The play for Elvis as a secret agent by writer Archer, Mike Arnold and singer writer Johnon Eddo sounds wild enough to become a hit, at least, a favorite cult. Unfortunately, the Elvis agent was not given long enough to become even, as Netflix has canceled the Zani company for his first season. That is, Streamer recorded the animated series a few months after Season 1 was available, which may seem strange, but 2023 was a tumultuous year that many were looking for in the show.

The cancellation of "Elvis" was perhaps one of the biggest disappointments, just because the play had so many promises and excitement before his debut. The series trailer promised a miraculous Roma containing Matthew McConaughey as a secret agent version of the king, while Early shots by Elvis Agent Similarly, there was a stylish animated show that Rafael Motomayor described as "striking", noting that "Elvis never looked better". The fact that the widow in the real life of the king, Priscilla Presley, played herself, with McConaughey expressing the titular icon, only sweetening the deal.

What could have ended such a show so quickly? Well, the usual financial considerations played a role, but "agent Elvis" was also just unhappy about his time.

Elvis's Agent premiered on March 17, 2023, focusing on the king during his comeback and began his special Christmas in 1968 - a legendary event in Elvis's history and one of The highlights of the movie "Elvis" in 2022. However, shortly thereafter, the show occupies purely invented when Elvis is recruited by a mysterious government organization known as TCB. He then finds himself struggling with unfavorable forces as he tries to maintain his music career in a story that he brings from Las Vegas to Graceland and everywhere between.

The addition of the show's attractiveness over that funny premise was the impressive role of guest stars and characters, who saw Fred Amisen playing Charles Manson, Simon Peg, showing Paul McCartney, and Asonieson Manzukas borrowed his vote. The Elvis Agent even threw into camps for Renault Lurman's Baz Lurman fans, Elvin Biopic.

All this should, at least, made for cult success in the style of swimming in terms of Netflix. Instead, the series was canceled on November 15, 2023, just eight months after debuting on a stream. The deadline He announced the news, announcing that the "agent Elvis" was ax along with five other Netflix shows, including "Shadow and Bone" and "Glamorous". The main factor here seems to be the guild of the actors on the screen and "Guilding Writers", who threw the commissioners, channels and streams into trouble, with the exit reporting that Netflix chose not to restore this concrete raft of a week after a week after the SAG strike. Both strikes have resulted in seven -month melted production, which was essentially a death penalty for shows still finding their legs.

By the deadline, the performance versus costs played a major role in Netflix's decision not to renew several shows at the end of 2023, including the "Elvis" agent. But the strikes were an additional element that made things difficult, especially for the new series struggling to establish. The WGA strike came to a conclusion in September 2023With union members provide significant benefits and protections, perhaps the most important in the AI sphere, which continues to go into Hollywood today. (Although some people, like Ben Affleck, are very skeptical that AI will take over movies.) Then, at the beginning of November, And the historic strike with Sag-aphra ended and After seemingly establishing similarly important protection against AI - although many of them have since been questioned.

While many writers and performers rightly celebrated their victories, several plays took over the burden of the consequences. As Deadline noted, delays in the production caused by strikes had completely increased networks and streams schedules, which apparently created "pipeline logs" by the end of 2024 and 2025. This meant that if Netflix renewed the "agent Elvis", viewers would have to wait much longer than usual to arrive the season 2. Judging by Netflix's decision to cancel the show, the company did not think that the numbers of the season 1 justified the audience. Unless your series was already well established, then 2023 was a rough time for a debut.

Elvis's Agent was also not a huge critical hit, which oceans 64% of Rotten tomatoes Plus a result of 76% popcorn meter. Maybe if it was a little better, it could affect Netflix's decision. So far, however, Elvis's secret agents seem to be over.