Warrior Nun Creator Nears Comic Rights Deal — SkimNews
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- Simon Barry and Reality Distortion Field are in final negotiations to license underlying comic book rights spanning more than 100 issues and specials from Perfect Circle Productions, headed by Dean English
- The plan is to develop a film and TV universe across films, TV, and other media platforms — explicitly not a straight rekindling of the cancelled Netflix series
- Perfect Circle Productions holds the live-action adaptation rights to Warrior Nun Areala, the manga-style American comic created by Ben Dunn and published by Antarctic Press
- Reality Distortion Field was co-founded by Barry and executive producer Stephen Hegyes; the original Netflix show starred Alba Baptista, Kristina Tonteri-Young, and Lorena Andrea before being cancelled after two seasons despite high audience approval
- A prior deal to spin off a trilogy of movies never came to fruition, and a subsequent rights pact with another company has since expired
- RDF will be at the Toronto market this week to discuss plans with potential partners, where the company is also debuting its movie Whatcha Want
- There are no current discussions with the original Warrior Nun cast to return to the franchise
Why it matters: For the global fanbase that lobbied to save the Netflix show, this represents a franchise path but not a revival — Barry is returning to the 100+ comic issues as source material, and the original cast is not currently in talks. The pivot from a failed movie trilogy to a broader multi-platform universe gives RDF more commercial flexibility but shifts the IP away from the Baptista-led continuity fans knew.
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