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It’s learned Ubisoft, creator of the popular Assassin’s Creed video games and upcoming movie, is in talks to develop a Netflix series. It’s unknown what the project may be, but Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed the news with Reuters. IGN also offers an update from an official Ubisoft rep: “Ubisoft is continuing to expand our brands […]
One success (what looks to be) shepherded by Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD happens to be the new car Ghost Rider, Robbie Reyes, played by Gabriel Luna. The Ghost Rider debuted this season on Agents of SHIELD and has been favorably received by fans and even yours truly. However, since Ghost Rider is appearing on network
Yesterday saw Marvel confirm Daredevil‘s Karen Page and Luke Cage‘s Misty Knight for Defenders, and now three more characters will be returning for the event mini-series. Marvel released another Defenders teaser announcing that Carrie-Anne Moss will be back as Jeri Hogarth, Elden Henson will return as Foggy Nelson and Eka Darville will be back as Malcom Ducasse.
Marvel TV and Netflix’s upcoming Defenders series gets a new synopsis with news that S.J. Clarkson (Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Vinyl, Orange is the New Black) will direct the first two episodes of Marvel’s The Defenders. Synopsis: “Marvel’s The Defenders” follows Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. A quartet of singular heroes with one common
Marvel has announced new cast members for the Punisher series that stars Jon Bernthal and airs on Netflix in 2017. Daniel Webber (“11.22.63”) has been cast as Lewis Walcott, a young veteran who has had a difficult time re-assimilating into Civilian Society. Jason R. Moore (“A Lonely Place for Dying”) joins as Curtis Hoyle, a friend
Check out footage below from Marvel’s Iron Fist Netflix panel at the NYCC where the Defenders showed up in full force as a surprise. Joining the Defenders also saw Sigourney Weaver revealed to play the villain of the event crossover series. Our heroes in the same place for the very first time. But they’re not
Marvel’s Daredevil Netflix series Season 1 arrives on Blu-Ray November 8th. Find details below and the box art. Info: OWN THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES “MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON” ON BLU-RAY™ NOV. 8 Bring home or gift the first season of the popular live action series this Holiday! SYNOPSIS: “Marvel’s Daredevil” follows
Watch the new trailer for Marvel’s Iron Fist that was shown off at the NYCC. Iron Fist, starring Finn Jones, will debut on Netflix with all thirteen episodes on Friday, March 17, 2017. Synopsis: Fifteen years after being presumed dead in a plane crash, Danny Rand (Finn Jones) mysteriously returns to New York City determined
DreamWorks Animation Television and Netflix Announce Season 2 of DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender January 20, 2017 Friday, October 7, 2016 – Following the first season cliffhanger, Season 2 of DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender sees the paladins scattered throughout the universe in wake of a tough battle with Zarkon, Haggar and the Galra Empire. The
Marvel has released a cool motion poster for the upcoming Iron Fist Netflix series. Iron Fist, starring Finn Jones, will debut on Netflix with all thirteen episodes on Friday, March 17, 2017. Synopsis: Fifteen years after being presumed dead in a plane crash, Danny Rand (Finn Jones) mysteriously returns to New York City determined to
With Voltron coming to the NYCC, check out the Netflix trailer for Season 2. About: The Netflix original series DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender reimagines one of the most popular fan-favorite shows of all time in this all-new comedic action-packed show from executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and
Netflix released the trailer for their new Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events series. Info: The world is vast and full of wonders. So on Friday, the 13th of January, please… watch something else. Based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) and starring Emmy and Tony Award
Hot off the heels of the debut of Luke Cage, Marvel and Netflix have now announced the release date for the Iron Fist series and released a new teaser and image. Iron Fist, starring Finn Jones, will debut on Netflix with all thirteen episodes on Friday, March 17, 2017. Synopsis: Fifteen years after being presumed
Marvel’s Punisher Netflix series has begun filming. Punisher set images out of NYC reveal Jon Bernthal wearing a hoodie and sporting a beard while on set earlier today. Just Jared posted a batch of pics from the Punisher set. Jon Bernthal just started work on #ThePunisher for Netflix! See the first set photos: https://t.co/l5Q5y8Hbxq pic.twitter.com/gLc3ISPuFd —
