It’s formal, folks, the end of the Marvel/Netflix partnership has finally arrived. With the second season of The Punisher out last month and everyone already moving onto other projects because it was a given after the first three series were canceled, it’s now hit the end of the line. It was also revealed that the third unaired season of Jessica Jones will be coming later this year but that it’s now the final season as it’s been canceled as well. All of this was a given as the other series started to fall as Netflix had no reason to continue working with the studio as Disney sets up its own streaming service and gains a stronger foothold in Hulu with their acquisition of Fox. There’s supposedly a two-year clause in the contracts that Marvel can’t set these shows up elsewhere right away, which pretty much guarantees that most of the creative and cast won’t be available when they do, but one can hope.
Marvel TV’s statement:
It had never been done before. Four separate television series, each with different super-talented showrunners, writers, directors, cast and crew, coming out months apart and then …they would meet in a single event series all set in the heart of New York City. We called them The Defenders.
And together we were thrilled by stories of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and even the Punisher joined in! They said it couldn’t be done.But Marvel assembled amazing teams to write, produce, direct, edit, and score 13 seasons and 161 one-hour episodes. Take a moment and go online and look at the dazzling list of actors, writers, directors, and musicians who graced us with the very best of their craft.
We loved each and every minute of it.
And we did it all for you — the fans — who cheered for us around the world and made all the hard work worth it.
On behalf of everyone at Marvel Television, we couldn’t be more proud or more grateful to our audience. Our Network partner may have decided they no longer want to continue telling the tales of these great characters… but you know Marvel better than that,” the company added.
As Matthew Murdock’s Dad once said, ‘The measure of a man is not how he gets knocked to the mat, it’s how he gets back up. To be continued…!
