‘A Town Called Malice’ Canceled By Sky In Surprise Move After Prep Was Underway For Season 2
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The sun is setting on Sky’s Spanish crime drama A Town Called Malice after just one season. Sky has this week informed producers Vertigo Films and Rogue State of its decision to cancel the show, which has come as a surprise to some given preparations were underway for Season 2.
Penned by Bulletproof co-creator and The Football Factory director Nick Love, A Town Called Malice was set in the Costa del Sol crime wave in the 1980s.
Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) starred as Albert Lord, the head of a family of petty thieves from South London who decamp to Spain to profit from an unexpected windfall.
Sky backed A Town Called Malice with its full marketing heft and the series was a key part of its 2023 originals slate, but the show has not performed as hoped.
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