'Into The Badlands' Season 2 News: AMC's Martial Arts Series Awaits Renewal
Billed as the first "true" martial arts TV show brought into the American airwaves, AMC's action-adventure series "Into The Badlands" has just finished up the season and fans are already waiting for the announcement if they could once again see the interesting people of the Badlands.
With so many reasons to look into that could validate its renewal, perhaps the most logical would be to first consider the ratings.
Citing the data provided over at International Business Times, in terms of scheduling, "Into The Badlands" was placed between the network's massively-popular post-apocalyptic drama TV series, "The Walking Dead," and its recap series, "Talking Dead." As a result, in the case of the Daniel Wu-led series, it garnered an 8.2 million-strong viewership when it first came out to the small screen, the third best cable debut ever. Succeeding episodes though saw the decline in numbers with Episode 4 to be the lowest at 2.4 million viewer count. Despite that, it is still the third highest rated cable series shown on Sundays.
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For the cast members themselves, the show still has a lot of story to tell. In his conversation with the media outlet, Aramis Knight (who plays M.K. in the series), revealed that series creators Al Gough, Miles Millar, as well as Wu had recently met up in L.A.
Wu, who both served as the lead star and executive producer of the show, actually went over to Knight's house to discuss "the story arc and where things would go," the actor went on to reveal.
"They set a 90% location if we were to come back, which would be New Zealand. It's all up in the air right now, though," Knight told IBT.
For those who missed it, "Into the Badlands" is a genre-bending martial arts drama loosely based on a Chinese tale titled "Journey to the West." The setting takes place in an America that has been rid of guns. Much of the land is controlled by a few feudal lords where Wu's character, Sunny, has served. The latter met a young boy, M.K., and together they embarked on a journey to find what's beyond the Badlands.
Stay tuned for more updates.
