One month after the second season of “Warrior Nun” debuted on Netflix last year, the streaming service opted not to renew the series for a third. In June, series creator and showrunner Simon Barry announced a resurrection thanks to passionate fan fervor and demands. Today it was announced that “Warrior Nun” will continue in movie trilogy form.
THR reports that executive producer Dean English confirmed the “Warrior Nun” movie trilogy via YouTube. English stated, “I am very happy to announce that Warrior Nun is coming back as a trilogy of motion pictures. Once again, a trilogy of feature films. Three.”
That’s an impressive resurrection!
You can check out the full announcement video below.
In the series, “Inspired by the manga novels, Warrior Nun revolves around a 19-year-old woman (Alba Baptista) who wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her.”
In Season 2, “Ava and the Sister-Warriors of the OCS must find a way to defeat the angel, Adriel, as he attempts to build his following into the dominant religion on the planet.”
Season two premiered in November 2022 and spent three weeks in Netflix’s worldwide top 10 list for English-language TV series before Netflix announced cancellation in December 2022. Fans immediately mounted a concerted effort to revive the series, to great success.
Alba Baptista, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea, Toya Turner and Olivia Delcán reprised their roles as the core group of demon-fighting Nuns.
I previously wrote in her 4-star review of the debut season, “With a silly title like Warrior Nun and a premise suggestive of another teen Buffy by way of Catholic horror, Netflix’s latest has vast potential to get slept on. The surprising reality is that Warrior Nun slowly reveals itself, throughout its 10-episode inaugural season, to be something special. A singular Hero’s journey with a witty teen antihero transforms into an epic, ensemble story that’s refreshingly ballsy and mature in the way it tackles oft controversial subject matter. By season’s end, Warrior Nun becomes full-throttle action horror with serious stakes, making this an insanely pleasant surprise that’ll leave you clamoring for more. Ignore the dumb name and hit play.”
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