Warrior Nun

Warrior Nun is an American media franchise, consisting of a fantasy action-drama streaming television and film series which follow the members of the Order of the Cruciform Sword, a fictional military order of Warrior Nuns and Magic Priests in the service of the Catholic Church. Based on the comic book series of the same name by Ben Dunn, originally published by Antarctic Press. The first season of Warrior Nun, developed by Simon Barry with executive producers Stephen Hegyes and Dean English, was released in July 2020, with an ensemble cast led by Alba Baptista, Lorena Andrea, Kristina Tonteri-Young, and Tristán Ulloa. A second season, with William Miller, was released in November 2022. The franchise is set to continue with a live-action film trilogy from Barry, with Baptista reprising her role. Origin The Warrior Nun television and film franchise is based on the comic series Warrior Nun Areala, which was originally published by Antarctic Press from March 1993 to July 2003. Several spin-offs of the series were published by Antarctic during the latter run: Warrior Nun Dei (1997), The Crimson Nun (1997), Warrior Nun Areala and Glory (1997), Areala: Angel of War (1998–1999), Warrior Nun Brigantia (2000), Warrior Nun Lazarus (2006) The series was created by Ben Dunn. Following the launch of the television adaptation for Netflix by Simon Barry, all volumes were republished to promote the series.