Season five
Max series Tokyo Vice It ended after two seasons. The news was revealed today during a panel discussion at Fox Studios with Max’s head of original content, Sarah Aubrey, Tokyo Vice Creator JT Rogers and EP/director Alan Ball.
A Max spokesperson said in a statement regarding the farewell series, “From tokyo viceFrom the rich written material and wonderfully composed shots to the live performances, the care and creativity of this extremely talented cast and crew shines through every frame of the show. We thank JT, Alan, Ansel, Ken, Fifth Season and Wowow for partnering on this unique modern thriller.”
Rogers and Paul added: “Over the past five years, Max has made sure we tell our story. They have supported us through thick and thin. Not only did they give us these two seasons, they said yes when we asked to end season one on a cliffhanger, and they said yes when we asked for two more episodes so we could land the plane the way JT always envisioned it.
We are grateful not only to Max, but also to our partners in Season 5, who have sold the show around the world and made it a global success story. They were always with us in the trenches, ensuring we could deliver the show we wanted to deliver. The response from both press and fans, especially to season two, has been overwhelming. It’s been exciting to see how engaged viewers are with our characters, and to hear how much they’re asking for more.
We know there are more stories to tell. Of course we’ll see what the future holds, but we’re really grateful that we’ve been able to share this story about Max so far.
in tokyo vice, Elgort played a Western journalist working for a newspaper in Tokyo. He ends up confronting one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses.
Tokyo Vice It first aired in 2022, and was originally filmed during Covid. The delay between seasons arose from increased production in Japan per Paul and the order of the episodes being ten larger.
Aubrey mentioned that day Tokyo Vice It was one of the first series purchased for HBO Max. As for Rogers, he was friends with author Jake Adelstein, and they met while editing Drivers. Adelstein, like Elgort’s character, covered the Yakuza as a journalist in Japan. Paul shared the challenges of filming in Japan, an experience dating back to his days on the set of a Michael Douglas film in the 1980s Black rain.
Aubrey also spoke with Hacks Co-authors Lucia Aniello, Jane Statsky, and Paul W. Downs.
In addition today, Jeff Schiffer and John Wilson of How with John Wilson I had a conversation with Amy Gravett, Executive Vice President and Head of Original Comedy Programming at HBO and Max.