«Warrior Nun» is an American fantasy drama streaming television series created by Simon Barry based on the comic book character of the same name.
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- Warrior Nun is an American fantasy drama streaming television series.
- It was created by Simon Barry.
- It is based on the comic book character Warrior Nun Areala by Ben Dunn.
- It was developed as a feature film adaptation.
- The idea was re-imagined as a television series for Netflix when the service had given the production a series order for a first season.
- Filming takes place in multiple locations in Andalusia, Spain, such as Antequera, where the headquarters of the fictional Order of the Cruciform Sword was filmed.
- The series is narrated and led by Portuguese actress Alba Baptista in the role of Ava Silva, a quadriplegic orphan who discovers she now has supernatural powers which force her to join an ancient order of warrior nuns.
- The series marks Baptista’s English-language debut.
- The cast also features Toya Turner, Thekla Reuten, Lorena Andrea, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Sylvia De Fanti and Tristán Ulloa.
- The series premiered on July 2, 2020, on Netflix to generally positive reviews.
- In August 2020, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on November 10, 2022.
- In December 2022, the series was canceled after two seasons.
- The cancellation resulted in a surge of fan protests including a petition that garnered over 121,000 signatures.
- In June 2023, the series was confirmed to be returning by showrunner Simon Barry, who credited fan support in helping bring about its revival.
- In the Warrior Nun comic, Jillian Salvius is a male character named Julian Salvius.
- Episode 6 was entirely filmed in the small town of Ronda, Spain, except the inside of the church. The city has only about 33.000 inhabitants. Ronda was founded around year 500, and has since been the epicentre of a lot of wars. During the year 1065 the population decreased from 15.600 to 5.000.
- The main character of the Warrior Nun comic is Sister Shannon, who in this series is given a supporting role while the main role is given to an original character, Ava Silva.
- This is stuntwoman Guiomar Alonso’s first comic-book feature where she has a supporting role. She had previously served as a stuntwoman on the comic-book features Hercules (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Wonder Woman (2017), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and Justice League (2017).
- Fans of the show have funded 10 billboards on 3 continents in their campaign to have the series renewed.
- Alba Baptista (who plays Ava) made her English-language debut starring in Warrior Nun and she speaks five languages: Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and English.
- Four months after Warrior Nun cancellation news broke, the fandom support for a continuation of the story appeared on the front cover of Empire magazine.
- It was announced in Dec. 2022, about a month after the second season premiered, that the show had been cancelled.
- Sometime after the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Alba Baptista, Toya Turner, Tristan Ulloa, Thekla Reuten, Kristina Tonteri-Young, Lorena Andrea, and Emilio Sakraya would star in the series.
- On April 1, 2019, it was announced that Sylvia De Fanti had joined the cast as a series regular.
- On October 18, 2021, Meena Rayann, Jack Mullarkey and Richard Clothier joined the cast as recurring roles for the second season.
- On September 28, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes.
- Simon Barry was set to serve as showrunner for the series. Barry is also credited as an executive producer alongside Stephen Hegyes with Terri Hughes Burton serving as a co-executive producer for the series.
- Production companies involved with the series are Barry’s Reality Distortion Field and Fresco Film Services.
- The series premiered on July 2, 2020.
- On August 19, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.
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