Sutter was the executive producer/showrunner on the series, which he also created.
(Sutter and Bathurst are pictured in the above cast photo takenat the start of production in May.
)The Abandonsis about six episodes into its seven-episode shoot, I hear.
Kurt Sutter (inset) and ‘The Abandons’ set, from left: Lena Headey, Sutter, Gillian Anderson, Aisling Franciosi, Nick Robinson, Clayton Cardenas, Toby Hemingway, Lucas Till, Ryan Hurst, Diana Silvers, Katelyn Wells, LamaNatalia del Riego, and Michael Greyeyes from The Abandons.Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images / Decatur Dan / Netflix
Reps for Netflix and Sutter declined comment.
This would not be the first time Sutter has not seen eye-to-eye with executives over creative.
And it is not the first time he has exited a show during production.
With the Episode 1 split, it is now going back up to 8.
In this bloody process, justice is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law.
He set the project at Netflix which had been on a lookout for a Western series in 2021.
Rosy Cordero and Lynette Rice contributed to this report.
