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If you’ll be able to imagine it, it’ll be two years since Barbarians season 2 (stylized as Barbarians II on Netflix or Barbaren in German) was launched on the service. However, after current omissions and feedback from concerned events in 2023 and into 2024, it appears to be like like there gained’t be a third season.
Headlined by Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud, and David Schütter, the collection follows three folks’s fates which might be interwoven on the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest that passed off in 9 A.D. that noticed Germanic warriors attempting desperately to halt the unfold of the Roman Empire.
Season 1 of the present debuted on Netflix globally on October twenty third, 2020 with the second season dropping two years afterward October twenty first, 2022.
Following the discharge of Barbarians season 2, the present featured within the world Netflix high 10s for a complete of three weeks selecting up 45.20 million hours watched. We additionally noticed the primary season re-enter the highest 10s for 2 weeks throughout that point, though we don’t have comparable watchtime information for season 1.
From the current Netflix Engagement Report, we can see that Barbarians season 1 ranked #1482 between January and June 2023, and Barbarians season 2 ranked #1443.
| Title | Globally Available | Hours Viewed Globally |
|---|---|---|
| Barbarians | Yes | 14,100,000 |
| Barbarians II | Yes | 14,500,000 |
However, we do have FlixPatrol information, which suggests the second season fell away a lot quicker within the every day high 10s. Even in Germany, the collection had disappeared from the every day high 10s after solely 12 days. We usually have to see a collection of options for a number of weeks in its residence nation to justify renewal.
Has Barbarians been canceled?
Last yr, we contacted Guamont and Netflix concerning the present’s future. The former advised us that the collection hadn’t been formally canceled however that manufacturing had “concluded.” A Netflix consultant additionally confirmed that they’d not picked up the present for a 3rd season at the moment.
Nothing has seemingly modified since then. In current weeks, Netflix Germany revealed its full slate of upcoming titles, and Barbarians was notably absent. Netflix Germany has a number of returning titles: How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) season 4, Kleo season 2, and The Empress season 2.
Since that occasion, one of many present’s major stars not too long ago confirmed that there are not any plans for a 3rd season, both. In response to an Instagram query, Laurence Rupp recommended our reporting up to now continues to be the case. When requested a couple of third season, the actor responded, “Unfortunately, there will be no third season soon…”
The “soon” within the response seemingly retains the door open for additional down the street, however given the size of time, it appears to be like extremely unlikely. Rupp has since labored with Netflix on the not too long ago launched 2024 film The Heartbreak Agency and is connected to a number of different upcoming tasks.
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We have contacted Gaumont once more and can report again if we hear something new.
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