Mesmo tendo números razoáveis quando comparados as demais produções da Freeform, Manto e Adaga foi cancelada e não voltará para uma terceira temporada. A notícia certamente pegou muita gente de surpresa que acreditava ao menos que a dupla merecia ao menos uma temporada - mesmo que curta - de encerramento. Numa nota oficial, a Freeform agradeceu a todos pelos dois anos da série:
"Estamos muito orgulhosos da Manto e Adaga da Marvel e das histórias pioneiras contadas nesta série", afirmou a Freeform. “Também somos gratos aos incríveis e talentosos Oliva Holt e Aubrey Joseph por dar vida a esses personagens amados, e ao showrunner Joe Pokaski por sua visão. Gostaríamos de agradecer aos nossos parceiros da Marvel Television por duas maravilhosas temporadas e esperamos poder encontrar outros projetos juntos”.
O produtor principal, Joe Pokaski, foi até o Twitter agradecer por tudo e todos por terem chegado até aqui:
So, yeah. There are parts of me that feel gut-punched or angry at larger corporate forces, but the biggest feeling I have in my heart right now, by far, is pride. I’m so fucking proud with what we got to do on #Cloakanddagger.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
This was the first pilot I’d ever written, i was very green, and I put my heart into it, and then it was put in a drawer. When I got the call five years later that they wanted to make it, I wasn’t surprised. Because you can’t keep Tandy and Tyrone in a drawer.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
This is who #CloakandDagger have always been, since kid-me first met them in the pages of Spiderman comics. They show up and then they go away and they have a way of showing up again. Even on the comics page, you can’t keep Tandy & Tryone in a drawer.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
This time around, there was no reason to pull punches. We found a force of nature director like @gpbmadeit to help tell this coming of age story that put #Marvel characters and situations on the screen that didn’t look like what we had seen before.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
We were blessed to cast the perfect actors for Tandy & Tyrone. I’d love to think that I passed on crazy knowledge onto these two kids as they grew into adults, but I learned more from @aubreyomari and @olivia_holt than they ever could from me.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
They were but two of a troupe of amazing actors, heroes and villains, and sometimes both (I’m looking at you, @emmaklahana ) who brought their own truth to our fiction and pulled me into stories I knew were made up.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
We filled the writers’ room with a beautiful (and beautifully messed-up) people, from very different backgrounds, all with stories they wanted to tell they hadn’t seen before. All digging deep to find the heroes in themselves and give them voice.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
We put together the best crew in television. The amount of art, sweat, and tears poured into every frame, with a limited amount of resources, and a dedication to diversity and justice. We did the impossible. And became a family and I hope we remain as such.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
And together, as best we could, we told a story of the world we are living in. This era of real life villains, who live by abuse of power. And through Tandy & Tyrone, we got to look them in the eye, and we said, as best we could, “not on our watch”.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
Most importantly, we had a strong group of fans picking up what we were putting down. Who took conversations about privilege out of our church and into their lives. Who knew what it meant when we put a man in a refrigerator.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
When we stepped out on a ledge to tell stories of human trafficking, in a way that exposed this modern-day slavery, some of our fans shared their real stories of surviving after we shared our fictional ones. Thank you all for trusting us.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
There is no human better at second-guessing himself than me, I swear. And while my imagination is active, I can’t think of what I would have done different with this great power and great responsibility in our corner of the Marvel Universe. I’m so proud of what we got to do.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
So, yeah. Right now Tandy & Tyrone are on a bus. They’re going to hang out with some super-kids in a couple months. And from there it's up to higher powers. But don’t be surprised when these two special people show up when you least suspect it…
— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
…because you can’t keep Tandy & Tyrone in a drawer.— Joe Pokaski (@JoePokaski) October 24, 2019
Apesar de começar lamentando muito as decisões arbitrárias que envolvem as 'grandes coorporações', Joe Pokaski continua a sequência de tweets elogiando toda a equipe da série - de atores a diretores - e terminar com um ar mais esperançoso. Ele deixa no ar que Tandy e Tyrone podem ainda voltar. E lembra que Aubrey Joseph e Olivia Holt ainda darão as caras, desta vez pela Hulu, na Terceira Temporada de Fugitivos, num episódio crossover. Se eles continuarão por lá, não sabemos, é uma possibilidade, mas pelas atuais mudanças que andam acontecendo na Marvel TV, será uma surpresa se até mesmo Fugitivos voltar pra uma quarta temporada.
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