Marvel's The Defenders is an American streaming television miniseries created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez for Netflix. It is based on the Marvel Comics characters Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, who form the eponymous superhero team. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films. The miniseries is a crossover event for several interconnected series from Marvel and Netflix. It was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc., and Goddard Textiles, with Ramirez serving as showrunner. The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist, all reprising their roles from their individual series.
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The Defenders (miniseries)
The Defenders (miniseries) | Introduction
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August 18, 2017
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American streaming television miniseries
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Petrie and Ramirez
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Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist
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Development began in late 2013, with Cox the first actor cast in May 2014
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It also stars Eka Darville, Elden Henson, Jessica Henwick, Simone Missick, Ramón Rodríguez, Rachael Taylor, Deborah Ann Woll, Élodie Yung, Rosario Dawson, and Scott Glenn, all also returning from previous series, as well as Sigourney Weaver. Development began in late 2013, with Cox the first actor cast in May 2014. Petrie and Ramirez joined as showrunners in April, after doing so for the second season of "Daredevil". Petrie left with the start of filming, which took place in New York City from October 2016 to March 2017. Cinematography and design work established the different color palettes from the characters' individual series, and combined them as the team is formed.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Introduction
Marvel announced in February 2014 that the miniseries would be filmed in New York City, with Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Joe Quesada stating in April that the show would be filming in areas of Brooklyn and Long Island City that still look like the old Hell's Kitchen, in addition to sound stage work. In April 2016, Cox confirmed a late 2016 start for filming, following the conclusion of production on "Iron Fist" in October 2016. Filming for "The Defenders" began on October 31, under the working title "Group Therapy". Lloyd previously served as cinematographer for the first season of "Daredevil" and the first episode of "Jessica Jones".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Filming
Cox, Ritter, Colter, Jones, and additional stars of the miniseries appeared at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con to promote the series, where the first episode was also screened. A red carpet premiere for the series was held at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center on July 31, 2017, where the first two episodes were screened.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Marketing
S. J. Clarkson, director of the miniseries' first two episodes, also serves as an executive producer on the first episode. In July 2016, Loeb confirmed that the miniseries would consist of eight episodes, and stated that Petrie and Ramirez would consult with Melissa Rosenberg, Cheo Hodari Coker, and Scott Buck—the showrunners of "Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage", and "Iron Fist", respectively—on how their characters would act; the other showrunners read each of the scripts for "The Defenders" and provided insight into each individual character's world. On this collaboration, Petrie said of Rosenberg specifically that she was "wonderful because she's in this position of being a fellow artist and letting us do what we do, but at the same time loving her character and being protective of her character and wanting us to get it right".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Development
Marvel's The Defenders is an American streaming television miniseries created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez for Netflix. It is based on the Marvel Comics characters Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, who form the eponymous superhero team. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films. The miniseries is a crossover event for several interconnected series from Marvel and Netflix. It was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc., and Goddard Textiles, with Ramirez serving as showrunner. The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist, all reprising their roles from their individual series.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Introduction
The superheroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist team-up in New York City. "The Defenders" sees Cox, Ritter, Colter, and Jones reprise their roles as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Danny Rand / Iron Fist, respectively, from the previous television series. In March 2014, Loeb stated that the miniseries would begin filming after "Iron Fist". In April 2016, Marvel announced that Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez would act as showrunners for "The Defenders". However, by the start of filming in New York City in October 2016, Petrie had left the series as co-showrunner. Filming concluded in March 2017.
Marvel's Netflix television series | "The Defenders" (2017)
In September, Simone Missick said she would be reprising the role of Misty Knight from "Luke Cage" in the miniseries. After production began in October, it was confirmed that Darville, Missick, and Yung would appear, alongside "Daredevil" actors Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, and Scott Glenn as Stick; "Jessica Jones"s Rachael Taylor as Trish Walker; and "Iron Fist"s Jessica Henwick as Colleen Wing. Ramón Rodríguez also reprises his "Iron Fist" role as Bakuto, while Rosario Dawson returns as Claire Temple from all of the previous Marvel Netflix series. At New York Comic Con in October, Sigourney Weaver was announced to be playing the main antagonist of the miniseries, later revealed to be Alexandra.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Casting
Cox and Yung were named TVLine's "Performers of the Week" for the week ending August 26, 2017. The honor was specifically for their final scene of the miniseries, as they fight and argue while a building collapses around them. The site described the scene as an "emotionally compelling two-hander".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Accolades
Set a few months after the second season of "Daredevil", and a month after the first season of "Iron Fist", the vigilantes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist team up in New York City to fight a common enemy, the Hand.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Premise
there is forward progress in the narratives for each" of the Defenders, despite them not interacting in the episode. She added that the episode included elements expected for a Marvel Netflix series, and concluded with a binge-watching-appropriate cliffhanger. "Polygon"s Julia Alexander was "stupidly excited to binge the rest of the season" after seeing the first episode, praising the "intriguing" Alexandra and her relationship with Elektra, as well as the miniseries' efforts to focus on the individual identities of the Defenders. Peter Sciretta for "/Film" called the episode "a fine start" to "The Defenders", but felt it did not succeed in introducing the characters to viewers who had not seen the individual series.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Critical response
At the end of May 2014, Charlie Cox was cast as Daredevil for "Daredevil". In December 2014, Krysten Ritter was cast as Jessica Jones and Mike Colter was cast as Luke Cage for "Jessica Jones", with Colter also headlining "Luke Cage". In February 2016, Finn Jones was reported to be cast as Danny Rand for "Iron Fist", being confirmed the following month. They also confirmed that Cox, Ritter, Colter, and Jones would all reprise their roles to star in "The Defenders". In March 2016, Élodie Yung, who portrays Elektra Natchios in "Daredevil", expressed interest in appearing in "The Defenders" as an antagonist, and Eka Darville said a month later that he would reprise his "Jessica Jones" role of Malcolm Ducasse in "The Defenders".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Casting
Development for the series began in late 2013, with Buck hired as the series' showrunner in December 2015 and Jones cast as Rand in February 2016. Filming took place in New York City from April to October 2016, with a focus placed on exploring the "One Percent of the One Percent" through story, location, and costume design. The character's martial arts background is also explored, and each episode is named after Shaolin Kung Fu sequences. As the last of several Marvel Netflix seasons to release before the crossover miniseries "The Defenders", it features set-up for that event and references to those prior seasons.
