!
