Fate: A Winx Saga – Picture: Netflix
Fate: The Winx Saga is returning for season 2 at Netflix. While opinions were divided on the first season, it clearly made enough of an impact to warrant future iterations. Here’s everything we know so far about Fate: A Winx Saga season 2 including the new cast members and the news that filming has begun.
Fate: The Winx Saga is a Netflix Original teen-fantasy drama series based on the extremely popular cartoon series Winx Club. Created by Brian Young (who will return for season 2), the directing duties were split between three directors, Lisa James Larsson, Hannah Quinn, and Stephen Woolfenden. The series is a collaboration between Archery Pictures, Rainbow S.p.A., and Young Blood Productions.
Many fans that would have grown up watching the cartoon series tuned in to watch the live-action adaptation.
Has Fate: The Winx Saga been renewed for a second season?
Official Netflix Renewal Status: Renewed (Last Updated: 18/02/2021)
Netflix has revealed through its Twitter accounts that Fate: The Winx Saga will be returning for a second season!
BREAKING FAIRY NEWS… Fate: The Winx Saga will return for a second season!✨
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) February 18, 2021
A season 2 announcement video was also dropped on YouTube to confirm the news further.
Since its release on Christmas Day, Bridgerton has been firmly sat in the TV top spot in multiple regions around the world, most notably in the US. The series to finally unseat the period drama was Fate: The Winx Saga on the 23rd of January. It must be noted that the Original’s reign at the top only lasted eight days, before being unseated by Bridgerton.
In June 2020 we reported that Fate: The Winx Saga had been renewed alongside Ozark and Warrior Nun.
What about the series controversy?
With a franchise as popular as the Winx Club, naturally, any live-action adaptation will come under some level of scrutiny.
Quality of the series aside, the largest controversy the show has faced was down to the casting decisions. In particular, the character of Musa, whose character design was inspired by Chinese-American actress Lucy Lui, was not given to an actress of Asian descent, and instead, Emily Applebaum was cast.
Fans had further issues with the character of Flora being dropped in favor of Eliot Salt’s character of Terra Harvey. Although Flora’s potential debut in the second season has been teased by Salt (and we can confirm this to be the case shortly).
Arguably these ‘controversies’ were nowhere near enough a reason to cancel the series.
New Characters for Fate: The Winx Saga season 2
We’re happy to confirm that there are at least three new characters being introduced in season 2 and in July 2021, we got confirmation as to who will be playing them.
- Flora will be played by Paulina Chávez – Described as an Earth fairy like her cousin Terra, having an easy-going nature but hiding a dark secret. They are casting a Hispanic female for this role.
- Sebastian will be played by Éanna Hardwick – Featuring in season 2 of World of Winx, Sebastian will be making his way over to the Netflix series seemingly. Described as a student with a brilliant mind but with questionable morals.
- Grey will be played by Brandon Grace – We weren’t able to find a reference to Grey (correct us if we’re wrong) from the original animated series. This character is set to be a transgender male described as a specialist with a secret (everyone is hiding secrets in season 2!). Furthermore, he’s set to have a relationship with Aisha in season 2 which he obtains with his “charismatic charms”.
Where is Fate: The Winx Saga season 2 in Production?
Current production status: Filming (Last updated: 07/20/2021)
We’ve known that production was due to get underway this year however, we’ve been informed that the current schedule (which is always subject to change) is currently planned to take place between Mid-July 2021 and November 2021 with filming once again taking place in Dublin, Ireland.
Season 2 is expected to be 8 episodes again.
On July 20th, 2021, we got confirmation that filming had begun alongside the new cast members.
do you know how hard it is to keep something like this a secret?? ✨ Fate: The Winx Saga Season 2 is officially in production! pic.twitter.com/SkUQ188biS
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) July 20, 2021
When could we expect to see Fate: The Winx Saga season 2 on Netflix?
It could take a significant amount of time before the series makes a return to Netflix. Filming for the series took place in September 2019, before ending after a few months on December 13th, 2019. It then took thirteen months before the series made its debut.
Given the production schedule outlined above, our best guess is that it’ll be out in mid-to-late 2022.
What to expect from the second season of Fate: The Winx Saga?
Bloom’s powers grow stronger
In her dramatic fight with the Burned Ones, Bloom was able to sprout her own wings, becoming the first fairy to do so in many years. The use of her wings allows Bloom to tap into even more powerful magic, in particular, old magic that not even the staff of Alfea College can tap into.
With her new powers unlocked, Bloom will only grow stronger. The source of Bloom’s power is the Dragon Flame, and if she can control it she may be able to remove the Burned Ones for good.
It may take some time for Bloom to learn how to control her powers, as the first time she activated her wings she soon collapsed from the exhaustion of using them.
Will more fairies sprout wings?
With Bloom the first to sprout wings, it can’t be long before we see the other fairies learn how to do the same. Other than being an extremely powerful fairy, we still don’t know why her wings activated, but if she can figure out the key to the ability, other fairies may be able to learn the ancient magic.
Rosalind takes over Alfea College
With the help of the Queen of Solaria, Rosalind killed Farah Dowling. With her return as headmistress, it’s clear she will use her authority to further push Bloom to unlock more of her powers. With a looming war hanging over Alfea, Rosalind is likely to use this opportunity to push the students to become even stronger, and possibly turn them into soldiers that will fight in the war to come.
The cast of Fate: The Winx Saga appeared in a video for Netflix reading all the fun fan theories that subscribers have.
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