Iron Fist (season 1) | Introduction
Jessica Henwick portrayed the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character in the television series "Iron Fist", "The Defenders", and the second season of "Luke Cage".
Colleen Wing | Introduction
So the idea of taking the concept and name and applying it to [the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)] feels wholly natural" adding there was "a wonderful concept" behind why the group would form in the MCU and why they would be called the Defenders. In April 2016, it was announced that Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez, the showrunners for the second season of "Daredevil", would serve as showrunners and executive producers on "Marvel's The Defenders". "Daredevil" creator Drew Goddard also serves as an executive producer on the miniseries, along with Karim Zreik, Cindy Holland, Allie Goss, Alison Engel, Kris Henigman, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Joe Quesada, Jim Chory, and Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Development
Rosenberg said that she and the other showrunners "felt really included in the process". Loeb compared this relationship to Joss Whedon consulting with the filmmakers of the MCU's before directing the crossover film "The Avengers" (2012). At the start of filming in October 2016, Petrie left the series as co-showrunner. Loeb explained, "We got to a point where the scripts were done, and we wanted Marco to continue, and Doug pursued other avenues."
The Defenders (miniseries) | Development
The producers had referred to the character as "a Sigourney Weaver type" for four months before Loeb contacted her about the project. Additionally, J. Mallory McCree recurs as Cole; Michelle Federer and Chloe Levine portray Michelle and Lexi Raymond; and Ron Simons appears as police captain Strieber. Babs Olusanmokun and Yutaka Takeuchi portray Sowande and Murakami, respectively, both being leaders of the Hand.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Casting
Filming began the week of April 3, 2017 in New York City, once again using the working title "Violet". This followed the end of production on "The Defenders" in March, with Ritter having indicated in May 2016 that the season would film back-to-back with "The Defenders". Filming occurred at the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center. Filming for the season wrapped on September 14, 2017. Approaching the second season, Rosenberg wanted to increase the number of female directors working on the series as a further push for representation. This was a goal that "Marvel was completely on board with", and given the demand of many talented female directors at the time, the series' producers looked to book only female directors first, and approach male directors later in the pre-production phase if needed.
Jessica Jones (season 2) | Filming
Clarkson and Lloyd also learned the technical requirements for depicting the character's Iron Fist based on the process used by that series' crew, along with how the effect of Cage's abilities were created.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Cinematography
"Collider"s Allison Keene also gave the miniseries 3 stars out of 5. She felt some of the solo series issues such as pacing and narrative choices were still present, but there were still elements to enjoy including Jessica Jones and the banter among the heroes. Keene felt that the pacing issues improve once the Defenders finally unite. She criticized the focus on Rand's company, and also said that the miniseries felt less like a culmination or ending than she would have liked. Reviewing the series for "Uproxx", Alan Sepinwall felt "The Defenders" borrowed the best elements of the previous series, such as the fights scenes of "Daredevil", Jessica Jones's "snappy dialogue, the music (particularly in Luke Cage's scenes), and Rosario Dawson.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Critical response
In January 2015, Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos stated the series was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining whether additional seasons would be appropriate. In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the Defenders series would "selectively have multiple seasons as they come out of the gate." At San Diego Comic-Con International 2017, the second season of "Iron Fist" was announced, with Raven Metzner taking over as showrunner from Scott Buck, who served that role for the first season.
Iron Fist (season 2) | Development
Ramirez explained that the scene was included because a third season of "Daredevil" had already been announced, and they did not want to make the audience think they "were trying to cheat them or convince them of something that's not happening".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Writing
Rosenberg and the season's writers were halfway through the writing process by August 2016, with the scripts completed by the end of October 2016. Writing during the 2016 United States presidential election, Rosenberg noted she "was just so " and that she and the writing team tried to tap "into the rage Hillary [Clinton] must have felt every day" for the characters. With "The Defenders" releasing before the season, Rosenberg used the miniseries as an opportunity to help "set up" elements for the season, working with "The Defenders" executive producers and writers Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez to do so.
Jessica Jones (season 2) | Writing
The pair appear in several of the Netflix exclusive television series set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Misty Knight is introduced in the first season of "Luke Cage", while Colleen Wing debuts in the first season of "Iron Fist" as street-fighter under the name Daughter of the Dragon. Misty and Colleen are portrayed by Simone Missick and Jessica Henwick, respectively. Both actresses reprise their roles in "The Defenders", and the second season of "Iron Fist", where their friendship and teamwork are developed. The pair team up during the second season of "Luke Cage" to take on Mortimer Norris and his men.
Daughters of the Dragon | Television
In January 2015, Netflix COO Ted Sarandos stated that "Jessica Jones" the series was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate. In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the Defender series would "selectively have multiple seasons as they come out of the gate," with series showrunner Melissa Rosenberg saying she was hopeful "Jessica Jones" would get an additional season before "The Defenders". Rosenberg later expanded on this, saying that Marvel Television and Netflix were working out the placement of a potential second season, though "[i]t might not be possible from a logistical standpoint" to have a second season of "Jessica Jones" debut before "The Defenders"; Sarandos later confirmed this to be the case, stating that the season would air after "The Defenders" released in 2017.
Jessica Jones (season 2) | Development
The eight-episode event premiered on August 18, 2017. The miniseries also sees many supporting characters from the individual series reprise their roles, including, Deborah Ann Woll, Henson, Scott Glenn, Élodie Yung, Eka Darville, Moss, Taylor, Simone Missick, Jessica Henwick, Dawson, Ho, Ramón Rodríguez, Peter McRobbie, Morgan, Amy Rutberg, Susan Varon, and Nichole Yannetty as Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, Stick, Elektra Natchios, Malcolm Ducasse, Jeri Hogarth, Trish Walker, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Claire Temple, Gao, Bakuto, Lantom, Turk Barrett, Marci Stahl, Josie and Nicole, respectively. Midland Circle, which was referenced in previous Netflix series, is revealed to be an operation of the Hand, who bought the building to search for the life substance hidden beneath the property.