It’s once again being said Marvel TV won’t be crossing over to the MCU. With Luke Cage premiering on Netfix, the show’s star, Mike Colter, talks how he doesn’t think they will be appearing in the Marvel movies, which isn’t a suprise because Marvel TV and Marvel Studios are completely separate. Mike Colter told Power
Earlier saw word hit that Stan Lee has filmed four more Marvel movie cameos, and how Stan Lee’s latest cameo for Marvel TV hits the net. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Stan Lee only appears as an image in a cameo for the Marvel TV Netflix shows, where we see that’s the case for
Marvel released the opening title sequence for their Netflix Luke Cage show which goes live with all 13 episodes tomorrow. Luke Cage premiers Friday, September 30th on Netlfix starring Mike Colter as the power man, and Simone Missick as Misty Knight. Synopsis: After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage (Mike
Netflix released a new trailer for Marvel’s Luke Cage starring Mike Colter with “Streets.” The series premiers this Friday and has been getting rave reviews. Luke Cage begins airing this Friday, September 30th, on Netlfix starring Mike Colter as the power man, and Simone Missick as Misty Knight. Synopsis: After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION AND NETFLIX BRING ALL-STAR LINEUP TO NEW YORK COMIC CON 2016 Acclaimed Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to World Premiere DreamWorks Trollhunters, Saturday, Oct 8 Sneak Peek of DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender Season 2, Friday, Oct 7 GLENDALE, CA – September 22, 2016 – DreamWorks Animation and Netflix will present a blockbuster duo of panels at New
Netflix has released the episode titles for the upcoming Marvel Luke Cage series. All thirteen Luke Cage episodes are named after Gang Starr songs, an East Coast hip hop duo founded in Boston that consisted of DJ Premier and the late MC Guru who performed from 1986-2006. Luke Cage Season 1 episode titles: 1. Moment of Truth 2. Code of the
Robbie Amell, known for DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow and cousin to Arrow‘s Stephen Amell, stars in the upcoming sci-fi Netflix series ARQ. Watch the trailer below. ARQ synopsis: In a dystopian future, an engineer trapped in a house and surrounded by a mysterious gang of masked intruders must protect a technology that could deliver unlimited
The sci-fi horror hit series of the Summer, Stranger Things, gets a second season.
Netflix released the following teaser announcing Stranger Things 2, which will premiere in 2017 with an additional episode, marking nine episodes in total.
Matt and Ross Duffer will return to helm Stranger Things 2, which will take place a year after the first season, in 1984.
The first season of Stranger Things saw a young boy disappear in a small town in Indiana.
Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder, with the first season available in its entirety on Netflix.
Stranger Things Season 1
A love letter to the supernatural classics of the ’80s, Stranger Things is the story of a young boy who vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl.
Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Cara Buono, Charlie Heaton, and Matthew Modine.
Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (Wayward Pines, Hidden) serve as writer, directors and co-showrunners of the series, and are executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen via their 21 Laps entertainment banner (The Spectacular Now, Night At The Museum, Real Steel, Date Night). Shawn Levy also serves as director. Stranger Things is a Netflix original series
A couple of days ago saw news hit that Peter David was approached by Netflix for Young Justice Season 3.
Cosmic Book News reported on it, which went viral, reaching over half a million people on our social networks alone.
It’s safe to say that a lot of fans want a Young Justice Season 3.
Following our reporting on the subject, Young Justice creator Greg Weisman tweeted out it’s not true, and that Peter David was misquoted, which Peter David followed up with a tweet of his own.
Now Peter David has taken to his blog to post about the mix-up noting he had lunch with Greg Weisman a few weeks ago — not with Netflix. It’s possible the fan may have mixed up mention of Greg Weisman as being an official representative of Netflix.
Here’s what Peter David had to say on the matter:
“Mr. David, what are the chances of ‘Young Justice’ getting a third season?”
“Well, I had lunch with Greg Weisman a few weeks ago, and he said that Netflix is seriously considering ordering a third season because they’re impressed with how much people are watching it. So if you want to make it happen, keep on doing that.”
That’s what I’ve been saying for the past month, countless times, ever since I had lunch with Greg before San Diego. Seems pretty straightforward.
