warrior nun

There’s a pessimistic take flying around social media that “there will never be another cult TV series,” meaning the new habit of streamers deleting shows that underperformed means it will be impossible to create a show that gains its audience over time, rather than right out of the gate. Well, folks, here’s a present-day example of a show clawing itself back from the cliff due to sheer fan will. It may be harder, but it’s not impossible. Simon Barry, the showrunner for Netflix’s Warrior Nun, dramatically announced last June that the show had been saved, though he provided no details as to how, or who did the saving. All he could confirm was that it wasn’t Netflix. Today executive producer Dean English piped up to offer a bit more information. It was unknown up to this point if Warrior Nun would continue as a series, or as a movie. English revealed it will be multiple movies. “I am very happy to announce that Warrior Nun is coming back as a

When Netflix suddenly revealed something called “Warrior Nun” in the summer of 2020, it got a lot of attention from its mere name, let alone its premise — and fortunately, said premise turned out to be as bonkers as the title suggested. Ava is a laid-back, nihilistic goth who doesn’t care about much, and doesn’t see a point to her life until the day she wakes up in an ancient temple on a slab. She briefly died, but was resurrected by a secret society of nuns — with superpowers! Now she’s joined them, and the halo mark on her back gives her the power to pass through solid objects, run on water and generally kick butt. She wasn’t intended to be their Chosen One, though, and some folks are miffed about that. I myself abstained from Season 1 because everybody was telling me “it’s all setup! Things don’t get moving until the very end, and it’ll probably be better if you wait for Season 2 and watch them together.” Of