"Lucifer" renewed for the fifth and final season By Netflix – Deadline

After the start of season 4 of Lucifer, Netflix has resumed a fifth season of comic drama, which will be his last.

"We are delighted that Lucifer Fans around the world have adopted this series on Netflix, and we can not wait to give them the big result that they all expected, "the streamer said in a statement.

Lucifer started on Fox, who canceled it after three seasons. Netflix saved the series, extending its two-season run.

"We are extremely grateful to Netflix for resurrecting our show last season and letting us finish Lucifer's story on our terms," ​​said executive producers Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson. "More importantly, we want to thank the fans for their incredible passion and support. The best is yet to come!!"

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Supported by the strong support of fans, who did Lucifer the world's # 1 trend topic on the day of its cancellation in May 2018, series The producer Warner Bros. TV chose the series for high-end steam services and cable networks.

Netflix has grown strongly, overcoming a number of hurdles to cross Lucifer, Iincluding sorting US rights in SVOD for the first three seasons, which were owned by Hulu, as well as rights in certain international markets, including the United Kingdom and Germany, where the show was on Amazon platforms.

The bet seems to bear fruit. Netflix does not broadcast information from the US / global player but season 4 of Lucifer, which debuted on May 8, was part of the Top 10 list of excessive vendors and also figured in the Top 10 in the UK, where Netflix is ​​experimenting with sharing scoring information on its top titles. popular.

At 77 episodes through five seasons, Lucifer would be one of the oldest runs of Netflix running whose number of episodes is between veterans Orange is the new black (91) and House of cards (73).

Lucifer, based on the cartoon characters created by Neil Gaiman for Vertigo's Imprint of Sam, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for Vertigo, stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Harris Rachael, Woodside DB, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Aimee Garcia, Tricia Helfer , Scarlett Estevez and Kevin Alejandro.

The series follows Lucifer Morningstar (Ellis), the charming and charismatic god of hell, who helped the LAPD detective, Chloe Decker (German), to suppress criminals.

Lucifer is produced by WBTV in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television. The series is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Joe Henderson, Ildy Modrovich, Sheri Elwood and KristieAnne Reed.