However, it may not be curtains for the series just yet. As Deadline points out, cancelling a series after just one season is a rare move for FX, as 'the network is known for carefully curating its slate and taking time to develop projects, sometimes redoing a pilot, and most of its shows stick around for awhile.' Though Kindred launched to largely positive reviews, it failed to create the word-of-mouth buzz of other FX originals like The Bear. But is the series here to stay?īad news, everyone: FX has officially cancelled Kindred. FX’s adaptation, now streaming in its entirety on Hulu, lands in a world eager for more of Butler’s prophetic wisdom. ( Kindred ranked fifth on Esquire’s list of the 50 Best Sci-Fi Novels of All Time). Each time she pinballs through past and present, Dana’s stays at the plantation become longer and more dangerous, forcing her to confront the gruesome legacies of slavery, misogynoir, and white supremacy. In Kindred, Butler’s fourth and best-known novel, a Black woman named Dana finds herself violently transported back in time to the antebellum plantation where her ancestors were enslaved. Kindred has landed on FX, while adaptations of Fledgling, Wild Seed, and Dawn are also coming soon to the small screen (meanwhile, Parable of the Sower, currently in the pipeline at A24, is set to mark the author’s feature film debut). Octavia Butler hive, rise up! After decades of being under-appreciated and under-adapted, the legendary science fiction writer is finally taking the screen by storm.

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