Captain Untouchable
Nov 25th, 2013, 09:15:23 PM
Earlier this month it was announced (http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-marvel-teams-up-with-netflix-announces-daredevil-luke-cage-jessica-jones-and-iron-fist-live-action-tv-shows-1918503) that Marvel would be working with Netflix to produce a set of four miniseries in 2015 that would introduce Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, and Daredevil. These four heroes would then team up as the Defenders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_%28comics%29) for a "miniseries event". The Defenders are a Marvel super-team like the Avengers, but consisting of a mix of less famous, darker, more fringe characters. We've since heard (http://www.geekexchange.com/marvel-netflix-announce-writers-for-daredevil-and-jessica-jones-92079.html) that writers and producers are already getting hired.
It isn't entirely clear if these miniseries will tie back in to the Marvel Movieverse and/or Agents of SHIELD, but I certainly hope so. Kevin Feige keeps talking about a Doctor Strange movie being right at the top of his wishlist, and Doctor Strange is as integral to the Defenders as Captain America is to the Avengers; with these webseries due to come out in 2015 - the same year as Avengers 2 - I have my fingers crossed for a Doctor Strange movie to fill Marvel's sass/beard quota for "Phase 3" (in the absence of Iron Man 4), which will somehow tie into these webseries.
Also, it was just announced that J August Richards would be back again for the mid-season two-parter of Agents of SHIELD. I have my toes crossed for his character evolving into Luke Cage: same powers, similar attitude, and J August Richards is exactly the sort of person who'll be familiar to the kind of audience a Netflix miniseries would get without the unaffordable movie star price tag.
It isn't entirely clear if these miniseries will tie back in to the Marvel Movieverse and/or Agents of SHIELD, but I certainly hope so. Kevin Feige keeps talking about a Doctor Strange movie being right at the top of his wishlist, and Doctor Strange is as integral to the Defenders as Captain America is to the Avengers; with these webseries due to come out in 2015 - the same year as Avengers 2 - I have my fingers crossed for a Doctor Strange movie to fill Marvel's sass/beard quota for "Phase 3" (in the absence of Iron Man 4), which will somehow tie into these webseries.
Also, it was just announced that J August Richards would be back again for the mid-season two-parter of Agents of SHIELD. I have my toes crossed for his character evolving into Luke Cage: same powers, similar attitude, and J August Richards is exactly the sort of person who'll be familiar to the kind of audience a Netflix miniseries would get without the unaffordable movie star price tag.