
Warrior Nun fans successfully battled back against Netflix’s decision to terminate the show, with a major fan movement obtaining another season.
After debuting in 2020, the series returned for a second season in November of last year, only to be terminated a month later.
The fantasy drama, based on the comic book character Warrior Nun Areala, stars Portuguese actress Alba Baptista as Ava Silva, a paraplegic orphan who finds she has magical abilities, forcing her to join an old order of warrior nuns.
When the programme was cancelled, fans were outraged, and they immediately began working to persuade Netflix that it was worth another season.
Soon after, multiple petitions were launched online, with one garnering over 123,000 signatures in support of the series’ survival.
Their wishes have now been granted, following a protracted fan effort.
On Wednesday morning, creator Simon Barry announced a third season was in the works via social media.
‘Today, I’m happy to officially report that because of your combined voices, passion and amazing efforts – #WarriorNun will return and is going to be more EPIC than you could imagine,’ he said.
Unsurprisingly fans have been pretty excited, with his post picking up more than 14,000 likes and 5,000 retweets in just a few hours.
One person detailed the extensive efforts that had been undertaken, posting on Twitter that ‘after six months of fighting to save this show through a worldwide fan campaign that funded 10 billboards, two murals and amassed 15 million+ tweets, we have finally done it’.
‘WE FINALLY SAVED WARRIOR NUN! CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE! YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!,’ they added.
‘Never ever doubt the power of fans. Congratulations to the #WarrioNun fandom, you worked so hard. Thrilled for you and the WN team,’ another person posted on Twitter.
Another added: ‘Mission complete. Can’t wait to see what happens next.’



Late last year the show’s cancellation was confirmed by Barry, who wrote on Twitter: ‘I’ve just found out that @netflix will not be renewing #WarriorNun – my sincere appreciation to all the fans who worked so hard to bring awareness to this series, and for the love you showed me, the cast and the whole production team. It was a privilege to be a part of this.’
When asked if the programme might be salvaged by another network at the time, Barry said the crew was ‘looking into it’ and trying to figure out if there was a ‘route’ to relocate it to another platform.
Warrior Nun is streaming on Netflix.