Last June, it was announced that the hit Netflix show Sense8 has been mysteriously canceled. After two short seasons and a strong fandom, the streaming platform announced that it would cancel the show without a clean finale. Fans were disappointed, and a Renew Sense8 website and a Change.org petition were quickly mobilized. The petition gathered half a million signatures.
After the strong outpouring of support, co-creator Lana Wachowski announced that the platform will be streaming a two-hour finale to neatly close the series. But an adult website wants to take it further. xHamster announced that it wants to film a third season!
xHamster vice president Alex Hawkins wrote an open letter to the Wachowskis: “We know it’s unconventional, but we want to bring it back — on xHamster. We’re not talking about a parody, or something less than, but an actual revival of the series. We know that a series about polymorphous perversity is a hard sell for a mainstream network like Netflix. We have no such limitations, and also understand implicity the interconnectedness of sexualities across boundaries. In short, we are a we.”
Sense8, developed by The Wachowskis (who wrote and directed The Matrix Trilogy), tells the story of eight sensates from around the world who are mentally and emotionally linked. It was praised for its international cast, as well as for tackling issues not commonly explored in TV, like politics, identity, sexuality, gender, and religion. Critics loved it, too, with Rotten Tomatoes saying that its second season “maintains its stunning visuals, Wachowski wackiness, and great heart.”
The two-hour finale will premiere next year.
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