“Sense8” fans could have an unlikely savior following Netflix’s plans to cancel the Wachowskis’ drama series after two seasons.
Porn site xHamster posted an open letter to series co-creators Lana and Lily Wachowski on Wednesday, offering to produce a third season of the show. Netflix announced in June that it will run a two-hour special in 2018 to serve as the finale for “Sense8,” which has earned praise for its strong LGBTQ characters.
“We’re not talking about a parody, or something less than, but an actual revival of the series,” xHamster vice president Alex Hawkins wrote. “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 implicitly the interconnectedness of sexualities across boundaries. In short, we are a we.”
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Hawkins acknowledged that this may seem to be an “unconventional” fit, but that he would like to set up a meeting with the show’s producers. He touted the company’s “billions of users,” along with pointing out that xHamster continues “to use our audience to speak up against repressive anti-LGBTQ laws in the U.S. and abroad, and for sex ed in public schools, Planned Parenthood and the right of sex workers.”
“We know we’re an unlikely home, but five years ago people laughed at the idea of Netflix producing original series,” he continued. “We think that our time, like yours, has come.”
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This follows Lana’s recent announcement that she is writing a third season of the show, even though no platform is currently planning to air it.
A representative for the Wachowskis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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