After season 1, the show was cancelled by the channel as the audience did not appreciate it, and also because it raked in mixed to average reviews overall. Metacritic, the reviewer, gave it a score of 45 out of 100, based on 13 reviews. The critics of the website stated that “Still Star-Crossed stumbles out of the gate, dishonouring its Shakespearean roots with lavishly staged but ultimately empty melodrama.” The review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes gave it an approval rating of 39% out of 100 based on 18 reviews overall. The story is basically about love and war. Season one received a mixed and average rating from the audience. 16th Visual Effects Society Awards nominated the series for an award. The channel ordered the pilot series on January 21, 2016. The series was announced as the new drama for ABC, a sequel to Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Still Star-Crossed Season 2 Release Date: Renewed or Canceled?

Anthony Stewart Head as Lord Silvestro Capulet is the House Capulet’s patriarch, and Juliet’s father. Sterling Sulieman as Prince Escalus is the prince of Verona whose city is under attack and struggles to maintain the control over the city. Medalion Rahimi as Princess Isabella is Escalus’ sister and a confident princess of Verona. Lashana Lynch as Rosaline Capulate is Juliet’s cousin, and later becomes House Capulet’s legal heir after Romeo’s death. There is Torrance Coombs as Count Paris who is the legal heir of Mantua and also the chief of the secret society, “The Fiends”. The main characters include Grant Bowler as Lord Damiano Montague, Romeo’s father who wants to increase family prestige by undermining House Capulet, and Wade Briggs as Benvolio Montague who becomes House Montague’s heir after Romeo’s death as he is the cousin of Romeo.

However, the duo manages to end the feud between the two families without having to get married. Simultaneously, a secret society namely, “The Fiend” is vying to unseat Prince Escalus by encouraging war between the two families. Lashana Lynch as Rosaline Capulet and Wade Briggs as Benvolio Montague are engaged to each other against their will in an attempt to conclude the war between both their families. The story transpires after Romeo and Juliet have passed. Still Star-Crossed Plot: What’s it about?

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