Marvel's Netflix television series | "The Defenders" (2017)
In January 2015, Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos stated the series was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate. In July 2015, Sarandos said some of the Defenders series would "selectively have multiple seasons as they come out of the gate." Regarding a second season, showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker stated he had "a few ideas", including possibly exploring the "Hero for Hire" aspect of Luke Cage, though noted he was not taking "any of this for granted" in terms of feeling a second season renewal from Netflix was guaranteed.
Luke Cage (season 2) | Development
By late May 2016, Petrie and Ramirez had turned in a completed story for the miniseries, based on a "very bare-bones structure" from Loeb. Petrie and Ramirez went through a "trapeze act" to have the story work for viewers who had not seen the previous series, while also not have redundant moments of exposition for those who had. Petrie said the miniseries would be a "detour" for the characters, allowing them to return to the worlds of their own series at the end, making it equivalent to "Daredevil" season 2.5, "Luke Cage" season 1.5, "Jessica Jones" season 1.5, and "Iron Fist" season 1.5.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Writing
Additional filming locations for the miniseries included Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Stapleton, Staten Island, St. Nicholas Park, the lobby and exterior of Atelier ("Midland Circle"), the Central Park Mall, the rooftop gardens at Rockefeller Center, the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, 240 Centre Street in Manhattan, the Appel Room at Time Warner Center, and the New York City Municipal Archives. It was filmed back-to-back with the second season of "Jessica Jones", potentially overlapping with that production. Filming wrapped on March 19, 2017. Lloyd shot the miniseries with the RED Weapon camera. Clarkson used a set of vintage Panavision lenses for her two episodes which she had used on "Jessica Jones".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Filming
He highlighted the use of color throughout the episode to differentiate the characters. Reviewing the first four episodes of the series, Katharine Trendacosta for "io9" appreciated the writers for addressing the questions viewers wanted answered and depicting moments that fans wanted to see without "sacrificing the characters or the story". She did criticize the amount of exposition, the unoriginal story, and the "over-the-top" villains, but felt that "the good of "The Defenders" far outweighs the bad ... it's all a canvas to showcase Matt, Jessica, Luke, and Danny coming together [to be] more entertaining". "The Washington Post"s David Betancourt also gave a positive review, calling the event "well worth the wait", enjoying the pairing of Cage and Rand and calling Weaver's "compelling" Alexandra the "biggest surprise" of the series.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Critical response
Due to the production demands, he brought his long-time second unit cinematography collaborator Jim McMillan onto the miniseries to help balance the workload for when episodes were filming simultaneously. Lloyd was the primary cinematographer for "The Defenders", but McMillan is credited for several episodes on which he did the most work. Lloyd described the production of the miniseries as being more similar to a film than the previous Marvel Netflix television series due to the scheduling requirements of the larger cast and the fact that episodes would not always be shot in order due to location requirements. The schedule also demanded more days per episode for filming, so the overall production was not as significantly shorter as Lloyd had expected given the episode count is lower than the usual Netflix order of 13.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Filming
In 2008 Joe Casey wrote a new miniseries with a new line-up of Defenders as a result of the Super-Human Registration Act and the events of the Civil War. Nighthawk wanted a team made up of previous Defenders such as Hellcat and Devil Slayer but Tony Stark (Iron Man) makes the decision to select other heroes for the team. The line-up is led by Nighthawk, with Blazing Skull, Colossus, and She-Hulk as members. The Defenders are assigned to New Jersey under the Fifty State Initiative, because the proximity to New York City demands more experienced heroes than can just be recruited from the ranks of Camp Hammond.
Defenders (comics) | The Last Defenders
Maslansky, who designed the costumes for the previous Marvel Netflix series, had the choice between designing for "The Defenders" or the first season of "The Punisher" due to a scheduling conflict between the two productions, and chose to work on "The Defenders" so she could create the culmination of all her work on the previous series. She described the process of highlighting the individual character's color palettes as a celebration, looking to infuse the costumes with red for Daredevil, navies and lavender for Jessica Jones, olive green for Iron Fist, and gold "Harlem colors" for Luke Cage. The characters' costumes were kept consistent with their individual series, though for Daredevil's superhero costume, which is created by Hargate Costumes in Los Angeles, the helmet was changed for "The Defenders" to having a matte surface that was less shiny than in "Daredevil".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Costumes
Midland Circle, where the four Defenders all initially meet, was previously mentioned in the first and second seasons of "Daredevil" and the first season of "Iron Fist." It is revealed to be an operation of the Hand, who bought the building to search for the life substance hidden beneath it. Ramirez said that after showing the Hand purchasing the building in the first season of "Daredevil", and introducing the hole they were digging in "Daredevil"s second season, it was up to the writers on "The Defenders" to decide what would be in the whole. Ramirez felt that having the skeleton of a dead dragon be the source of the substance the Hand sought was the best way to tie the different series together, including because it references the first season of "Daredevil" where Gao sells a drug made from crushed dragon's bone.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
it's kind of like, 'This was a great adventure to have with you, I'd be okay with seeing you again, I'd also be okay with never seeing you again. The final image of "The Defenders", in which Murdock wakes up with a nun by his side, is an homage to a panel from the "Daredevil" story arc "Born Again" (1986). The nun calling for "Maggie" is an implied reference to Murdock's mother, which Ramirez would not confirm at the time of miniseries' release. He did note that this scene along with several others from Daredevil's story in the miniseries was a direct homage to the comics, and that this panel from "Born Again" was one of his favorite Daredevil panels.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Writing
In July 2016, Dawson was unable to promote "Luke Cage" because she was "back in New York ... filming something else for Marvel TV", which was confirmed that October to be "Iron Fist"; this appearance was set up at the end of "Luke Cage". A month later, Dawson was revealed to also be reprising her role in the crossover miniseries "The Defenders". Dawson also expressed interest in making a cameo appearance in "The Punisher", a spin-off series from "Daredevil", but was unable to due to a scheduling conflict. After appearing in the second season of "Luke Cage", Dawson explained that she was reluctant to continue making appearances in the many series due to having to travel away from her family when working on the New York sets.
