“There is a huge gap between what Marvel does in their movies and what Marvel does on TV, and the difference isn’t just about budget or scale,” writes Drew McWeeny.
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THE DEFENDERS
Season 1, Episode 5-8 – The back half of The Defenders employs a few slick narrative twists to keep things interesting while our four heroes continue to negotiate their relationship to each other. With more background on the Hand and the discovery of their ultimate goal, the story keeps a swift pace into a finale that’s ultimately just okay.
Season 1, Episode 1-4 – The Defenders takes its time getting Marvel’s four Netflix title characters together, allowing them to organically team-up through various alliances and environmental factors. The story’s pacing combines with the visual beauty of the series to create an appropriately thematic experience from start to finish that gives every character their own space to flourish.
“I think what Netflix has done so brilliantly is that they’ve expanded out their audience, so it became an unexpected place to find Marvel,” Jeph Loeb told Tracking Board of the early days of putting Daredevil and his cohorts on the streaming platform for the first time.
Netflix unveiled a new trailer for its highly anticipated Marvel team-up series The Defenders, which brings together Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
The new trailer for the highly anticipated Marvel street hero team-up builds up the excitement for the new series (dropping August 18) with action, style, and a stone cold villainous Sigourney Weaver.
The teaser may not be as eventful as the infamous Solange-Jay Z elevator footage, but the 16 seconds will probably garner tons of analysis from super fanboys and fangirls. But when it comes down to it, all the teaser does is announce the premiere date.
The upcoming superhero team-up series The Defenders has added another character from the canon of Netflix’s Marvel characters. Elodie Yung is set to return as Elektra, joining fellow small-screen heroes Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter), and Iron Fist (Finn Jones).
Netflix’s upcoming Marvel superhero ensemble series The Defenders has tapped S.J. Clarkson to direct the first two episodes. She is also set to executive produce the first eight episodes. Clarkson is no stranger to the Marvel universe as she directed the first two episodes of Jessica Jones.
New York Comic Con received a big surprise this weekend when The Defenders team arrived on the scene with Sigourney Weaver, announcing the Alien star had been cast as the villain of the first season. Marvel-Netflix also revealed that Daredevil star Deborah Ann Woll would be joining the spinoff The Punisher series.
A familiar face is set to return to Netflix’s Marvel universe. Elden Henson, who plays Foggy Nelson on Daredevil, will join his best bud/lawyer-turned-superhero Matt Murdock and a host of superheroes for The Defenders.
Greg Berlanti’s latest CW series Riverdale has found its ‘Archie’ in Kiwi actor KJ Apa; Adam Pally has been recruited by Lord and Miller; Katey Sagal is headed back to comedy after spending years hanging with Sons of Anarchy and more in TV casting news!
A MONSTER-SIZED recap of the latest Sales, Pick-ups, Attachments, Exits, Deals, Renewals, Cancellations & More, as the upfronts come to an end!
CBS adds a D-listers to Defenders, and a very welcome return to Criminal Minds, while Lifetime finds their leads for the William & Kate movie and TNT continues rounding out the cast for the Dallas reboot.
ABC Americanizes two foreign hits & wins a bidding war for one hell of an actioner, FX looks for The Hurt in the worst hospital in America, HBO looks to Molly Shannon’s ex-nunnery, while CW and CBS keep a tight watch on two shows on the fence.
CBS gives full season orders, ABC gets into party planning and backstage drama and “Bones” gets a spin-off.
Logline: A group of online teenage video gamers must come together to save the world from a real threat.