A Murder At The End of The World Success Might Bring The OA Back To Life, Here’s How
There's still hope that Netflix executives will change their minds.
Summary:
- The new project, A Murder at The End of the World, is similar in many ways to The OA, which was canceled by Netflix after its second season.
- There was a theory among fans that AMATEOTW was one of the dimensions from The OA. However, the show's creators denied it.
- Now the only hope for The OA's revival is that the success of AMATEOTW will have Netflix bosses reconsider their decision.
Four years ago, Netflix made one of its most egregious mistakes by shutting down The OA after two seasons at its most intriguing moment, the show like no other by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij – a fantastic project about parallel dimensions, broken hearts, and strange lines of fate.
A Murder at The End of the World Is Similar to The OA
And now the duo is back, now with the help of Disney, with a new project A Murder at The End of the World that resembles The OA in many ways, but wrapped in a more simple package of the classic detective story. Several episodes, including the pilot, mark the directorial debut of Marling, who has previously worked as a writer, producer and actress.
But The OA and AMATEOTW are not only connected by their creator duo. Fans have noticed many similar motifs and signs that make one show suspiciously similar to the other, and there has even been a theory among viewers that the AMATEOTW universe is one of the dimensions of The OA.
Such a meta move — creating one project within the other — would be a truly bold and innovative step in the TV series industry... if it's indeed true. While fans were already celebrating the fact that The OA had not really disappeared into oblivion, but had quietly migrated to another show, Batmanglij refuted that theory.
This is undoubtedly sad news for anyone hoping for a brilliant show-within-a-show twist, but there is still hope for a revival of The OA.
There's Still Hope For The OA Revival
The OA was originally set to run for five seasons, and Marling and Batmanglij remain hopeful that they will be able to tell their story to the end. And A Murder at The End of the World can help them do that, as its success may convince Netflix bosses that canceling The OA was a huge mistake.
And let's not forget the examples of other shows that rose from the ashes thanks to the fight of the fans – Timeless, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Community, and even Warrior Nun.