Accident? American TV series "Westworld" was cancelled by HBO

HBO has canceled Westworld, the sci-fi series centered around a robot theme park. According to Deadline, although the fifth season has been canceled, HBO will still pay the core cast.

The Hollywood Reporter said that the cancellation of "Westworld" was completely unexpected because the series has always had a good reputation on HBO. The creator Nolan said that he and the lead actress Lisa Joy are in talks with HBO and they really hope to produce the fifth season, which should also be the final season.

Sadly, the show's cancellation means the Season 4 finale will be the show's last, leaving the fate of humanity's impending extinction up in the air.

Westworld regular characters

Westworld premiered in 2016 and focuses on a Wild West-themed amusement park populated by robots that visitors can interact with and role-play. In later seasons, the robots gain sentience and free themselves from the park and enter the human world, which leads to conflict between the two sides.

While Westworld Season 1 and Season 2 generated millions of views, ratings declined in Seasons 3 and 4, according to Nielsen.

HBO plans to launch the live-action American drama "The Last of Us" on January 15 next year.