And suddenly I’ve been getting barraged with tweets and emails from fans asking me if it’s true that I’ve had a meeting with Netflix about writing the third season. Why? Because someone asked me the question at the recent Terrificon in Connecticut and, rather than report the answer I’ve given at least a hundred times, he instead provided his own version. I’ve no doubt it was an innocent mistake, but it’s caused a MAJOR headache for me.
Furthermore I’m now worried it could do damage to the cause, because people might think, “We did it! There’s gonna be a third season, done deal!” and then stop watching. Which would then cause Netflix to say, “Hunh, people have stopped watching, guess it was just a passing fad,” and that’s that.
So I will say it once more: It is NOT a done deal. So continue watching “Young Justice” if you want to have a hope of a third season.
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Obviously there seems to be confusion regarding who said what, but what holds true is that Young Justice Season 3 is not green lit and to continue watching season 1 and 2 on Netflix.
Interestingly enough, one of Greg Weisman’s tweets did confirm some sort of meeting did take place with Netflix about Young Justice Season 3, which may be where the mix-up occurred (and not with Peter David’s involvement).
@drdr47811 Netflix has said it’s true. That’s all I know.
— Greg Weisman (@Greg_Weisman) August 23, 2016
@cosmicbooknews @PeterDavid_PAD No meeting with Peter. All I know is what Netflix Customer Service told fans, i.e. Netflix & WB have talked.
— Greg Weisman (@Greg_Weisman) August 24, 2016
It looks as if Netflix may be releasing the Punisher series in 2017, which means possibly three Marvel shows for that year.
Netflix updated their queue which says Marvel’s The Punisher comes out in 2017 and included as the description: “After the murder of his family, Frank Castle is both haunted and hunted. In the criminal underworld, he’ll become known as The Punisher.”
It is possible the Punisher information is simply a placeholder (see below); so the release date may change.
Jon Bernthal stars as The Punisher, with with Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) serving as Executive Producer and Showrunner in addition to writing the series’ first two episodes.
The other two Marvel series slated for 2017 on Netflix include Iron Fist and The Defenders; however, The Defenders is only getting eight episodes (compared to thirteen) as it’s more of an event series that sees the characters from the other shows teaming up in Avengers-like fashion.
Marvel and Netflix also have Luke Cage debuting Friday, September 30th.
A Daredevil Season 3 and Jessica Jones Season 2 is in the works as well, which look to be released in 2018.
Via reddit:
Following the new poster, Marvel TV has released a new Luke Cage trailer.
Check it out below.
Luke Cage premiers September 30th on Netlfix starring Mike Colter as the power man and Simone Missick as Misty Knight.
Synopsis:
After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) becomes a fugitive who attempts to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But soon he is pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city – forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury.
Fans have been asking (begging?) for their favorite television personalities to appear in the Marvel movies.
While you may have heard the reason being that the Marvel TV and movies schedules don’t sync up, the real reason is because of the Marvel Creative Committee.
The Marvel Creative Committee consists of Marvel CEO billionaire Ike Perlmutter’s boy’s club of: Alan Fine, who came with Perlmutter to Marvel through Toy Biz; Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Michael Bendis, Marvel Comics publisher Dan Buckley, and Joe Quesada, the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and the current Chief Creative Officer of Marvel.
To add to that they are all good buddies with head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb.
Long story short, last year saw Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige part ways with both Perlmutter and the Marvel Creative Committee over interference in the movies and creative differences. Captain America and Avengers: Infinity War director Joe Russo stated the following back in May:
“We’ve been on that [Marvel] journey from Winter Soldier, and it may have been some story points from Civil War that caused the civil war within Marvel. I think that there were years when Kevin was absorbing the pain inflicted on the company. [Marvel Studios is] much healthier, happier” [and is paving the way for] “really compelling choices.”
Regarding the crossover between Marvel Studios and TV not happening, head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb recently appeared on Nerdist’s Comic Book Club podcast where he was asked about The Defenders appearing in the movies with mention there’s friction because of the Marvel Creative Committee. Via reddit:
When asked if The Defenders would be in the movies, he scoffed and went on and on about how Marvel Television is a 3 year old company and how they want to do their own thing, but specifically mentioned that they’ll see where the company is in 2019.
He then mentioned that Marvel Television projects are still all under the thumb of the Marvel Creative Committee, so that could also cause some friction between the possibility of television and movie crossovers.
