Helstrom, the supernatural Marvel drama, has been canceled at Hulu, which is backed by Disney.
Executive produced by Jeph Loeb, former Marvel Television president, Helstrom was one of two Marvel dramas streaming on Hulu, the other being Ghost Rider which was pulled after four months, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Helstrom marks the last live-action television project by Loeb after he launched Marvel into scripted television with Agents of SHIELD. All of Marvel's live-action television series will now all be available on Disney+ and each one is either a direct spin-off of the MCU blockbusters or ties into the overall storyline, with shows like WandaVision and Hawkeye. Helstrom falls out of both those categories and received poor reviews from critics upon its initial release in October.
Loeb's other live-action superhero series, Runaways, wrapped in 2019 after three seasons. All that remains are two animated series MODOK and Hit-Monkey, which are both slated to be pulled in 2021. In that vein, Paul Zbyszewski, the former showrunner of Agents of SHIELD and creator of Helstrom, had his deal with Marvel terminated earlier this year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Helstrom was intended to be a horror series that loosely tied into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following the story of Daimon and Ana Helstrom, the children of "a mysterious and powerful serial killer." Zbyszewski had previously hinted at Marvel easter eggs sprinkled throughout the series, but it was not enough for the show to go on after its first and only 10 episodes.
Marvel's Helstrom starred Tom Austen as Daimon Helstrom, Sydney Lemmon as Ana Helstrom, Elizabeth Marvel as Victoria Helstrom, Ariana Guerra as Gabriella Rossetti, Robert Wisdom as Caretaker, June Carryl as Louise Hastings and Alain Uy as Chris Yen. The series is now available in its entirety on Hulu.
Source: THR