Claire Temple (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Concept and creation
After her work on "Jessica Jones", Clarkson was most comfortable working in that more grounded world and instinctively knew what lighting and camera angles to use. She was less comfortable with the world of "Iron Fist" and portraying the more mythological elements of that series. During pre-production on "The Defenders", filming on "Iron Fist" was taking place. When a director from that series was not available to return to the production to reshoot a scene, Clarkson was asked to direct the new take. Clarkson found this experience "incredibly valuable", giving her a chance to work with Jones and experience the tone of his series ahead of the beginning of filming for "The Defenders".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Cinematography
They are joined by J. R. Ramirez, Terry Chen, Leah Gibson, and Janet McTeer. The second season was ordered in January 2016, with filming beginning in April 2017, back-to-back with the miniseries "The Defenders". Filming concluded in September 2017. The season was released on March 8, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, who once again praised Ritter's performance and the series' female focus, but felt the season suffered from pacing issues and a lack of a compelling villain after Tennant's Kilgrave from season one. A third season of "Jessica Jones" was ordered on April 12, 2018.
Jessica Jones (season 2) | Introduction
The ending of the miniseries "The Defenders", which sees Matt Murdock waking up in a convent surrounded by nuns after being presumed dead, implied elements of the season would be inspired by the "Born Again" story arc. Charlie Cox was excited to adapt "Born Again", calling it "an amazing story" and that the implications of the story on the season "would be exciting". He cautioned, however, that it would not be a "page-for-page" adaptation, "because if you do [that], then you become a foregone conclusion. There may be elements from "Born Again", but I'm sure there will be elements that are unfamiliar and surprising and different in order for the show to be compelling to fans who know the comics very well." Oleson crafted an original story for the season, taking "pieces of some of my favorite comic book runs, that told a larger story".
Daredevil (season 3) | Writing
In April 2016 Petrie and Ramirez were announced as showrunners of "The Defenders", a miniseries that crosses over "Daredevil", "Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage", and "Iron Fist".
Doug Petrie | Introduction
"The Defenders" is the final series of the initially ordered Netflix series, after "Daredevil", "Jessica Jones", "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist". In August 2014, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wilson Fisk in "Daredevil", stated Marvel Television planned to "branch out" after the Netflix series. In March 2015, Loeb confirmed that there was potential for the series to crossover with the MCU films and the ABC television series since they are all set in the same universe, but said they would each remain self-contained at first because "the audience needs to understand who all of these characters are and what the world is before you then start co-mingling".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
In July 2017, Colter said the writing for the season was different from the first, because "we know the show now. We know the world that we’re in and we know sort of what works and what doesn’t work and we’re just gonna double down on that stuff, so look forward to a very exciting and very relevant and pop culture-heavy show." He added that after the first season and the crossover miniseries "The Defenders", Cage would have "a whole new outlook on life" and would not be dealing with the judicial system anymore. Coker explained that the storyline for the season did not come from any particular iteration of the comics, and instead was based on the characters that appear: "who is Luke Cage and getting much deeper into that, but also finding out different things about Mariah Dillard, also finding out things about Misty Knight," including getting her mechanical arm "and what that entails from an emotional standpoint." In particular, the new villains introduced for the season and their abilities impacted the story in terms of "what that represents against Luke".
Luke Cage (season 2) | Writing
In January 2015, Netflix COO Ted Sarandos said that "The Defenders" was "eligible to go into multiple seasons for sure" and Netflix would look at "how well [they] are addressing both the Marvel fanbase but also the broader fanbase" in terms of determining if additional seasons would be appropriate. However, in July 2016, Loeb referred to the miniseries as a one-off event rather than a season of an ongoing story. Jones said the miniseries "feels like the end of Phase One" of the Marvel Netflix series, with the events of the miniseries leading into "the beginning of another phase", while Ritter said she would be happy to return for more after enjoying the experience making these episodes, despite it planned as a one-time event.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Future
A spin-off from "Daredevil", "The Punisher" (2017–2019), was ordered in April 2016. The series were all filmed in New York State, forming the state's largest television production commitment with 161 episodes between them. Starring in the series are Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist, who all star together in "The Defenders", as well as Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher. Many actors have roles across the different series, including Rosario Dawson who signed a special deal with Marvel to do so.
Marvel's Netflix television series | Introduction
In October 2013, Marvel and Disney announced that Marvel Television and ABC Studios would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders. In December 2014, Mike Colter was cast as Cage, which was envisioned as a recurring role on "Jessica Jones" before headlining his own series. Netflix and Marvel announced that Cheo Hodari Coker would be the showrunner for "Marvel's Luke Cage" in late March 2015, after he pitched the series to Netflix as an examination of Harlem, "like what "The Wire" did for Baltimore." The season consists of 13 hour-long episodes.
