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‘Save Warrior Nun’: Fans of rumored Chris Evans GF Alba Baptista slam Netflix for axing show

The series starred by Alba Baptista spent three weeks on Netflix's Top 10, peaking at #5

Netflix brought an end to the action-drama series 'Warrior Nun' starring Alba Baptista, just after a month after its second season release. Simon Barry, the series creator took to Twitter on Tuesday, December 13, to confirm the news. 

Season 2 of 'Warrior Nun', only spent three weeks in Netflix’s Weekly Top 10 for English-language series standing at #5, as per Deadline. The cast of the series also included Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea, Toya Turner, Tristán Ulloa, Thekla Reuten as well as Sylvia De Fanti, and William Miller. 'Warrior' Nun is based on the comic book character Warrior Nun Areala. The character initially appeared in 'Ninja High School #37' in March 1993, under the name Shanna Masters, reported Daily Mail. 

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The first season of the series was released in July 2020 and the second season was out on November 10, 2022, due to positive reviews. Barry tweeted, "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." The show was executive produced by Stephen Hegyes and David Hayter and Terri Hughes Burton was the co-executive producer.

Meanwhile, Amy Berg, Consulting Producer of the show retweeted Simon's tweet and stated, "Simon and I put together the best writers room in town and assembled a cast of young legends. So proud of what we accomplished. Shout out to our loyal fans for whom I know this will be devastating news. And all hail Simon Barry. #WarriorNun #WarriorNunS2." 

Alba Baptista also thanked the crew and audience on her official Twitter handle, She said, "Working on Warrior Nun was a very special chapter of my life. Thank you to the cast and crew for giving everything they had. Thank you to the fans that loved and supported us. I see you and I love you. It was all for you. I’m forever grateful. " 

#SaveWarriorNun

As the news broke out, fans took to the social media platform to protest Netflix's move and #SaveWarriorNun became trending. A fan stated, "Did i get it right?#RenewWarriorNunS3 #SaveWarriorNun #SaveFirstKill." Another added, "Do you know what these series have in common? They were all cancelled, they all have saphic representation and they are all led by women. This is Netflix #WarriorNun #SaveWarriorNun." A user said, "Weird how seemingly easy it was for warrior nun to get renewed after s1 where people could assume Ava was straight but s2 the season that cements ava as a sapphic doesn’t get renewed even though it is far more popular than s1 both on Netflix &online gets canceled #SaveWarriorNun." A user claimed, "I'm actually so mad rn.

A fan added, "Warrior nun has an amazing story, with really good character developments, incredible visuals and a beautiful love between two girls, i’m not forgiving netflix never #SaveWarriorNun." A tweet read, "I'm not okay. #SaveWarriorNun #RenewWarriorNunS3." Another claimed, "Netflix actually canceled a TV show that got EXCEPTIONAL DEMAND on U.S without zero promo in a super-competitive end of year launch season on streaming plataforms, they dont know how to analyze something promising? marketing is really dead #SaveWarriorNun #WarriorNun." Another added, "NETFLIX I HATE YOU FOR THIS #SaveWarriorNun." A fan stated, "Renew warrior nun, cancel netflix AND save warrior nun all trending? yeah goodbye netflix ur time is up." A user said, "Netflix doesn't deserve them SAVE WARRIOR NUN #WarriorNun #RenewWarriorNun #SaveWarriorNun #cancelnetflix."

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