Marvel’s DefendersVerse was planning a Daughters of the Dragon series – The USA Print

The Defenders series – 74%, premiered on Netflix in 2017. At a height of superhero movie adaptations, this eight-part production was made up of mainly four intertwined series: Daredevil – 98%, Iron Fist – 19%, Jessica Jones – 69% and Luke Cage – 96% Now, despite having a regularly good reception from critics, the truth is that it was the series of Marvel less seen.

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Marc Jobst, director of the Netflix series Daredevilconfirmed in a recent conversation with The Hollywood Reporter (via Comic Book) that there were plans to create a spin-off related to The Defenders. This production would put special emphasis on the story of Collen, played by Jessica Henwick and that of Misty Knight, with the performance of Simone Missick

Daughters of the Dragon

Yes absolutely. There was a relationship building in the episode, starting with training in the boxing ring (…) It culminated with Collen deliberately leading Misty into a fight to get over her self-pity, knowing that Misty could pass the test, which she did. Both disappearing into the smoke and the Bokeh as the final duo was a nod to the potential of Daughters of the Dragon.

The series that was in development before Marvel Studios absorbed Marvel Television was Daughters of the Dragonspin-off of The Defenders – 74%, starring Colleen Wing (Jessica Henwick) and Misty Knight (Simone Missick). These characters made their individual and sporadic appearance since the 1970s in the pages of Iron Fistand it was not until 2006 that Marvel published a series of six volumes in which they developed in more depth a story starring this duo.

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series produced by Marvel Television, from their first installments they were the subject of debate regarding whether they were a canonical part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But these company intellectual properties had remained self-contained and separate from those released by Marvel Studios . The universe that encompasses The Defenders was an example. It grew out of an agreement with Netflix that allowed Marvel Television Create your own aesthetic with the characters closest to the world of the streets within the comics.

Within this group of productions, the most successful series is Daredevilreleased eight years ago and whose main character Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), has appeared in big screen productions such as Spider-Man: No Way Home – 92% The appearance of Daredevil in the cinematographic works made fans assume that this was confirmation that this series would become canonical. A few months ago, Cox commented in an interview with Supanova Comic Con & Gaming that he would have liked to do more crossovers because there are some interesting topics for exploration of the self.

I don’t want to sound greedy, but I hope I can do a lot more. I look forward to being much more involved for many years to come. I hope it never ends. I hope it gets to the point where people say, ‘You’re too old to play that role.’

On the other hand, the actor who plays the role of Iron Fisthe pointed out in an interview for Comic Book last year that he would be okay with that happening. He added that he would love to see Jessica Henwick back in the role of Collen Wing:

It would be great to see Colleen come back and still have the Iron Fist (…) I think it would be cool if she appeared in Shang-Chi and still have the Iron Fist. There are a lot of things that could be done with that considering where we left off at the end of Season 2 (of The Defenders).

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