MARVEL is bringing four new live-action shows to Netflix leading to a "Defenders event" (1 Viewer)

[Adam Lenhardt]

"Marvel's Iron Fist" fills out remainder of series regular cast

David Wenham (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, 300, "Top of the Lake") will play Harold Meachum, who co-founded Rand Enterprises with Danny Rand's father.

Jessica Stroup (Kevin Bacon's niece on "The Following") will play Harold's daughter Joy. Tom Pelphrey (the sheriff's deputy/former white supremacist on "Banshee") will play Harold's son Ward.

They join the previously announced casting of Finn Jones as Danny Rand and Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing.

Jessica Jones season 2, however, is allegedly coming this November.

I would imagine we'd have heard a filming announcement for "Jessica Jones" Season 2 by now if it was coming in November. I think a lot of the same crew work on all of the Netflix Marvel series, so they're limited as to how much they can multitask.

 

[Sam Favate]

I would imagine we'd have heard a filming announcement for "Jessica Jones" Season 2 by now if it was coming in November. I think a lot of the same crew work on all of the Netflix Marvel series, so they're limited as to how much they can multitask.

That's very true. My comment on JJ coming in November was based on an article I saw somewhere (EW?) and the hints on the JJ Facebook page. But it seems shooting is not scheduled to start until 2017:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-jessica-jones-storms-the-streets-of-new-york

I guess we can hope to see 3 Marvel Netflix series in 2017 (Iron Fist/Defenders/Jessica Jones)?

More (rumors?) on JJ Season 2: http://www.movienewsguide.com/marve...in-can-replace-kilgrave-netflix-series/195691

I do find it frustrating how little information we get about Netflix's shows and their plans. We never seem to know when to expect these shows.

 

[Sam Favate]

The Punisher series is happening:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/29/punisher-marvel-netflix

 

[Sean Bryan]

The Punisher series is happening:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/29/punisher-marvel-netflix

Saw the announcement this morning. That's great news!

I'm only up to episode 7 in season 2, but I think Bernthal has been great in the role so far.

 

[Sam Favate]

I'm only up to episode 7 in season 2, but I think Bernthal has been great in the role so far.

I'm not much a fan of the Punisher, but Bernthal was terrific. No spoilers, but by the end of the season, he had you rooting for him.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Great news. The announced showrunner, Steve Lightfoot, was with "Hannibal" since its excellent first season and has probably written more episodes of that show than anybody except Bryan Fuller.

It'll be interesting to see what cast of characters they surround him with. He really came out of the first season of "Daredevil" completely alone, so things are pretty wide open for where they want to take the character. As intrinsically tied as the character is to New York City, I wouldn't mind them taking a page from the Thomas Jane movie and telling a story in Miami or some other locale that's got a very different aesthetic. But, assuming the show is going to make use of the New York-based infrastructure already in place for the other Netflix/Marvel series, that might not be feasible.

 

[KevinGress]

Great news. The announced showrunner, Steve Lightfoot, was with "Hannibal" since its excellent first season and has probably written more episodes of that show than anybody except Bryan Fuller.

It'll be interesting to see what cast of characters they surround him with. He really came out of the first season of "Daredevil" completely alone, so things are pretty wide open for where they want to take the character. As intrinsically tied as the character is to New York City, I wouldn't mind them taking a page from the Thomas Jane movie and telling a story in Miami or some other locale that's got a very different aesthetic. But, assuming the show is going to make use of the New York-based infrastructure already in place for the other Netflix/Marvel series, that might not be feasible.

The few times I've read the Punisher comic, I know he had an older, pudgy tech guy who would also be his van driver occasionally. I think a two person dynamic would work pretty well; it'd leave time to develop a villian better, plus more crossovers with secondary characters, like Rosario Dawson.

 

[Greg_S_H]

That guy's name was Microchip. The disc that Frank took out was labeled "Micro." Hmm.

I think Frank killed MIcrochip in the comics 20 years ago, LOL.

 

[dana martin]

so is the defenders 1 bigger than the original 4

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

"Defenders" miniseries and second season of "Jessica Jones" will film "back-to-back", may "overlap a little bit".

 

[Sam Favate]

"Defenders" miniseries and second season of "Jessica Jones" will film "back-to-back", may "overlap a little bit".

That's exciting stuff. Glad to see so many things happening. Also, glad to hear anything about the too-secretive Netflix shows.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

"Marvel's Luke Cage" Comic Con Teaser:


"Marvel's The Iron Fist" Comic Con First Look (with actual footage!):


"Marvel's The Defenders" Comic Con Teaser (with official logo!):

 

[dana martin]

the sizzle reel, notice who else gets some screen time, and in one day at comic con Marvel/Netflix has me hyped for the next 12 months.

 

[Sam Favate]

Those teases look amazing. Love the music in each.

Also nice to hear Scott Glenn in the Defenders.

Can Netflix speed it up a bit? One show every six months is taking too long!

 

[Sean Bryan]

 

[KevinGress]

I was surprised to see 'series' in the Defenders trailer. I thought it was simply going to be a Netflix movie, so now it makes sense on why JJ isn't coming sooner.

I guess my next question is - is it a series or a mini-series? How many episodes constitutes each? While I doubt that we'll get 10 episodes, could it be that we get 6, 1 hour episodes? That'd be quite an event!

 

[Sean Bryan]

I was surprised to see 'series' in the Defenders trailer. I thought it was simply going to be a Netflix movie, so now it makes sense on why JJ isn't coming sooner.

I guess my next question is - is it a series or a mini-series? How many episodes constitutes each? While I doubt that we'll get 10 episodes, could it be that we get 6, 1 hour episodes? That'd be quite an event!

Defenders will be 8 episodes.

 

[Sam Favate]

Don't have the link handy, but Netflix Chief Content Officer says to expect Iron Fist and the Defenders in 2017, season two of Jessica Jones, season 3 of Daredevil and The Punisher in 2018.

EDIT: Here's the link:
https://www.pastemagazine.com/artic...sica-jones-or-daredevil-until-2018-sadly.html

and a nice quote:

“We’re gonna try to make them quicker so we can get less downtime between them,” so perhaps after these next few premieres, we will start to see Netflix’s Marvel shows with increasing frequency.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Thanks for sharing, Sam. clicking through to the IGN store that Paste Magazine linked to, it definitely looks like were confirmed for:

Fall 2016: Luke Cage
Spring 2017: Iron Fist
Fall 2017: The Defenders
Spring 2018: Jessica Jones Season 2 (or Fall 2018)
Fall 2018: Daredevil Season 3 (or Spring 2018)

If they do pick up the pace a bit, then "Punisher" Season 1 would be a good bet for 2018 as well; otherwise it looks like it'll be pushed back to 2019.

 

[Sam Favate]

Krysten Ritter has said that Defenders and season 2 of JJ will film back-to-back, so it's likely we will see JJ shortly after Defenders.