Following CBS‘s The Equalizer cancellation Friday evening after 5 seasons, star and government producer Queen Latifah has addressed the sequence’ followers. In an Instagram put up, she mirrored on her run as Robyn McCall on the present, which she and her producing associate Shakim Compere government produced by means of their firm, Taste Unit.
“Stepping right into a kick-ass function like Robyn was the whole lot I hoped it might 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’re keen on 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’ forged, 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 hold 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 immediately, it got here all the way down to the wire, however CBS finally determined to not renew The Equalizer for what would’ve been a 13-episode sixth and sure last season. This Sunday’s (Might 4) Season 5 finale will now function a sequence finale.
A reimagining of the basic Nineteen Eighties sequence, The Equalizer starred Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall, an enigmatic girl with a mysterious background who makes use of her in depth expertise as a former CIA operative to assist these with nowhere else to show.
With the sequence, the hip hop icon grew to become solely the fourth Black girl to headline a primetime community drama.
