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The studio executives claimed the cancellation reflected HBO rebranding by implication, away from shows about Latino families.
Then several of the shows main executives at Adult Swim and HBO Max left in the turmoil.
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Planned marketing projects to promote the new season didnt happen.
Then we learned the show had been cancelled.
ZamorasThe Whistleblowertold the story of Natalie Khawam and the case of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen.
After a competitive bidding process with multiple outlets, I soldWhistleblowerto HBO Max in February 2021, said Zamora.
During development, we received only compliments from our executives.
The leads were three BIPOC women, and it was a story I was excited to tell.
Despite it all, the series was canceled soon after the merger, before it went into production.
The press speculation is that the new company is focusing more on whats seen as Middle America content.
But Black, Asian, and Latinx communities are Middle America too.
