Netflix Cancels "The Get Down" After One Season

Netflix has canceled The Get Down, a hip hop drama series set in the South Bronx during the 1970s. The six-part second half of the first season was released last month.

The show, which had a $120 million budget (Netflix's second most expensive series), had been bogged down in pre-production. Lengthy delays and personnel changes resulted in the decision to release the first season in two parts.

Director Baz Luhrmann said he wouldn't have been able to commit to the second season full time, and that that played a key role in determining the decision to cancel the show. “This exclusivity has understandably become a sticking point for Netflix and Sony, who have been tremendous partners and supporters of the show. It kills me that I can’t split myself into two and make myself available to both productions… But the simple truth is, I make movies," he said in a Facebook post.

The Get Down followed a group of South Bronx teenagers witnessing the rise of disco and hip hop.