Try as they might, Netflix just can’t seem to kill The OA. The Brit Marling-led sci-fi/spiritual drama has only gained notoriety and support in the weeks since Netflix announced its cancellation—including crowd-funded flash-mobs in Times Square and nods of support from one of the streaming service’s most influential talents.

Netflix first canceled the two-season series on August 5, inspiring familiar fan-led calls to “#RenewTheOA” and “#SaveTheOA,” as well as conspiracy theories about cancellation feeding into the show’s meta-narrative and a hunger strike that creator-star Brit Marling and collaborator Zal Batmanglij personally stepped in to curb. “You’ve broken the mold of storytelling,” Marling wrote in an Instagram post last week. “You’re building something far more beautiful than we did because it’s in real time in real life with real people. The show doesn’t need to continue for this feeling to.”

Even as Marling stepped in to settle commotion and gently let the fanbase down, Variety further clarified that The OA surge would not lead to a movie-wrap-up, as has been the case for other canceled fan-favorites like Sense8. “A source close to the discussions told Variety that Netflix and the show’s creators, Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, talked about the idea of tying up the show’s loose ends in a movie format,” Variety wrote, though the series’ initial five-season plan could not be condensed as such. Not only that, but the show’s cast—including Marling, Jason Isaacs, Emory Cohen, Patrick Gibson, Phyllis Smith, Kingsley Ben-Adir and more—have all been released from their contracts.

All the same, some fans continue to hope—particularly as Grey’s Anatomy-turned Netflix super-producer Shonda Rhimes tweeted last week, “I am holding a grudge about the fact that they cancelled the @The_OA on us. I thought it would pass but...not so much.”

Amid all the protests, crowd-funded billboards and pleas to the cancellation-happy streaming service, some fans are even attempting to organize mass cancellations of their Netflix subscriptions in protest. Netflix also holds exclusive rights to the series as producers, meaning no other networks will likely attempt to resuscitate The OA, a la the Sony-produced One Day at a Time’s move to Pop.

Netflix has not yet responded to the ongoing campaigns, or Variety’s dismissal of a movie, though head of originals Cindy Holland said in early August, “We are incredibly proud of the 16 mesmerizing chapters of The OA, and are grateful to Brit and Zal for sharing their audacious vision and for realizing it through their incredible artistry. We look forward to working with them again in the future, in this and perhaps many other dimensions.”