Marvel's The Defenders
 

Marvel has just announced that Douglas Petrie (Buffy/Angel) and Marco Ramirez (Daredevil) will be the showrunners for the series, while Drew Goddard returns as executive producer.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/

Woo! WOO!!!!

:tcool:

Everything's coming up Marvel!

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-st...-15_dblbig.jpg

AW YEAH!!!!

But y no Iron Fist teaser? :tconfuse:

Who is Danny Rand?

Iron Fisticuffs

I think Iron Fist will be March/April, Defenders in the Summer, then JJ2 in like November.

But then what? DD3, Punisher?

Sigourney Weaver will be playing the lead villain: https://www.comicbookmovie.com/defen...xs-the-a145819

Crazy. Any thoughts on who she is playing?

Weaver's too good for the MCU.

Maybe she'll be a genderbent Mephisto?

http://www.screengeek.net/2016/06/14...the-defenders/

How connected are the shows to the movies? I know the movies don't reference the shows but do the shows reference the movies?


Also I may be remembering wrong but weren't The Defenders a team that included powerhouses like The Hulk, Silver Surfer and Dr. Strange? I remember they were pretty f-cking powerful just not as known as the Avengers.

I actually feel more stoked about this than I did leading up to the Avengers. We've spent (and will spend more) time with these folks than we have with the others... and now they'll collide.

Not integrally... but events from the movies are occasionally mentioned in the shows. Everyone and their mom seems to mention "the incident" with the aliens in Avengers, but there's not too much about the Ultrom stuff or anything. The biggest "crossover" was when Lady Sif from Thor 1 and 2 showed up on Agents of SHIELD twice. And, of course, Samuel L. Jackson actually showing up there, too.

You and me both.

The word on the street is that it's very hard for the MCU to have any meaningful connection with Marvel Television because Kevin Feige (the head honcho of the MCU) and Ike Perlmutter (the head honcho of Marvel TV) hate each other's guts.

Sdp,there have been references.For example in Daredevil there is a clipping handing in Ben Urich's office of the Avengers battle in New York against Loki and the alien invasion. In Jessica Jones the Hulk is references when discussion over the expectation o the hero type going to show up to save the day. So little things are hidden within,but not much. I suggest checking out Youtube videos that go through the Easter eggs. I guarantee the connections will be covered in each. Just be warned about Luke Cage if you have not finished the season.

And I'm okay with this. The less connected, the better I like it. Gives them more freedom to do their own thing instead of continually connecting back to Downey and Chris 1 and Chris 2.

I never bothered with Agents of SHIELD, but are these shows more consistent in terms of quality than the films?

Yeah. I just worry that it'll hinder us from seeing a Spidey/Kingpin encounter or something along those lines.
Agents of SHIELD is an example of how the connection is a hindrance rather than an advantage. So many episodes in season 1 are just dedicated to tying in to whatever MCU film is out at the time.

I only watched season 1, and the first half is a sluggish crawl that makes the agents seem like a bunch of facetious wieners.
The second half suddenly kicks ass though.

I asked because I may watch the shows soon but I'm way behind on the movies and don't plan on watching them but I remember hearing that Agents of Shield was connected heavily. Obviously big references like "hulk" I will get and the alien invasion but I didn't see anything after Iron Man 3 so almost nothing after Phase 1.

ABSOLUTELY. Dude, it's the best stuff Marvel has ever done.

I'd rather see Spidey go up against his more outlandish enemies; seems more appropriate for the films. Besides, Kingpin's character was finally done justice on Daredevil. I'd MUCH rather see the Spiderman movies do the same for characters like Osborn, Ock, Venom, and all those other rogues.

http://screenrant.com/doctor-strange...d-mary-marvel/

Does Doctor Strange Tease Nexflix Defenders Villain?

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Typhoid Mary would be AWESOME.

First look at the Defenders in all their defendery glory! (Courtesy of EW)

I bet Luke Cage and Jessica Jones will don some kind of costumes. You know Iron Fist will.

I dunno... I can't see Jessica or Luke in a costume. Daredevil suited up by the end of his first season, but Jessica and Luke only had their costumes as Easter eggs and winks to the knowing audience.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Luke is just gonna wear the yellow shirt since this is based off the modern incarnation of the character and not the 1970s incarnation.

Marvel will also be launching a new Defenders ongoing with the same roster by Brian Micheal Bendis and David Marquez

Something simple for Luke. The big bracers and belt.

http://pm1.narvii.com/5779/4da981d9e...c516f96_hq.jpg

And some variant of this, probably toned down and not... cosplay looking:

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-st...49528953-5.jpg

I also bet she'll perfect her flying ability.

I'd be okay with Luke, but Jessica's "Jewel" costume needs to be COMPLETELY rehauled. Ugh.

More photos from the EW!

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/tv/ma...ficial-a148143

And they confirmed it will be out this summer (before Punisher)... told you so, Cylons...

Who are Misty Knight and Colleen Wingare?

They just wrapped filming yesterday: http://www.cbr.com/marvel-defenders-wraps-filming/amp/

Promo poster:

http://mcuexchange.com/wp-content/up...loser-look.jpg

p cool

am I supposed to know who that is underneath/to the right of Sigourney Weaver?

I think it's supposed to be Elekrta.

Misty Knight is a character from the Luke Cage Netflix show (as well as the comics)

Colleen Wing is a character from the Iron Fist Netflix show (as well as the comics)

Together they had their own detective agency (in the comics)

Daughters of the Dragon! Really hope they mash Luke Cage/IF season 2 into one so we can see these 4 together.

Yeah for real. I feel like once all the characters come together they don't really need to keep doing individual sequel seasons. Just give us Defenders season 2, a Daughters of the Dragon season, stuff like that. If the Defenders have to take a break, do Heroes for Hire

Looks like August 18th is the premiere date:

http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/04/netflix-...iere-date/amp/