The Defenders
Marvel TV has unveiled San Diego Comic - Con 2017 exclusive posting for the two Marvel / Netflix TV serial that will be at the event -Marvel ’s The DefendersandThe Punisher . The Defendersbrings together the four New York - based Marvel Cinematic Universe superheroes that have been featured in their own TV shows to engagement ( re : Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage and Iron Fist ) , as well as several of their allies and enemies alike . AfterThe Defendersseason 1 premieres in August , Marvel / Netflix will then give Jon Bernthal ’s Frank Castle ( who was enter to the MCU inDaredevilseason 2 ) his own Netflix solo serial , sometime this fall .
While Marvel television was already confirmed to bebringingThe Defendersto Comic - Conthis year ( along with its approaching ABC series , Inhumans ) , the expectation has long been thatThe Punisherwould have some comportment at the event too . like to how the veryfirst teaser forThe Defenderswas unveiled during the 2016 International Comic - Con , the betting odds are good that the first footage fromThe Punisherwill be show during Marvel TV ’s 2017 SDCC gore next week and release online , concisely thereafter .
In the meantime , the Comic - Con 2017 art for bothDefendersandPunisheris now useable to check out online ( see below ) . PerEW , the posters will be made only available to those take care SDCC this twelvemonth . The Punisherposter was attract by Marvel Entertainment ’s Chief Creative Officer , Joe Quesada , and will be uncommitted to peck up at the Marvel Booth ( # 2329 ) on Friday , July 21st , at 3:30 pm . Meanwhile , The Defendersposter was draw by Marvel TV ’s Creative Director , Joshua James Shaw , and will be made available during a signing for the show at the Marvel Booth on Saturday , July 22nd , at 10 am .
Daredevilseason 2 showrunners Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez are also overseeing the first eight episodes ofThe Defenders . The miniseries case play off New York ’s best super - powered vigilance man against themysterious Alexandra ( Sigourney Weaver ) , a figure who clearly has sleeper to The Hand - the clandestine ninja organization that has served as an overarching terror for the Marvel / Netflix shows released to engagement - and their own new " tiptop - weapon " , in the manikin of the resurrectedElektra Natchios(Elodie Yung ) . It ’s all but a given that a new ( final ? ) trailer forThe Defenderswill be showcased during the serial ' instrument panel at San Diego Comic - Con next week , so more detail on what to expect from the first season may be arriving very soon .
As forThe Punisher , that serial boast Steve Lightfoot ( a writer / producer who has worked on such video series asHannibalandHouse of Cards ) as showrunner and picks up with Bernthal ’s Frank Castle , in the aftermath of the upshot ofDaredevilseason 2 . Given that Bernthal is n’t expected to make a surprisal appearance inThe Defendersseason 1,The Punisherwill serve as the first time that looker get to see the actorfully embody the Punisher . The Punisherwill take issue from previous Marvel / Netflix showsin sealed respects too ; not so much in term of shade ( thoughThe Punisherwill unquestionably be as trigger-happy - if not more so - asDaredevilseason 2 ) , but in the sense that its namesake is the first Marvel / Netflix crimefighter who is n’t aided by any sort of great power and/or " raise " power in his pursuance for jurist .
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The Defendersseason 1 premieres on Netflix August 18th . The Punisherseason 1 is expected to arrive this fall , possibly in November .
Source : EW
