Daredeviland every otherNetflixseries appear to be leaving the service next month.Daredeviland the other five series —Jessica Jones,Luke Cage,Iron Fist,The Defenders, andThe Punisher— now have disclaimers on them that say they are leaving the service on March 1.
Unfortunately, there is still no announcement regarding where these shows will go. However, it will most likely be either Disney+ or Hulu as these characters are a part of Marvel. Hulu has the best chances of getting these shows as Disney has been placing their more adult programming onto this service. For example, all the PG-13X-Menmovies are available on Disney+. However, the R-rated films (Logan,Deadpool,Deadpool 2) are streaming on Hulu.
The Netflix Marvel universe kick-started in 2015 with the first season ofDaredevil. This led toJessica Jones,Luke Cage,Iron Fist, andThe Defendersteam-up between the four characters. Jon Bernthal appeared as Frank Castle/The Punisher inDaredevilSeason 2 and eventually got his own spinoff series. While these shows mostly received critical success, they were ultimately allcanceled by Netflix.
While these shows are technically a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they never mixed in with the main storyline or interacted with central characters. There are small easter eggs here and there, but these shows feel very separate. The Netflix shows are also a lot more R-rated than any of the main films that are associated with Disney.
Daredevil and Kingpin Recently Joined the MCU
However,Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevilrecently appeared briefly as Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) lawyer inSpider-Man: No Way Home.Daredevil’s Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) also appeared as an antagonist in the final episode ofHawkeyeon Disney+. The recent appearance by the two Daredevilcharacters sent the series back on to the Netflix top 10, despite the series ending in 2018.
The Marvel television universe has had other shows, includingAgents of SHIELD,Helstrom,Runaways, andCloak & Dagger. These shows have all been discontinued as Marvel is steadily building its television worldprimarily on Disney+. Shows likeLokiandWandavisionhave been very successful on the streaming service.
The future for these characters is still unclear, but it is clear that Marvel is planning on bringing some of these characters to the universe with their recent crossovers. Whether their TV shows or stories are continued is something we will just have to wait and see.
