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Sith_Sensei__Prime · Sep 21, 2018

Netflix's Rebranding Of THE DEFENDERS Facebook Page Calls Potential Sequel Series Into Question

Marvel’s The Defenders was always meant to be a limited series, but many fans assumed the heroes would all link up for another adventure somewhere down the line. Faith in a potential sequel series has been rattled recently, however, as Comicbook reported Netflix has rebranded The Defenders page to its new NX brand. For those not familiar with NX, it’s a recent social media page that highlights all the superhero and sci-fi content on the platform.

Now, this isn’t explicit confirmation that a Defenders sequel isn’t going to happen at some point, although one would think if it were a possibility Netflix would’ve left the social media page untouched…right?

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Marvel TV Head Says Second Run of ‘The Defenders’ Not Off the Table

Marvel TV head and The Defenders producer Jeph Loeb says a second limited series team-up is not yet off the table.

“No, all we’ve ever said is that there are no plans right now [to do more],” Loeb told EW when asked about a seemingly-never-happening second run of episodes.

“It doesn’t mean that it’s off the table. And it doesn’t mean that it even has to be with the original characters that were in the first Defenders.”

That first eight-episode miniseries teamed blind vigilante Daredevil (Charlie Cox) with troubled superhuman investigator Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Harlem one-man-army Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and martial arts master Iron Fist (Finn Jones), who temporarily banded together to thwart the machinations of the shadowy Hand organization.

Loeb hinted The Defenders could adopt the revolving door roster of the original comic books, which saw Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange tap a continually evolving lineup that included superheroes like Hulk, Namor the Submariner, and the Silver Surfer.

“There are lots of Avengers, and through that, you should be able to ascertain that there may be lots of Defenders,” Loeb said.

“No one at any time referred to them as ‘The Defenders’ — they didn’t wear a little ‘D’ on their belts, and they didn’t go to a building that had a big ‘Defenders’ [sign] in the air. They were four mismatched heroes who were joined by a lot of the other heroes that are in the stories that we do on Netflix, but that was that particular story.”

Some fans were incensed last week when producers Netflix, who exclusively stream the TV-MA corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rebranded the official Defenders Facebook page to NX — a new one-stop shop for genre projects like sci-fi and superheroes.

Many took the clandestine change as a sign Marvel would not be moving forward with a second go at The Defenders.

Loeb’s most recent comments echo what he said in June, when he told inquiring fans a followup was “not in the plans right now, but you never know!” Ritter suggested the series would remain a one-off in a past interview with Vulture:

“I don’t think we are doing it again,” she said. “It was never intentioned to do it again, but, you know, if I was given another opportunity, I would.”

Other popular characters that could one day make their own makeshift and temporary superhero team include the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Misty Knight (Simone Missick) and Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick).

Loeb, when fielding a question about the future of Iron Fist, said the Marvel TV side is beholden to the networks — in this case, Netflix — meaning it’s the streaming giant who has to give the green light on another Defenders miniseries.

“Unlike the movie studio, which can announce a Captain Marvel movie will be out in 2019, the television studio will always be beholden to our networks, and so if our networks want another season of Iron Fist, we’re ready to go,” he said. “We’re just waiting for the answer.”
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Even though I like the team up characters that made the initial Defenders team, I would be in favor of mixing things up because pretty much everyone on the initial Defenders was in a mood and brooding. There wasn't really any contrast or interesting dynamics between the characters. Now, if they brought in a Jennifer Walters, that would be awesome.

Even a Ghostrider and or a Moon Knight, which many fanboys are clamoring for. Of course, Namor as well is a possibility. More likely is Hellcat.

Hellcat and Jen Walters!

The2ndQuest · Sep 21, 2018

Hopefully they do at least one more miniseries. The first series may have stumbled a little in the backhalf but everything up to and including the chinese drive through was great- and even the finale had some good character moments beyond the action. New characters would be welcome, of course, but I'd still like to see the original 4 brought back together. Danny is at his best when he's playing off of Luke and Jessica plays off anybody extremely well and brings the more grounded POV to the table.

Not to mention Defenders has the most kick-ass theme of the Netflix shows.

Rew · Sep 21, 2018

Yeah, my line of thinking is similar to that of 2ndQuest. While The Defenders had plenty of problems, for me it was not so much, "This sucks, it needs to be scrapped," and more like, "This isn't as good as it could be, it's not living up to its potential." I do hope there is a Defenders season 2, or at least a scenario where the heroes can cross over and bounce off each other again. The Matt-Jessica banter was always my favorite. (Well honestly, Jessica makes everything better in general!)

EDIT: Also, it really did have the best intro sequence.

Sinrebirth · Sep 21, 2018

To be honest I enjoyed every minute of this so I would happily have another series. Especially the third and fourth episode.

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heels1785 · Sep 22, 2018

Wouldn’t mind them giving another crack at it. I like the main characters, for the most part - think that the majority of the series was disappointing, but there were a dozen or so incredibly memorable moments that saved it from the trash heap of Iron Fist, Punisher, and JJ S2.

Elektra/DD drove nearly all of those moments, so I’d certainly hope for more of them.

dp4m · Sep 22, 2018

I really liked Sigourney Weaver for as long as she was in it -- but it definitely seemed to come to a crashing middle as soon as she was out of the picture.

DarthIntegral · Sep 22, 2018

I'd be 100% down with a full female defenders stores. Especially with

Colleen holding the Iron Fist

, you could have Colleen, Jessica, Misty leading the team up.

I thought the first Defenders series was ok for what it was. It certainly could have been better. I think given the lessons learned the creative applied to Iron Fist Season 2 to show marked improvement from Season 1, you might get a similar return on Defenders.

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