Is ‘Mindhunter’ Canceled Or Renewed? Why Season 3 Is On Hold

“Mindhunter” has garnered up a lot of critical success, being nominated for a Primetime Emmy and also currently has a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Netflix and David Fincher collaboration might have just hit a snag, however. The actors set to return are all being released from their contracts.

With “Mindhunter” Season 3 on indefinite hold, a Netflix representative cited Fincher’s busy schedule as the sole reason for this decision. The award-winning director and “Mindhunter” showrunner has a new movie in the works called “Mank,” and a second season of the sci-fi animated anthology series “Love, Death, Robots,” both Netflix projects.

Fincher isn’t completely ruling out a “Mindhunter” Season 3. “He may revisit Mindhunter again in the future,” the Netflix rep said in a statement (via TVLine). “But in the meantime felt it wasn’t fair to the actors to hold them from seeking other work while he was exploring new work of his own.”

“Mindhunter” follows two FBI agents during the 1970s as they investigate and ultimately coin the term “serial killers.” The semi-true story’s main protagonists are merely inspired by real FBI agents John E. Douglas and Robert K. Ressler, but the killers and events that take place are actually based on true stories.

Douglas actually wrote the book “Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit,” which the show is based on.

Some of the real-life killers featured are the BTK killer Dennis Rader, Ed Kemper, Monte Ralph Rissell, David Berkowitz, Charles Manson, etc.

It’s important to note that despite the actor’s contracts being released the show remaining in a limbo state, “Mindhunter” has not been canceled in any official capacity.