The Netflix deal with Marvel has a lot of series in the mix and currently has Luke Cage series with September debut and a presumed late winter 2017 debut for Iron Fist. We basically expected that The Defenders was going to be slotted for spring 2017 and while that’s certainly not firm, the 2017 confirmation is with the new teaser spot for it at SDCC. It’s one that works on introducing us to the logos while playing the surprisingly appropriate Nirvana song before giving us a little delicious Stick dialogue to work with.
Planned as a five episode event series, we recently learned that the showrunners for Daredevil were going to be handling this property, which pretty much means any third season of Daredevil won’t hit until fall 2017 based on the cycle, if not later depending on how Jessica Jones goes.
While we know the title characters in each of the four series are set to appear in The Defenders, Eka Darville of Jessica Jones revealed at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo back in April that he’ll be participating in some form as well. Darville’s character of Malcolm Ducasse is pretty much believed to be a form of Malcolm Powder in the comics, who was a regular in the Alias series that the Jessica Jones series comes from. He doesn’t have any powers so it’s likely just a smaller supporting role to keep things interconnected with the event.
The event series will star Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones and Eka Darville. Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez are on board as the showrunners.
