‘Orange’ to fade to black next year
The final look at the goings-on at Litchfield Penitentiary will air in summer 2019
Steady yourselves, Orange Is the New Black fans: Netflix has revealed that the upcoming seventh season of the prison drama will be its last.
“After seven seasons, it’s time to be released from prison,” said series creator Jenji Kohan in a statement. “I will miss all the... ladies of Litchfield and the incredible crew we’ve worked with. My heart is orange but fade to black.”
The final look at the goings-on at Litchfield Penitentiary will air in summer 2019, according to an announcement by Netflix posted on Twitter, which looks about as grim as to be expected with the cast aboard a prison bus. But for a warmer, slightly wistful response, various members of the cast appeared in a second tweet for the show that expressed gratitude to fans.
“Warning,” the tweet reads, “this might make you cry.”
Starring Taylor Schilling and featuring a diverse ensemble cast, the series created by Kohan and based on Piper Kerman’s 2010 memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s Prison debuted on Netflix in 2013.