Jake Johnson Blasts Max’s ‘F—ing Gross’ Removal of Minx

When Minx premiered on HBO Max in March 2022, it opened to positive reviews. A month after its release, the series earned a second season renewal. All was well and on schedule, until December, when the series was abruptly canceled in a cost-cutting move stemming from the WarnerMedia and Discovery Merger. When the news hit, filming for the series’ sophomore season was well underway. Cancelation of Minx came as a bit of a shock considering the positive feedback the first season had received. Jake Johnson, who stars in and co-executive produces the series, opened up about learning of the show’s cancelation in a recent conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.

“I found out with everybody else when the news broke. It was more of an existential hit, for me. It wasn’t creative or personal. It was just a huge corporation doing a snaky numbers move. The more these people keep pushing, the less it’s about art and creativity and the more it’s about data. F—ing gross.”

Despite the news, Johnson shared that the there was a light at the end of the tunnel:

“Our cast is so sweet, so new generation. On New Girl, which will always be my base, that was my generation and we were rattier. No one acted vulnerable. If we’d been canceled, we all would’ve been sailors about it. ‘OK, well, then, f— Fox!’ With this group, there was just a sadness in the air. I’ve become a veteran, so I contacted a friend at Lionsgate and he explained that we weren’t dead. This show was lucrative for the studio domestically and internationally. There were already three streamers showing interest. The question wasn’t if we’d find a home. It was, ‘Who wants us the most and why?'”

Johnson added that while he couldn’t make any public statements about the likelihood of Minx continuing on in a new home, he “could reassure castmembers.” Lionsgate Television, the production company behind the series, began shopping the series, and less than a month later, Minx was picked up by Starz, the network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment.

Related: Minx Season Two Trailer: The Team Is ‘Back and Better Than Ever’

Jake Johnson Looks Forward to a Third Season of Minx

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The series, which follows the creation of the fictional publication Minx (the first erotic magazine for women), stars Ophelia Lovibond as Joyce, an idealistic young woman who wants to launch a feminist publication, and Johnson as Doug, an adult magazine publisher who somehow convinces Joyce to go into business with him. Throughout the first season, Doug, Joyce, and the rest of the Minx crew work hard to gain buzz for the unprecedented magazine featuring naked men and feminist articles. They find success, but it doesn’t come without struggles and significant differences between the series protagonists.

Minx’s second season premieres Friday, July 21, and Johnson is already looking forward to its third season, telling THR:

“I want Minx to get a third season. I really want to see [my character] Doug in the ’80s, to see what happens when he does cocaine for the first time.”

Minx’s sophomore season stars Johnson, Lovibond, Johnson, Idara Victor, Jessica Lowe, Lennon Parham, Michael Angarano, Oscar Montoya and Elizabeth Perkins. The series is created by Ellen Rapoport, who serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Paul Feig and Dan Magnante for Feigco Entertainment, and Ben Karlin and Rachel Lee Goldenberg.

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