Description: Simon Barry is negotiating rights to the Warrior Nun Areala comics. What does the September 2026 news mean for Netflix's series, the original cast and the old film trilogy?
September 2026 brought talks about adapting the original Warrior Nun comics, not a confirmed third Netflix season. Simon Barry's return to the property is significant, but neither Ava and Beatrice nor the original cast have been announced for a new project.
What changed on September 10?
According to reporting summarized by Bleeding Cool, Barry's company Reality Distortion Field was in advanced talks with Perfect Circle Productions to license certain rights to Ben Dunn's Warrior Nun Areala comics. The goal is a world of film and television stories. A rights negotiation is not the same thing as a signed deal, a production order or a release date.
Barry said he had been thinking about revisiting this universe since the original show aired. The report also said there were no current talks with the original cast about returning. A creator can come back to a fictional world without continuing the same characters' story.
Why do viewers keep asking about Ava and Beatrice?
Netflix still lists Warrior Nun as a two-season show about Ava, a young woman who becomes a powerful Halo-Bearer among demon-fighting nuns. A mild spoiler for the season-two ending follows. Ava's departure to another world leaves her future with Beatrice open. For viewers attached to that relationship, “season three” means more than another series with the same brand.
The September 10 Reddit thread shows the divide: some welcomed Barry's involvement, others worried about the absent cast discussions, and some wanted a version closer to the comics. These are real, differing reactions, not a poll of all fans. Comments about the ownership of specific Netflix-created characters are interpretations unless supported by actual licensing documents.
What happened to the promised three movies?
Executive producer Dean English announced a film trilogy in August 2023. Contemporary reporting noted Barry was not involved. The 2026 talks represent a separate route through the comic-book material; they do not prove that the earlier films have entered production.
The useful next announcements would be a completed rights agreement, an ordered project, casting and an explicit decision on whether Netflix continuity can be used. Until then, hope for more Warrior Nun stories and hope for Ava and Beatrice's next chapter are two different expectations.
Bottom line: Another door may open into the Warrior Nun universe. The door back to Ava and Beatrice still needs its own key.