Luke Cage (season 1) | Development
Director S. J. Clarkson, cinematographer Matthew J. Lloyd, production designer Loren Weeks, and costume designer Stephanie Maslansky worked together to create distinct color palettes for each of the characters, maintaining the looks from their individual series, rather than attempting to blend the looks of all the different series for the miniseries. Maslansky explained that the palettes were used for the lighting, sets and locations, and costumes for the lead characters as well as extras. When the characters begin to crossover, so do the colors, and decisions were made regarding which colors come to the foreground and which are seen less on a scene-by-scene basis.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Design
In October 2013, "Deadline Hollywood" reported that Marvel Television was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to present to video on demand services and cable providers, with Netflix, Amazon, and WGN America expressing interest. A few weeks later, it was announced that Marvel Television and ABC Studios would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders. In November 2015, Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Joe Quesada stated there was no apprehension from Marvel in changing the line up of the Defenders from the "classic" original line-up (Doctor Strange, Hulk, Namor and Silver Surfer) because "to the world at large, no one knows who the Defenders are.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Development
Members of "The Defenders" appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series "Marvel's The Defenders". Each of the Defenders listed below have an individual series all leading up to the miniseries
List of Defenders members | Marvel Cinematic Universe
A re-envisioned version of the series debuted on the Showtime network in 1997. Still called "The Defenders", it featured E. G. Marshall in his original role as Lawrence Preston. However, the three Showtime films focused on Beau Bridges as Don Preston, a previously unmentioned second son of Lawrence, and Martha Plimpton as M.J., the daughter of Ken Preston, Robert Reed's character, who is said to have died (as had Reed in 1992). Don and M.J. worked as lawyers and carried on the family legacy. However, Marshall died after completion of the second episode ("Choice of Evils"). Production was halted and the remaining episode, "Taking the First", aired as a movie special in 1998.
The Defenders (1961 TV series) | Sequel and spin-offs
The miniseries also references the events of "The Avengers".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 78% approval rating with an average rating of 6.59/10 based on 100 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Marvel's The Defenders" further develops well-known characters in an action-packed arc whose payoff packs more than enough of a punch to offset its flaws." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 63 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The early screening of the first episode at San Diego Comic-Con was met by "applause throughout" from the crowd. Tracy Brown of the "Los Angeles Times" noted after "a quick refresher on where each hero's solo story left off ...
The Defenders (miniseries) | Critical response
Clarkson, who also directed for "Jessica Jones", said that series is "very dark and very steely and very blue" while "Daredevil" focused more on red, and so these were emphasized early on. When Murdock and Jones meet, they are in a "steely gray-blue" room to indicate that it is Jones's world, with Knight there wearing a "Luke Cage"-appropriate tan color, and Murdock entering and letting red into the room to show the connecting of the two characters. Clarkson was inspired by New York-set films such as "The French Connection" (1971), "Shaft" (1971), and "Serpico" (1973) when establishing the look of the miniseries.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Cinematography
The season begins after the events of "The Defenders", and sees Rand fulfill his promise to protect New York following the supposed death of Matt Murdock at the end of that miniseries. For the season, Metzner also wanted to explore more of the mythology of K'un-Lun than was shown in the first season by spending more time there. Each episode is named after the issue title of various comics Danny Rand has appeared in, after the first season named each episode after Shaolin Kung Fu sequences. When asked how the season would be influenced by the criticisms of the first, Metzner said that Marvel had allowed him to tell his own story rather than follow on from the first season and so he just approached the project as a fan of the comics and characters.
Iron Fist (season 2) | Writing
However, he felt that the pacing of the four episodes reviewed was "yet another Netflix ultra-slow burn". He saw this improve once the four heroes meet in the fourth episode, and hoped that in the second half of the season "both [the] show and team could justify their existence as something more than a package Marvel put together years ago in the hopes everything would work out". "Variety"s Maureen Ryan felt "The Defenders" had some positive elements and especially praised Weaver's performance, but described the series as "workmanlike" and said it was "a bit blander" than a series about superheroes and ninjas should have been.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Critical response
Ramirez also felt that the antagonist should be a common denominator rather than having individual villains combining from each series. They settled on the overarching organization of the Hand, and have the characters following individual investigations that lead them to converge on the same location. It was subsequently important to Ramirez that the Hand be destroyed by the end of the miniseries, to give it a definitive ending and to allow the individual characters, especially Iron Fist, to move on to new stories and adversaries. To give something unexpected to the audience, the focus of the story is ultimately revealed to be Elektra Natchios, and her journey of rejecting the people in her life who have told her what to do.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Writing
Anson Mount headlines "Inhumans" as Black Bolt. Charlie Cox is featured as Matt Murdock / Daredevil in "Daredevil", while Krysten Ritter leads as Jessica Jones in "Jessica Jones", which also introduces Mike Colter as Luke Cage, who later headlined "Luke Cage". Finn Jones stars as Danny Rand / Iron Fist in "Iron Fist" and joins Cox, Ritter, and Colter in reprising their roles for "The Defenders". Jon Bernthal stars as Frank Castle / Punisher in "The Punisher", after being introduced in the second season of "Daredevil". "Runaways" co-stars Rhenzy Feliz as Alex Wilder. "Cloak & Dagger" sees Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph as Tandy Bowen / Dagger and Tyrone Johnson / Cloak, respectively.
List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors | Introduction
The miniseries also references the events of "The Avengers".
Marvel's Netflix television series | "The Defenders" (2017)
In late 2018, he acted in the short film "The Knot", directed by Daredevil and The Defenders script supervisor Rebecca Schwab, and he appeared in a 2019 episode of "Daredevil" costar Deborah Ann Woll's Dungeons and Dragons internet show "Relics and Rarities".
Charlie Cox | Post-"Daredevil" (2019–present)
I toned it down a little bit for network, but it's very, very easy to translate that into cable. Very easy." In October 2013, "Deadline" reported that Marvel was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to present to video on demand services and cable providers, with Netflix, Amazon, and WGN America expressing interest. A few weeks later, Marvel and Disney announced that Marvel Television and ABC Studios would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders. Rosenberg was brought on to write and produce the new incarnation of the series, to be reconfigured from her original project, which she called a "page one do-over" from her original vision.
Jessica Jones (TV series) | Development
This is a list of episodes of the television series "The Defenders".
List of The Defenders (1961) episodes | Introduction
The team is disbanded for incompetence but Richmond eventually founds a team outside the Initiative with the Son of Satan, She-Hulk, Krang, and Nighthawk (S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Joaquin Pennyworth). The team reappears in the mini-series "Vengeance" (2011).
Defenders (comics) | The Last Defenders
The second season, which premiered on June 22, 2018, features a reference to Detective Brigid O'Reilly from the MCU series "Cloak & Dagger". Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, and Henson reprise their roles as Danny Rand, Colleen Wing, and Foggy Nelson in the season.
