Unless your name is Taylor Sheridan and/or your project’s name is connected to that of Yellowstone , it’s hard out here for a Western. The 2024 TV schedule seems to have proven that yet again, as production on Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter’s latest series, The Abandons , has seen the mastermind exit. As if that wasn’t bad enough news for Netflix’s new series boasting Game of Thrones vet Lena Headey in its cast, the timing doesn’t exactly bode well for the project’s chances.
Per fresh reporting coming out of Deadline , Sutter departed The Abandons with just three weeks and one episode left before wrapping season 1. In the absence of the series’ creator, executive producer/director Otto Bathurst and co-exec producer Rob Askins will oversee the remainder of production. Part of what’s left to go is a rather interesting reshoot request, that may or may not have been the reason for Kurt Sutter’s departure.
For some, this turn of events may not be all that surprising, as Kurt Sutter's previous firing from Mayans M.C. saw him fired from his own prequel series due to "behavioral problems.
" But as cited in the report above, the problem that The Abandons is facing comes from a different source. And the result is as disheartening as Kevin Costner’s uncertainty over Horizon: Part 3 . Apparently, creative differences came into play when it came to the length of the series premiere.
Kurt Sutter was happy with an episode that was just shy of 2 hours, while Netflix.
