Mr. Show with Bob and David stars Bob Odenkirk and David Cross were all set to co-star in their own new series, Guru Nation. However, as Cross has now revealed, the show was scrapped for reasons the actor doesn't quite understand.

It was in 2022 when Guru Nation was first announced. The series would have been a mockumentary-style comedy featuring Odenkirk and Cross as rivaling cult gurus. Per Variety, Cross recently appeared as a guest on Andrew Santino's Whiskey Ginger podcast where he shared a grim update on the project. He confirmed that it was axed at Paramount+ after the higher-ups at the streaming platform suddenly changed their minds on moving forward with the series.

“We went with Paramount+, and we wrote up the first four episodes and then a really specific, extensive bible for the last four — all of which we had pitched, like, ‘Here’s the story, here are the characters and here’s how it would work,'” Cross explained. “And then they said no, which was weird because it was what we pitched.”

This Is an Ugly Reminder, Says David Cross

Noting that it was partly due to the "marketing and analytics department not getting it," Cross added, "[It's] an ugly reminder [that] they have all the fucking power! If the marketing department doesn’t have the imagination to take a preexisting idea, and figure out […] how to sell it, then they can say no.”

Since his time spent in comedy, Bob Odenkirk found great success in drama. With his role as Jimmy "Saul Goodman" McGill, Odenkirk garnered great acclaim for his performances in both Breaking Bad and its spinoff series, Better Call Saul. More recently, he appeared in the parody film The People's Joker along with a remake of Tommy Wiseau's The Room. Odenkirk also starred in the one-season AMC series Lucky Hank and had a memorable guest appearance in The Bear.

Cross is set to appear in the upcoming fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy, coming to Netflix later this year. He also had a role in Justified: City Primeval and did voiceover work for Dan Harmon's new animated series Krapopolis. Last year, Cross appeared in the film You Hurt My Feelings, which also featured Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies. Following his work on Mr. Show, Cross also earned a Satellite Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his role in the hit series Arrested Development.

Source: Variety/Whiskey Ginger podcast