Adding in my own two cents, if you have been a fan of this website or any of the Marvel COSMIC comic books, you know the Marvel Creative Committee aren’t fans of COSMIC-type stories. With the upcoming Marvel Studios movies looking like they’re heavy cosmic flicks (Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers 4, Inhumans, rumored Richard Rider Nova movie), it’s no wonder Feige booted them from being involved (in addition to whatever trouble they caused).
It’s also apparent the Marvel Creative Committee and Marvel TV like to use their comic book creator-driven work as: Agents Of SHIELD is heavily influenced by the Bendis comics; Netflix is heavily influenced by Quesada’s favorites, and Jeph Loeb went so far as to cancel the 2007 Nova comic book and replace the character he now uses in his animated TV series. There’s also the fact that Bendis cancelled and took over the 2008 Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series when word of the movie getting green lit became known (and fired the writers on the Nova and GOTG comics that inspired the movie and new billion dollar Disney franchise).
It also recently became known that Kevin Feige is introducing the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse in Doctor Strange. Is Kevin Feige going to make Marvel TV a part of the multiverse and directly disconnect it from the movies, which would enable Feige to use the same characters, but with different actors?
Marvel TV has released the first three episode titles for the Netflix Luke Cage series.
It’s also learned the episode titles for Luke Cage are all named after Gang Starr songs (via HT).
Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker revealed the titles to the first three on Twitter: “One ‘Moment of Truth.’ Two: ‘Code of The Streets.’ Three: ‘Who’s Gonna Take The Weight?'”
Gang Starr was an East Coast hip hop duo founded in Boston that consisted of DJ Premier and the late MC Guru who performed from 1986-2006.
Luke Cage premiers September 30th on Netlfix starring Mike Colter as the power man and Simone Missick as Misty Knight.
Synopsis:
After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage (Mike Colter) becomes a fugitive who attempts to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But soon he is pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city – forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury.
Watch the Luke Cage Comic-Con trailer:
For fans of the Marvel Netflix shows, Daredevil and Jessica Jones, you are going to have to wait a bit for new episodes as it’s learned Daredevil Season 3 and Jessica Jones Season 2 will be arriving in 2018 along with the Jon Bernthal Punisher series.
Update: Netflix has updated their queue stating Punisher in 2017.
The good news is that while you wait, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Defenders will be filling the gap.
At the TCA press tour, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos revealed the Marvel Netflix series wouldn’t arrive on Netflix until at least 2018.
Sarandos also confirmed Luke Cage premiers September 30th, and that both Iron Fist and Defenders debut on Netflix in 2017.
The new keeps with Netflix’s schedule of airing two Marvel series per year, which may mean Punisher may not hit until 2019 or that Netflix may break from doing two Marvel series and go with three.
It’s also reported that Jon Bernthal’s Punisher may turn up in Defenders. Bernthal also appeared at Comic-Con during the recent Marvel TV Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Defenders panel.
Marvel/Netflix sked: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders THEN 2nd and 3rd seasons of the other shows and Punisher.
— Natalie Abrams (@NatalieAbrams) July 27, 2016
Watch the recent trailers below:
With Marvel TV already having five series on Netflix (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders), and with ABC recently cancelling Agent Carter, some have thought it a good idea that Agent Carter could be renewed over at Netflix.
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos explained to EW.com why Agent Carter won’t be coming to their streaming service.
“We’re looking for truly original brands to own,” Sarandos said. “And in that Marvel space we already have [original comic book shows] – so that was mostly why.”
Sarandos also offered it’s about legal matters, such as distribution, than not liking the Agent Carter product.
“They also have some output deal complexities,” Sarando added. “So when you pick it up, being able to pick it up globally is difficult even after it’s canceled. Some of those output partners still had it on the air, so they would argue its covered by their output [deals]. Unfortunately, it was a business decision more than a creative one.”
While ABC did cancel Agent Carter, the good news is that if you are a Hayley Atwell fan, she can still be seen on ABC in her new series, Conviction.
Comic-Con saw Hasbro reveal new 6-inch action figures for Jon Bernthal’s Punisher as well as Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones from the Marvel Netflix series.
Check out some pics (via toy ark):
