Did Amazon greenlight S4?

[DojoToad]

If I recall correctly, they greenlit seasons 2 and 3 before the preceding season dropped.

[Elder_Haman]

  On 3/28/2025 at 2:36 PM, DojoToad said:

If I recall correctly, they greenlit seasons 2 and 3 before the preceding season dropped.

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Season 4 has not been greenlit. 

[DojoToad]

Hmm,  I wonder why the change especially with the more positive reviews this season.

[Elder_Haman]

  On 3/28/2025 at 3:14 PM, DojoToad said:

Hmm,  I wonder why the change especially with the more positive reviews this season.

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The scuttlebutt is that renewal is dependent on how things go this season.  My understanding is that it’s Sony that is holding things up. 

[SinisterDeath]

  On 3/28/2025 at 3:21 PM, Elder_Haman said:

The scuttlebutt is that renewal is dependent on how things go this season.  My understanding is that it’s Sony that is holding things up. 

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If Sony is holding it up, why wouldn't it surprise me if REE (iWOT) is holding up renewal? 

Probably trying to negotiate a larger sum of $$$ so they can fund their stupid AI bullcrap.

[Elder_Haman]

  On 3/28/2025 at 3:32 PM, SinisterDeath said:

If Sony is holding it up, why wouldn't it surprise me if REE (iWOT) is holding up renewal? 

Probably trying to negotiate a larger sum of $$$ so they can fund their stupid AI bullcrap.

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That would be on brand. 

[Mirefox]

  On 3/28/2025 at 3:14 PM, DojoToad said:

Hmm,  I wonder why the change especially with the more positive reviews this season.

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Positive reviews don’t correlate to more viewer, though.  If a chunk checked out after S1, and then another after S2, the quality of the show might not be enough to recoup those losses.  This is just conjecture as we won’t know anything until Amazon says something.

[Elder_Haman]

  On 3/28/2025 at 6:16 PM, Mirefox said:

Positive reviews don’t correlate to more viewer, though.  If a chunk checked out after S1, and then another after S2, the quality of the show might not be enough to recoup those losses.  This is just conjecture as we won’t know anything until Amazon says something.

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It’s more profitable than RoP, which gives me some hope. And if Sony is truly the holdup, that means there’s an opportunity to shop the title around, which is also good. Hopefully someone will bite. 

[DigificWriter]

I believe that Sony Pictures Television, not Amazon, is the primary rights holder along with iWot, which puts the onus of renewal in their hands.

[Skipp]

I was hearing that Sony wanted to focus more on their own IP's, God of War, Horizon; Zero Dawn etc...  And because of that they want Amazon to contribute a larger share to the budget.  But all of this is hearsay of course.

[Mirefox]

  On 3/28/2025 at 6:53 PM, Skipp said:

I was hearing that Sony wanted to focus more on their own IP's, God of War, Horizon; Zero Dawn etc...  And because of that they want Amazon to contribute a larger share to the budget.  But all of this is hearsay of course.

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Hearsay, but it would also make sense, especially if WoT is underperforming.