sense8 season three

Netflix shocked fans when it announced that after two seasons, the largely praised sci-fi series ‘Sense8’ would not return for a third.  Netflix has ordered a two hour movie to wrap up the series because the second season ended on a cliffhanger, but devoted fans want more!  They may get their wish.  A company has offered to renew the series for an entire third season.  The twist?  It’s porn site xHamster.

xHamster vice president Alex Hawkins penned a letter to series co-creators Lana and Lilly Wachowski in which he wrote:

“We recently read that you’re working on a third season of Sense8 despite the fact that Netflix has no plans to renew the series.  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.”

Hawkins states that his site gets more visits than the New York Times, ESPN or Daily News and that the site’s entire production budget would go toward ‘Sense8’, saying “In short, we have the eyeballs and the revenue.  Unlike with Netflix, you wouldn’t be competing for part of our production budget– it would be yours.”  (I have no idea how much money a porn site has to throw into a production budget.)

Here is his full letter:

The ambitious show, shot in 16 cities in 13 countries, was masterminded by the Wachowskis and J. Michael Staczynski creator of ‘Babylon 5’ and screenwriter of ‘Thor’ and ‘World War Z’ among others.  But by the second season, Lilly Wachowski for the most part withdrew, leaving Lana to shoulder most of the work on the series, even with the addition of three more writers (credited as consultants).  That plus the hefty budget ($9 million per episode in the second season) led Netflix to the decision to end the show.

Hawkins stressed that this would not be a “parody or something less than” but a full on continuation of the series.  It sounds absurd but… well, fans?  How badly do you want a third season?

Source: Entertainment Weekly