Warrior Cancelled, Max Will Share Past Seasons With Netflix

Warrior has fought its final fight.

TVLine has learned that the martial arts/crime drama based on the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee has been cancelled and will not be returning for a fourth season on Max.

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Of some comfort to fans/prospective samplers: Netflix has picked up non-exclusive rights to Warrior‘s first three seasons, to hit the streamer possibly as soon as February, Deadline reports.

Seasons 1 and 2 of Warrior aired on Cinemax, ultimately marking that cabler’s final original series before it ceased its production of original programming. In April 2021, a third season was ordered, to stream on what was then known as HBO Max. “Warrior introduced viewers to a distinct world from the past, executed with dynamic action and relevant storytelling, with a brilliant cast led by Andrew Koji,” Casey Bloys, Chief Content Officer for HBO and HBO Max, said at the time. “We can’t wait to see what [executive producers] Jonathan [Tropper], Justin [Lin] and Shannon [Lee] will bring to the next chapter of this series.”

Season 3 began production in late July 2022, and eventually streamed on Max this past June 29 through Aug. 17.

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Warrior takes place during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 19th Century. In the long-awaited third season — and in the wake of the race riots that had upended Chinatown at the close of Season 2 — Mai Ling (played by Dianne Doan) used her government connections to consolidate power, while Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) and the Hop Wei had to find new ways to survive.

The Warrior cast also included Olivia Cheng (as Ah Toy), Jason Tobin (Young Jun), Kieran Bew (Bill O’Hara), Dean Jagger (Dan Leary), Tom Weston-Jones (Richard Lee), Hoon Lee (Wang Chao), Perry Yung (Father Jun), Langley Kirkwood (Walter Buckley), Miranda Raison (Nellie Davenport), Chen Tang (Hong), Chelsea Muirhead (Yan Mi), Mark Dacascos (Kong Pak) and Joe Taslim (Li Yong).

Are you surprised by Warrior‘s cancellation, or did Season 3 of the martial arts/crime drama leave you sufficiently satisfied?

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