Netflix’s adult animated series “Bad Crimes,” backed by comedy legends Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, has been quietly canceled on streamers in the middle of production, the latest in a string of animated series to be brought to Netflix (among them). has been discarded without hesitation. : an anticipated adaptation of the beloved comic “Bone” and Ava DuVernay’s “Wings of Fire”).
Announced earlier this year, “Bad Crimes” came from Nicole Silverberg, a veteran of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” and was set to star Nicole Bayer and Lauren Lapkus as a pair of FBI agents , who travel across the country to solve murders. Judge and Daniels were executive producers with Dustin Davis under their Bandera Entertainment banner. Erica Hayes (Netflix’s “Big Mouth”) was also an executive producer along with Bayer and Lapkus.
Silverberg and the rest of the team have the option of buying the show elsewhere, but this type of animated series, which relies heavily on sex and violence, could be a difficult sell.
A source familiar with the matter says that the cancellation is a reflection of the changed needs of the streamer’s slate following a change in leadership.
Netflix’s adult animation slate has been in a state of flux since the departure of Mike Moon, who left the company back in July and has since launched an adults-only imprint of Illumination Entertainment at Universal called Moonlight. Moon, a veteran of Disney Television Animation, Sony Pictures Animation and Cartoon Network, is beloved in the community and his stint at Netflix led to deals with superstar creators such as Alex Hirsch (“Gravity Falls”), Penn Ward (“Adventure Time”). and Shion Takeuchi (whose Netflix series, “Inside Job,” is returning for a second season).
While Netflix is still committed to the adult animation space, the cancellation of “Bad Crimes” is very disappointing.
