“Our Flag Means Demise” has been canceled at Max.

The pirate comedy aired two seasons on the streamer. The sequence initially debuted in March 2022, with the second season launching in October 2023.

“Whereas Max is not going to be transferring ahead with a 3rd season of Our Flag Means Demise, we’re so happy with the joyous, hilarious, and heartfelt tales that creator David Jenkins, Taika Waititi, Rhys Darby, Garrett Basch, Dan Halsted, Adam Stein, Antoine Douaihy, and your entire very good solid and crew dropped at life,” a Max spokesperson stated in a press release. “We additionally thank the devoted followers who embraced these tales and constructed a stunning, inclusive group surrounding the present.”

Rhys Darby led the sequence, with different solid members together with Samson Kayo, Vico Ortiz, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Matthew Maher, Kristian Nairn, Con O’Neill, David Fane, Samba Schutte, Nat Faxon, and Leslie Jones.

The sequence is claimed to be very loosely primarily based on the actual adventures of 18th century pirate Stede Bonnet, performed by Darby. The Season 2 logline reads, “After buying and selling the seemingly charmed lifetime of a gentleman for one among a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede turned captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his doubtlessly mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes modified after a fateful run-in with the notorious Captain Blackbeard (Taika Waititi). To their shock, the wildly completely different Stede and Blackbeard discovered greater than friendship on the excessive seas…they discovered love. Now, they should survive it.”

David Jenkins created the sequence and served as government producer and showrunner along with directing a number of episodes. Waititi was additionally an government producer together with Garrett Basch, Dan Halsted, Adam Stein, and Antoine Douaihy.

In an interview tied to the Season 2 finale, Jenkins broke down his plans for a possible third season of the present, which he believed must be the present’s final.

“I like issues in threes,” he stated. “That first act, second act, third act construction is so satisfying when it’s carried out properly, and also you don’t overstay your welcome. I believe this world of the present is an enormous world, and if the third season is profitable, we may go on otherwise. However I believe for the story of Stede and Ed, that may be a three-season story.”