“As a result, we’ve had to make the very difficult decision to end Gordita Chronicles at HBO Max.” Executive-produced by Eva Longoria and Zoe Saldana, the series followed a family of Dominican immigrants who move to Miami in 1985, focusing on 12-year-old daughter Cucu “Gordita” Castelli (played by newcomer Olivia Goncalves) as she struggled to adjust to her new environment. The cancellation of the family comedy after one season is part of a larger move away from live-action family programming at HBO Max, which “will not be part of our programming focus in the immediate future,” a spokesperson said in a statement on July 29. Though a lot factored into the decision to cancel the film, its $75 million budget was reportedly the principal concern. The straight-to-HBO Max movie, starring KJ Apa ( Riverdale) and Isabel May ( 1883) as the iconic DC Comics duo, fell out of development last May - just one month after the project was announced.

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