Almost two months have passed since Netflix announced the cancelation of Warrior Nun, the hit show created by Simon Davis Barry that had managed to win over the platform’s audience and surprise critics with its well-received second season, which exceeded expectations for all but the executives of the streaming service.
Since the announcement, fans of the series have taken over social media using different hashtags to call for the company to reconsider and continue telling the story or for a new platform to buy the rights and do so. So far, they haven’t been successful, but the fight continues, and after having put up a billboard outside Netflix’s Los Angeles offices, they’re going for more.
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The battle for the rescue of Warrior Nun has reached the big apple with a billboard in Times Square, a site considered by many to be the center of the western world, a key place for the world to see what fans are asking for, bringing their demands to a new level outside of Twitter and Instagram, taking on a much more real dimension.
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In recent weeks, fans have focused on asking platforms like Apple TV+ or Prime Video to become Warrior Nun’s new home after some unfortunate statements by one of Netflix’s co-CEOs, Ted Sarandos, who claimed that the company has never canceled a successful show.
However, Warrior Nun’s performance on the platform says otherwise, just like Sense8 did at the time. The widespread production of the Wachowski sisters was one of the banners of the platform for a long time, being one of the most popular and acclaimed shows. However, due to its high cost, Netflix decided to cancel it. Such was the commotion in the public that, after much demand, they decided to close it with a movie to reassure their subscribers.
“We have never canceled a successful show. A lot of these shows were well-intended but talked to a very small audience on a very big budget. The key to it is you have to be able to talk to a small audience on a small budget and a large audience at a large budget. If you do that well, you can do that forever.”
Something similar is what happens with Barry’s creation, which, although it is true that it has a considerably high cost due to the nature of the story, has proven to be highly profitable thanks to its number of views and the support received by critics.
