BBC SHOW WITH HUGE HOLLYWOOD STAR CANCELLED AFTER JUST TWO SERIES

A BBC series has been cancelled after just two series and rave reviews.

Tokyo Vice has been axed despite the programme receiving a staggering 92 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The drama was based on US journalist Jake Adelstein and his account of the police beat in the Japanese capital. It starred Hollywood actor Ansel Elgort in the leading role.

He is known for hit thriller Baby Driver, in which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for. Tokyo Vice aired on BBC One and was originally a book that was released in 2009. The first series aired on HBO Max in 2022 while its second season went onto streaming platform Max.

It followed character Jake, an American who moved to Tokyo. He eventually delved into the corruption in the city's underworld where no one he met was who they seemed. Ansel starred alongside Japanese actor Ken Watanabe as Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organised crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Fargo actress Rachel Keller played Samantha Porter, an American living in Tokyo working as a hostess. Rotten Tomato critics said of the first season: "Tokyo Vice's protagonist is its least interesting element, but the intrigue of Japan's underworld and the verisimilitude of its setting make for a seductive slice of neo-noir."

They rated the second series 93% and said: "Fully settled into its dense cast of compelling characters and rich milieu, Tokyo Vice's sophomore season is a riveting crime chronicle." A reason hasn't been given for Tokyo Vice's axe, however The Hollywood Reporter have suggested it could be to do with Max's strategy to revise their TV show slate.

Ansel also reportedly signed a two-year contract for the series. Fans were not impressed with the move as they took to X to share their thoughts. One said: "Tokyo Vice cancelled? Why would I still pay for Max?" Another added: "How is @SteamOnMax going to cancel Tokyo Vice when it is it's best drama!?" Someone else commented: "Why did you cancel Tokyo Vice?????? Horrible decision!!!"

A fourth fumed: "Tokyo Vice Cancelled by Max After Two Seasons This is so disappointing ⁦ ⁩ I love this show. So mad. Why would you cancel it was only thing I was watching currently on Max. Why do I need Max now? I don't until Dragons. So cancel it." The eighth episode of the final series circled back to the pilot episode.

Actor Ansel told The Hollywood Reporter: "In episode eight we finally get to that first scene in the Michael Mann pilot where Jake and Katagiri go and meet with the yakuza' We finally got back there, and it was amazing for me to be back there now, because it was a few years later and I am speaking Japanese in the scene and I’m much better now." The series was created by J.T. Rogers with Ansel and other stars among the executive producers.

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