Following CBS‘ cancellation of The Equalizer after 5 seasons, star and govt producer Queen Latifah addressed the sequence’ followers Friday evening. In an Instagram put up, she mirrored on her run as Robyn McCall on the present, which she and her producing accomplice Shakim Compere govt produced by means of their firm, Taste Unit.
“Stepping right into a kick-ass function like Robyn was all the pieces I hoped it will be,” she wrote. “Shakim and I at Taste Unit are at all times excited to carry these sorts of roles and initiatives to life — after which we simply hope you like them as a lot as we do. The Equalizer blew previous each dream we had for it, and having the chance to do that for 5 seasons actually feels surreal.”
Queen Latifah went on to thank the sequence’ solid, crew, writers and producers earlier than turning to the followers.
“Y’all have been so loyal, so loud, and so ride-or-die — and that’s precisely why we preserve doing this,” she wrote. “We are able to’t thanks sufficient. It means the world to us.”
And for many who already miss her as Robyn, Queen Latifah had this to say to them, “don’t fear — I’ll be again kicking ass in one thing new actual quickly. Can’t wait to share it with you.”
As Deadline reported at present, it got here all the way down to the wire, however CBS in the end determined to not renew The Equalizer for what would’ve been a 13-episode sixth and certain remaining season. This Sunday’s (Might 4) Season 5 finale will now function a sequence finale.
A reimagining of the basic Eighties sequence, The Equalizer starred Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic girl with a mysterious background who makes use of her in depth abilities as a former CIA operative to assist these with nowhere else to show.
With the sequence, the hip hop icon turned solely the fourth Black girl to headline a primetime community drama.