Marvel's Netflix television series | "Luke Cage" (2016–2018)
The series was switched with "Iron Fist" after the positive reception Luke Cage received on "Jessica Jones", becoming that series' breakout star and Marvel wanting to "follow the momentum". Also in March, Cheo Hodari Coker was announced as showrunner and executive producer of the series. A second season was ordered on December 3, 2016. The first season, which premiered on September 30, 2016, features references to "The Avengers", the second season of "Daredevil", the first season of "Jessica Jones", and a flier for Colleen Wing's martial arts class, and mentions Justin Hammer, Wilson Fisk, and Frank Castle. Reprising their roles in the season are Dawson as Temple, Morgan as Barrett, Rachel Taylor as Trish Walker, Stephen Rider as Blake Tower, Parisa Fitz-Henley as Reva Connors, and Danny Johnson as Ben Donovan.
Marvel's Netflix television series | "Luke Cage" (2016–2018)
"Jessica Jones" is the second of the ordered Netflix series, after "Daredevil", and was followed by "Luke Cage" and "Marvel's Iron Fist", which led to the miniseries, "The Defenders". In November 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger stated that, if the characters prove popular on Netflix, "It's quite possible that they could become feature films," which Sarandos echoed in July 2015. In August 2014, Vincent D'Onofrio, who played Wilson Fisk in "Daredevil", stated that after the "series stuff with Netflix", Marvel has "a bigger plan to branch out". In March 2015, Loeb spoke on the ability for the series to crossover with the MCU films and the ABC television series, saying, "It all exists in the same universe.
Jessica Jones (TV series) | Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
In January 2011, CBS announced that "The Defenders" was moving from its Wednesday timeslot to the Friday timeslot vacated by "Medium" which aired on NBC and then CBS for seven seasons, with "Blue Bloods" temporarily moving to the timeslot "The Defenders" vacated. "Blue Bloods" returned to its Friday timeslot in February 2011 owing to the series premiere of "". "The Defenders" aired the last six episodes of its season on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 p.m. Central. Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell star as the defense attorneys of the show's title. On May 15, 2011, "The Defenders" was canceled by CBS, not renewed for a second season.
The Defenders (2010 TV series) | Introduction
At the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, a teaser trailer was shown featuring the word "Defend" forming from pieces of the logos from the four previous series over "the ominous shape of a giant hand", along with Glenn providing a voice over as Stick, asking how the four heroes plan to save New York when they cannot save themselves. For New York Comic Con later that year, the four Defenders' actors appeared together on stage, along with Weaver, to promote the miniseries. In April 2017, series' release date was revealed via a teaser trailer designed to look like security footage showing the four Defenders inside a Midland Circle elevator.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Marketing
In May 2013, Marvel Studios reacquired the rights to Luke Cage from Sony Pictures Entertainment / Columbia Pictures, after a feature film had been in development at Columbia since 2003, to no avail. By October 2013, Marvel Television was preparing four drama series and a miniseries, totaling 60 episodes, to present to video on demand services and cable providers, with Netflix, Amazon, and WGN America expressing interest. A few weeks later, Marvel and Disney announced that Marvel Television and ABC Studios would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders.
Luke Cage (TV series) | Development
As Netflix does not reveal subscriber viewership numbers for any of their original series, the marketing analytics firm Jumpshot determined the series garnered 17% of the viewers that the second season of "Daredevil" received in its first 30 days, which was the most viewed season according to the firm. "The Defenders" was, comparably, the least-viewed of the Marvel Netflix series and had the largest week-over-week drop in viewership, declining by 67%, 48%, and 41%, respectively, over the 30-day period. Jumpshot, which "analyzes anonymized click-stream data from a panel of more than 100 million internet consumers", looked at the viewing behavior and activity of the company's U.S.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Audience viewership
"The Defenders" premiered in New York on July 31, 2017, with all eight episodes released on Netflix on August 18. Critics were mostly positive about the crossover, highlighting the dynamics between the different Defenders as well as Weaver's performance, but were generally disappointed with the overall story, pacing, and the use of the Hand as villains. Third-party analysis indicated that the miniseries was the least-viewed Marvel Netflix series and had the largest week-over-week drop in viewership of them all, though it was the third-most "Binge Raced" series globally at the time of its release according to Netflix.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Introduction
Note: The most frequent time slot for the series is in bold text.
The Defenders (1961 TV series) | Broadcast history
Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance through an on-set photograph as NYPD Captain Irving Forbush, the same photograph seen in previous Marvel Netflix series. The Aeolus Quartet also cameo as themselves, performing Johannes Brahms' First String Quartet for Alexandra.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Guest
In November, Rosenberg said the show was now "hoping to get on the schedule for" 2012 of the 2012–13 television season, and added, "I love this character. That is an incredibly damaged, dark, complex female character that kicks ass ... [she is] a former superhero with PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder." She also stated that, while Cage was a part of the series, the couple's daughter Danielle would appear "way down the road". Rosenberg said later in the month that the series would acknowledge the existence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with references to Tony Stark and Stark Industries in the pilot script, but admitted that "as we go along things will alter in terms of what is made available to us, but we're definitely in that universe.
Jessica Jones (TV series) | Development
Cox portrayed Matt Murdock in Marvel's "Daredevil" TV series as well as the 2017 team-up miniseries event "The Defenders", produced and released through Netflix. His performance was praised and given a Helen Keller Achievement Award for his role by the American Foundation for the Blind. It was announced that Cox had been cast in the role in May 2014, and it was later reported that Marvel executives were eyeing him for it since 2012. Production on the first season began in Summer 2014 and it premiered on Netflix in April 2015. The show ran for three seasons and was produced over four years, concluding in late 2018.
