The much-hyped project has sadly stalled. <\/p>
The planned third entry in the Life on Mars saga has been cancelled due to financial issues, its creators have confirmed.<\/p>\n
Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah, who brought us the original hit series and its sequel Ashes to Ashes, took to Twitter to offer an update on their long-gestating follow-up.<\/p>\n
Development on Lazarus was announced back in 2020<\/a>, with the creative team revealing last year that the script for the pilot had been completed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fans were excited by the idea of an Avengers-style reunion of characters from both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, but these hopes have been squashed by the news that the project has been scrapped.<\/p> A statement by Graham (via Twitter<\/a>) said: \u201cSome sad news folks. After many months of planning, we will now not be making Lazarus. I can\u2019t go into details but the hurdles were financial not creative.<\/p>\n \u201cNaturally all who were involved are sick as a jungle full of parrots. Not least myself and Ashley Pharoah.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cIt was a cracking concept \u2013 pertinent to our times. It had a whole new round of things to say about the relationship between the public and the police. And it was bloody funny too. But that as they say is showbiz baby.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cForgive us if we don\u2019t take questions on the decision or on what happens next for Gene, Sam and the gang. But we wanted to let those who were interested know so that you could instead raise a pint of tan n bitter to the Guv.\u201d<\/p>\n