The stories ofDaredevil,Jessica Jones,Luke Cage, andIron Fistwill converge inThe Defenders, an 8-episodeAvengers-style miniseries event on Netflix. So, we expected a bunch of familiar faces to be popping up, but now they’ve been officially announced.
As of earlier this week, the only names formally recognized forThe DefenderswereCharlie Cox(Matt Murdock),Krysten Ritter(Jessica Jones),Mike Colter(Luke Cage),Finn Jones(Danny Rand), andSigourney Weaver(the unnamed villain).Deborah Ann Woll(Karen Page) andSimone Missick(Misty Knight) wereconfirmedshortly after, which meant more sidekicks and supporting characters were probably on the way.
Elden Henson(Foggy Nelson) andEka Darville(Malcolm Ducasse) both revealedon their own accordstheir characters’ return forThe Defenders, but the show’s official social media accounts confirmed them, as well asRachel Taylor(Trish Walker) andCarrie-Anne Moss(Jeri Hogarth) fromJessica Jones,Scott Glenn(Sticks) fromDaredevil, and a character with ties to all four solo series,Rosario Dawson(Claire Temple).
Let’s just hope Marvel and Netflixdon’t kill off Clairein order to further the plot.
We’ll be introduced to a new set of characters inIron Fist, including the Meachum family and martial arts badass Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick), so we should expect more returning figures from the story of Danny Rand. Although, Moss also hails fromIron Fistworld: she’ll return as Hogarth in the series, premiering June 23, 2025.
We still no next to nothing about the plot, butset photoshave shown Misty pulling a gun on Jessica. It’s also significant that the folks behindDaredevilwill act asshowrunnersonThe Defenders. Might that mean The Hand and their plot with Elektra have something to do with the latest threat against Hell’s Kitchen?
The Defenderswillpremieresometime in 2017.
