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Viewers will not be returning to the world of Daria after all. Plans for a spin-off and film featuring Daria’s best friend, Jodie, have been cancelled.

Daria, an animated MTV series that is a spin-off of Beavis and Butt-Head, ran for five seasons on MTV between 1997 and 2002. in the show, Daria Morgendorffer (Tracy Grandstaff) is an intelligent and cynical high school student. One of her friends is Jodie Landon (Jessica Cydnee Jackson), one of the few competent students at the school.

Created by Grace Edwards, Jodie was first conceived as a Daria & Jodie spin-off series. Comedy Central ordered the Jodie series in 2020, but the project was changed to a movie in 2022.

Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish) was set to star as the title character. Jodie was set to follow the character after she graduated college and moved to the big city.

Per Deadline, the following was said about the project’s cancellation:

Jodie will not be moving forward at MTVE Studios. We have loved working with Tracee, Grace and the whole team on creating a film that is full of joy and genre-bending fun with an inclusive, diverse, and incredible cast.  We are fully supportive of them finding a home elsewhere and look forward to partnering with them in the future.

What do you think? Were you a fan of Daria? Were you planning to watch Jodie?