Freeform has cancelled Shadowhunters after three seasons. The cabler has opted not to renew the supernatural drama for Season 4.
En route to the graveyard, Shadowhunters will wrap its third and final season with a 12-episode run — titled Shadowhunters: The Final Hunt — concluding with a 2-hour series finale in spring 2019.
Freeform said of the decision to cancel Shadowhunters:
“We are very proud of Shadowhunters, a series that broke new ground in the genre world and became a fan favorite. However, along with our partners at Constantin, we reached the very difficult decision not to renew the show for a fourth season. But as big supporters and fans ourselves, Freeform insisted on and championed the filming of a special two-part finale that would give devoted fans a proper ending. The 12 episodes will air in spring 2019. We want to thank our talented creators, producers, cast and crew along with our colleagues at Constantin for their hard work and dedication and to Cassie Clare for her incredible book series. We look forward to the final chapter of this breakthrough drama.”
UPDATED with full press announcement:
FREEFORM ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR FINALE EVENT TO CONCLUDE THE LAST SEASON OF ‘SHADOWHUNTERS’
‘Shadowhunters: The Final Hunt’ 12-Episode Season Will Air Spring 2019
Fans Can Catch Up on the Series Now on the Freeform App
Freeform announced today the original hit series “Shadowhunters” will conclude its saga with the upcoming second half of season three and an epic two-episode special finale. Coming in spring 2019, twelve all-new episodes will culminate in a two-hour series finale event to wrap up the tale of the Shadowhunters and Downworlders that fans have loved over the past three seasons.
“We are very proud of Shadowhunters, a series that broke new ground in the genre world and became a fan favorite,” the network said in a statement. “However, along with our partners at Constantin, we reached the very difficult decision not to renew the show for a fourth season. But, as big supporters and fans ourselves, Freeform insisted on and championed the filming of a special two-part finale that would give devoted fans a proper ending. The twelve episodes will air in spring of 2019. We want to thank our talented creators, producers, cast and crew along with our colleagues at Constantin for their hard work and dedication and to Cassie Clare for her incredible book series. We look forward to the final chapter of this breakthrough drama.”
“Shadowhunters” is produced by Constantin Film and executive produced by Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer, McG, Matt Hastings, Mary Viola, Martin Moszkowicz and Robert Kulzer. The series stars Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray, Dominic Sherwood as Jace Wayland, Alberto Rosende as Simon Lewis, Emeraude Toubia as Isabelle Lightwood, Matthew Daddario as Alec Lightwood, Isaiah Mustafa as Luke Garroway, Alisha Wainwright as Maia Roberts and Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane.
RIP.
I still can’t explain the cancel such good series and renew series so bad to watch.
I am so sick of these networks. No shows ever last long on freeform so you would think that the one that has a fan base like Shadow hunters would keep going. There are some extremely ridiculous shows that are on there 12th season or higher but the good ones seem to be getting canned. It’s so hard to get into a show these days when we can’t trust the network to keep it going. How stupid can you be to cancel a show that is doing great. I will no longer watch anything on freeform after the shows end. Hopefully a different network will see the completely stupid mistake freeform just made and pick the show up. Smh.
Again another one of my favorite show’s is being cancelled. Man this really pisses me off!!!
I’m sure glad at least that they’re giving us an ending for this show I like, instead of just leaving it, us where it ended this last season.