Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down series has been canceled after one season by Netflix The Get Down series from writer/director Baz Luhrmann has been canceled after a single season, according to Deadline. The show had just released part two of their first season last month. Luhrmann posted a letter about the cancelation to fans on his Facebook page, which you can read below. In the letter, Luhrmann talks about a possible reason The Get Down series was canceled, saying, “When I was asked to come to the center of The Get Down to help realize it, I had to defer a film directing commitment for at least two years.