Charlie Cox | "Daredevil" (2014–2018)
The end of the season introduces a new costume for Iron Fist, an homage to the tracksuit that the character wears in the comics. Maslansky felt that the full tracksuit was "very '70s, a little too wise-guy, Italian mafia", and so designed a track jacket that used the classic design and colors of green with gold stripes, and paired it with cargo pants. For Alexandra and the Hand, the executive producers suggested the color white as a repurposing of the phrase "the light at the end of the tunnel" given the group are immortal supervillains. Alexandra's costumes also feature metallic elements to suggest that she was more of a warrior in a past life and has that "fierceness or a power within her".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Costumes
In response to this, Loeb reiterated that there were still no plans for the series to continue at that time, but this did not mean that it would never be continued in the future, especially since a "Defenders" team was not actually formed in this miniseries and future "Defenders" stories could then focus on different characters.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Future
In mid-2018, Loeb and Netflix vice president of original content Cindy Holland both said that there were "no plans" to continue the series. In September 2018, Netflix renamed the Facebook page for the series to "NX", Netflix's "new geek-friendly division of genre content". Netflix did not alter the series' Twitter account in a similar manner. The change left fans upset at the apparent "bait-and-switch", with many suggesting they would have followed a separate page for NX had it been created in that manner. Kofi Outlaw of Comicbook.com felt this change was "a pretty big indicator that Netflix is done with "The Defenders" as one of its original series".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Future
These characters helped form the team in "Marvel Features" #1 (December 1971).
List of Defenders members | Founders
The series was originally intended to be the fourth of the announced series from Netflix, debuting after "Marvel's Iron Fist", but it was fast-tracked to be the third series, after Cage was introduced in "Marvel's Jessica Jones" and became a breakout star, with Marvel wanting to "follow the momentum". In December 2016, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.
Luke Cage (TV series) | Development
The teaser also featured a hidden URL which led to a faux website for the "New York Bulletin" featuring "plenty of easter eggs and little details". Dave Lewis of the "Los Angeles Times" felt having the security footage teaser end on the timecode 08:18:20:17, was "a fun way to indicate the show's release date". A month later, Netflix and Marvel released a trailer for the miniseries. They also released multiple motion graphics showcasing various character crossovers through the social media accounts for "The Defenders" as well as each of the individual series. Nicole Sobon of "Comic Book Resources" felt releasing these this way was "a smart marketing move by both Marvel and Netflix, as over the course of the years, the Twitter accounts [for each series] have managed to drive in plenty of fan interaction by their 'conversations' between the characters".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Marketing
In August 2017, Marvel launched a new Defenders comic book series starring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, based on the Netflix incarnation of the team. During the "Secret Empire" storyline, the Defenders were seen fighting the villains that were on a rampage for what happened in Pleasant Hill. They were defeated when Nitro exploded.
Defenders (comics) | 2017 series
"Jessica Jones" is an American web television series created for Netflix by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is the second in a series of shows that will lead up to a Defenders crossover miniseries. The series stars Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, with Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, and Carrie-Anne Moss also starring. They were joined by Mike Colter, Wil Traval, Erin Moriarty, and David Tennant for the first season, J.R. Ramirez, Terry Chen, Leah Gibson and Janet McTeer for the second season, and Benjamin Walker, Sarita Choudhury, Jeremy Bobb and Tiffany Mack for the third season.
List of Jessica Jones characters | Introduction
In general, her costumes are European inspired and of "an older world" to create "a global feeling to her wardrobe, very lush ... her wardrobe reflects that kind of ancientness". The resurrected Elektra receives a new costume inspired by her comics appearance. Because it would look out of place on the streets of New York, Maslansky also designed a coat for her to cover this up that was inspired by "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) and "The Matrix" (1999), and meant to appeal to Alexandra's taste in clothing.
The Defenders (miniseries) | Costumes
We want our guys to be real New Yorkers." The season features the motorcycle gang Dogs of Hell, who were first introduced through their Nevada chapter in the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." episode "Yes Men", and Roxxon Energy Corporation, a company featured throughout the MCU. It also mentions the vigilantes Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, the death of Oscar Clemons, and the law firm Hogarth, Chao, and Benowitz, which are all references to the first season of "Jessica Jones". When Claire Temple first appears in the season, she has "a cut in her eyebrow", which Cox was told would be explained in "Luke Cage", saying, "the timeline had been thought through and worked out so that whatever's going on in "Luke Cage" ...
Daredevil (season 2) | Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
Jessica Henwick, Tom Pelphrey, Jessica Stroup, and Sacha Dhawan also star, with Ramón Rodríguez, Rosario Dawson and David Wenham joining them for the first season, Simone Missick and Alice Eve joining the cast for season two. After a film based on the character spent over a decade in development at Marvel Studios, development for the series began in late 2013 at Marvel Television, with Buck hired as the series showrunner in December 2015 and Jones cast as Rand in February 2016. Metzner was revealed as the series' new showrunner in July 2017. Filming for the series takes place in New York City.
Iron Fist (TV series) | Introduction
In October 2013, Marvel and Disney announced that Marvel Television and ABC Studios would provide Netflix with live action series centered around Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, leading up to a miniseries based on the Defenders. Melissa Rosenberg was brought on to showrun the Jessica Jones series, to be reconfigured as a "page one do-over" from an original project she had developed in December 2010 for ABC. In December 2014, the official title was revealed to be "Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones", but that was shortened to "Marvel's Jessica Jones" in June 2015. The season consists of 13 hour-long episodes.
Jessica Jones (season 1) | Development
Colter was confirmed as Luke Cage later in December. In January 2015, David Tennant was cast as Kilgrave, and Rachael Taylor was cast as Patricia "Trish" Walker. The latter character was added to the series as a replacement for Danvers, as she was set to feature in her own film. A month later, Carrie-Ann Moss joined the cast, with her role revealed that October to be a female version of male comic book character Jeryn Hogarth. Also in February, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty, and Wil Traval were cast as Malcolm Ducasse, Hope Shlottman, and Will Simpson, respectively. Ritter, Taylor, Darville, and Moss return for the second season.
