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‘The Expanse’ Renewed For Sixth & Final Season By Amazon Ahead Of Season 5 Premiere

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has set an end date for The Expanse. The popular sci-fi drama has received an early renewal for Season 6, which will be its last. Not returning for the final season is original cast member Cas Anvar, who faced a slew of sexual misconduct allegations during the summer. The rest of the cast, led by Steven Strait, and longtime Expanse showrunner Naren Shankar will be back.

The Season 6 renewal comes three weeks before the December 16 Season 5 debut on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories. I hear Season 6 tentatively is slated to begin production January 20, with the target start date subject to change amid fluid pandemic conditions.

The Alcon-produced The Expanse, based on James S.A. Corey’s best-selling novels, originally was picked up by Syfy, where it aired for three seasons. Following its cancellation in 2018, the show’s army of passionate fans launched a massive Save Our Show campaign, which helped seal the deal at Amazon. The space drama’s fourth season was released globally as an Amazon Original Series in December 2019.

“From the moment we committed to bringing this show to life up until this final season, we have worked tirelessly to honor the vision of the writers,” said Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, co-CEOs and co-Founders of Alcon Television Group and executive producers of The Expanse. “We have prided ourselves on having one of the most diverse casts on television and giving a platform to stories that matter. A special thanks to Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the writers of both the books and series, and to Naren Shankar, the series showrunner and executive producer. It continues to be an honor and privilege to work with this team. We also would like to thank Amazon for their continuing support to help us tell this story in its fullest and to bring The Expanse to a global audience.”

The Expanse is set in the future where humanity has colonized the solar system and the people of Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt have long been in opposition with one another. When the crew of the Rocinante uncovers an ancient alien technology, a vast conspiracy begins to emerge — one that will bring the solar system to the brink of war. The Expanse is a high-action, sci-fi adventure that explores the depth of humanity against the far-spanning reaches of the known universe.

“The dedication and artistry of everyone who helps bring The Expanse to the screen is incredible,” said Shankar, who has served as executive producer/showrunners on all seasons. “Our fans are awesome, and we cannot wait to get rolling on Season 6.”

The Hugo Award-winning series was developed and scripted by the Oscar-nominated Children of Men writing duo Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, who executive produce the series alongside Shankar, Kosove, Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Sharon Hall, Sean Daniel, Jason Brown and Dan Nowak. The Expanse is produced by Alcon Television Group. The studio in June launched an independent investigation after series star Anvar faced numerous accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

The fifth season of The Expanse will launch December 16 with three episodes. After that, one new episode will be released weekly through February 3.

“In a joint statement, the U.S. Women’s National Team Players Association and U.S. Soccer Federation said they have “ratified a new collective bargaining agreement which will continue to build the women’s program in the U.S., grow the game of soccer worldwide and improve the professional lives of players on and off the field. We are proud of the hard work and commitment to thoughtful dialogue reflected through this process, and look forward to strengthening our partnership moving forward.”

In recent years, the players have raised issues about compensation and working conditions compared to their male counterparts, casting a shadow over the efforts of the most successful women’s team in soccer history and pitting the federation against wildly popular athletes, such as Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan.

In March 2016, the players  filed a federal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, charging the USSF with wage discrimination. The case remains active.

Financial specifics were not immediately available, but people with knowledge of the pact said it includes:

Also, in a key gain, the players’ association will now control group likeness rights for licensing and nonexclusive rights in sponsorship categories where USSF does not have an agreement.”  

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100 followers, you guys! Woohoo!

Thank you so much! When I started writing Lady of Khaneya a year ago, I had exactly 14 followers for my writing blog (not surprising, considering there was barely anything on it.) And now this?? 

I know, I know – for a fanfic blog, 103 followers probably seems like nothing. But this is an ORIGINAL FICTION blog, and I appreciate each and every one of you. 

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It was while shooting the Big Cluster Birthday Bash, we wished there was a way for our fans to experience…

What we experience while making this show…

The Joy, the Jet Lag…

The Lunacy…

The Intimacy… 

The Fierce Commitment…

And the LOVE we all have for this project and each other.

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If you want to join us you automatically obtain Level 4 Weirdo status. Trust me, Level 5 won’t be far behind.

You are in luck because we have an intern program!! Current Open Positions: 

Gif Gopher: Able to find gifs at a weirdly fast speed. 

Convention Coordinator: I have no idea what convention this gifset is from? Oh you do? Of course you do you weirdo. 

Episode Decoder: You know that yellow and blue plaid shirt Sam wore that one time? Remember when Dean was a dog? We need a weirdo that knows what episode that was. 

Any suggestions of intern positions are welcome. We also accept interns that want to hang with fellow weirdos or weirdos that just want to lurk in the shadows. 

We don’t discriminate. We love you. You weirdo.

*pops up* Welcome! GIF Gophers report directly to me. 

I’m Stitch, and I’ll be your GIF-Speaker this evening. 

Lurker apprentices report to hides-in-the-shadows, our resident Ninja. 

Episode Decoders report to geeklibrarian. 

We also have positions open for Fic-lettes (baby fic writer weirdos) and Porn Babes (budding experts on posting hand/lip/eye/hair/freckle porn for consumption of the family, whether we like it or not.)

Fic-lettes report to coltsandquills, sweetasscas and sammit-janet.

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