“Pretty Little Liars” Canceled After 2 Seasons on Max
'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin' premiered on Max in 2022, and 'Pretty Little Liars: Summer School' aired from May through June 2024
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The cast of 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.'Pretty Little Liars will not be returning for a third season.
According to a report from Variety published on Friday, Sept. 20, Max will not be renewing the reboot series, inspired by the original Freeform series which ran from 2010-2017.
Season 1 of the new series, which was subtitled "Original Sin," premiered on Max in 2022 and season 2, subtitled "Summer School," debuted on the platform in May 2024.
A statement obtained by Variety from the streaming service thanked the series' creators for "reintroducing fans to this new iteration of liars."
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Zaria, Maia Reficco, Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Malia Pyles in 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.'"While Max will not be moving forward with a third season of Pretty Little Liars, we are so grateful to our co-creators, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, as well as the team at Warner Bros. Television, for reintroducing fans to this new iteration of liars who band together to fight the latest creepy villain terrifying Millwood," Max writes in the statement. "Their unique and modern creative vision – combined with the immense talent of our cast and crew – gave the series a fun, horror-filled point of view that paid tribute to its original Rosewood roots."
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The new series starred Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Alex Aiono, Jordan Gonzalez and Elias Kacavas.
“Following the harrowing events of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, our Pretty Little Liars face a fate worse than death — summer school. However, Millwood High isn’t the only thing getting in the way of their fun summer jobs and new, dreamy love interests. A new villain, who may or may not have a connection to A, has come to town and is going to put them all to the test,” the second season's logline states.
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The cast of 'Pretty Little Liars: Summer School.'This isn't the first spinoff inspired by the original Pretty Little Liars series — Ravenswood and Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists aired on Freeform (previously ABC Family) before both being canceled after one season.
Following the news of the most recent series' cancellation, several of its cast members shared posts to social media to reflect on their time on the show.
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"This show changed my life and put so many bright souls on my path," actress Malia Pyles wrote in an X post alongside a photo of the cast. "Forever grateful for Pretty Little Liars and for everyone involved in bringing it to life. Thank you to everyone who went on this ride with us. Thank you for embracing Mouse and thank you for watching."
"Love you all and eternally grateful to the fandom, my cast/family, and all of the creatives involved. I’ll speak more when it’s settled in," actor Jordan Gonzalez wrote on X. "#pllsummerschool forever ??."
"we’ll forever be Pretty Little Liars??," Maia Reficco wrote in another X post. "and what an honor it was. thank you so much for the love and support throughout the past 3 years, it’s been a dream. to my liars: i’ll love you always. see u next time??."
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