Jessica Jones (TV series) | Casting
It's not the goal to put out more than one or two [each] year ... The complex one is really "The Defenders". "The Defenders" production schedule will determine a lot of the season 2 and 3 output of those shows." He also noted on potential spin-offs that "all the characters in the universe could also spin out" into their own series at some point, with Netflix ordering "The Punisher", a spin-off from "Daredevil", in April 2016.
Marvel's Netflix television series | Development
Jeff Jensen for "Entertainment Weekly" gave the series a "B+", calling it "lively genre entertainment that recharges your interest in Marvel pop". He praised the fact that "The Defenders" was only 8 episodes long, compared to the 13 of previous Marvel Netflix seasons. Dan Jolin of "Empire" gave "The Defenders" 3 out of 5 stars, finding "enough joy" in the interactions between the Defenders to make it feel "worth the wait". However, he felt it failed to "up the ante story-wise", and was disappointed that Weaver's Alexandra was "yet another businessperson baddie whose dirty deeds are hidden by sharp suits".
The Defenders (miniseries) | Critical response
The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media. Actor Mike Colter played the character in the first season of "Jessica Jones", a live-action television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and headlined his own series, which premiered in September 2016, along with a second season, which released in June 2018. Colter also reprised his role in the miniseries "The Defenders", which premiered in August 2017. Colter returned as Cage in the third and final season of "Jessica Jones".
Luke Cage | Introduction
This includes her mentor Stick and the miniseries' apparent central antagonist Alexandra, whom she both murders, as well as Daredevil. Ramirez said that the theme of "having to embrace the identity you want" also applies to the four Defenders. He added that Elektra murdering Alexandra made more sense than one of the Defenders doing it, as the writers felt that none of the Defenders were murderous and would have to be pushed into doing it. Regarding where the miniseries leaves the Defenders, Ramirez compared their relationship to "people who were on the same bus when it got in an accident ...
The Defenders (miniseries) | Writing
"Daredevil" is an American web television series created for Netflix by Drew Goddard, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, and is the first in a series of shows that lead up to a Defenders crossover miniseries. The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, as well as Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent D'Onofrio. Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bob Gunton, and Ayelet Zurer join them in the first season, while Jon Bernthal, Élodie Yung, and Stephen Rider join them for the second; Joanne Whalley, Jay Ali and Wilson Bethel join for season three.
List of Daredevil characters | Introduction
Following Wolverine's murder of Hank Pym during the "Age of Ultron" to keep Ultron from being created, a splinter timeline called Earth-26111 is created. In the new timeline, the Defenders became the world's premier superhero team after the disbanding of the Avengers. The new Defenders line-up consisted of Doctor Strange, Captain America, Wolverine, Janet Van Dyne as Captain Marvel, Thing, Scott Summers as Cable, Hulk, and Star-Lord. The group is a resistance against Morgan le Fay who has conquered half of Earth.
Defenders (comics) | "Age of Ultron"
In working around the other Marvel Netflix series, Buck described "a fair amount of freedom", but "because we are leading into "The Defenders", we have to leave our show in a very specific place with our character, because we do sort of plant seeds and stories that will then come to fruition in "The Defenders". There does have to be a lot of cooperation between all the different [series' showrunners]. But other than that, we work distinctly by ourselves." The season makes references to the events of "The Avengers", the Hulk, Stark Industries, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Seagate Prison, and mentions the Dogs of Hell biker gang, "New York Bulletin" editor-in-chief Mitchell Ellison and reporter Karen Page, Roxxon Oil and Midland Circle.
Iron Fist (season 1) | Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
The story led Reginald Rose to develop a spinoff series, "The Defenders", which began airing in 1961.
The Defender (Studio One) | Production
Kennedy assassination. In addition, the January 4, 1964 episode, "Clare Cheval Died in Boston", was originally scheduled for the weekend of the assassination, and subsequently had reference to "President Kennedy" deleted from the episode.
The Defenders (1961 TV series) | Controversial episodes
The following is a list of character summaries from the FX Networks television series "The Shield".
List of The Shield characters | Introduction
After defeating Diamondback, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Jessica Jones reformed the Heroes for Hire.
Heroes for Hire | The Defenders (2018)
She felt "[t]he season really starts to kick into gear.. once we’re introduced to the central mystery: the truth behind IGH," with the season getting "better and better as it goes along." However, as with previous Marvel Netflix series, the season suffered from pacing issues, featuring "a minimal or non-existent score, scenes that go on for too long, and a limited number of edits that add up to everything feeling like it’s happening in real time. It’s not as bad as any other Marvel series on Netflix in this regard — not even close — but it’s still a problem, and one that has unbelievably still not been addressed in terms of episode count (or shorter runtimes within episodes)." Keene also felt the season missed a "driving force" by not having David Tennant back as Kilgrave, but was glad the season largely ignored the events of "The Defenders" to focus on Jones and her relationships.
Jessica Jones (season 2) | Critical response
The story, which began in "Thunderbolts Annual 2000", concluded in "Avengers 2000". A three-issue "Hellcat" (September–November 2000) series takes place immediately following the events in "Thunderbolts" and "Avengers Annual 2000". Briefly adopting a new costume and then returning to her traditional yellow outfit, she rejoined the Defenders in a short-lived revival series, "The Defenders" (vol. 2) #1–12 (March 2001–February 2002).
Patsy Walker | Hellcat
Scott Reynolds joined Rosenberg as co-showrunner for the third season. The first season, which debuted in its entirety on November 20, 2015, features references to the events and characters of "The Avengers", and co-stars Mike Colter as Luke Cage before he headlined his own series. Rosario Dawson reprises her "Daredevil" role of Claire Temple, as does Royce Johnson in his role of Brett Mahoney. The second season, which was released on March 8, 2018, sees Elden Henson reprise his role of Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, as well as Rob Morgan as Turk Barrett and Tijuana Ricks as Thembi Wallace. The third season was released on June 14, 2019.
Marvel's Netflix television series | "Jessica Jones" (2015–2019)
Élodie Yung (; born 22 February 1981) is a French actress. She is best known for her role as Elektra Natchios in the second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix series "Daredevil" and the Netflix miniseries "The Defenders".
Élodie Yung | Introduction