The return of the Netflix-era Marvel characters Matt Murdock, Wilson Fisk, Jon Bernthal, et al, in Daredevil: Born Again was a very welcome one. While those series had been believed de-canonized after a fashion, we knew at least Daredevil and Punisher could now appear in future MCU things. But why couldn’t more of the heroes and villains pop up? They all live in New York after all. Well, for Born Again season two, we got one! Krysten Ritter will join the series, reprising her role as fan-fave hero, Jessica Jones.
This news comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter. According to them, Marvel announced Ritter’s return at their portion of Disney’s upfront advertisers’ call on Tuesday. Ritter, of course, portrayed the eponymous, superpowered private investigator in Jessica Jones for three seasons, between 2015 and 2019. She also co-headlined the team-up series The Defenders which ran for a single season.
The series, and Ritter’s performance specifically, garnered immediate acclaim with its fantastic first season. Subsequent seasons didn’t quite capture the same magic, nor especially did The Defenders, despite its “small-screen Avengers” vibe. However, as soon as Born Again season one ended with the promise of a Daredevil team taking on Wilson Fisk’s corrupt mayorship, fans speculated other Netflix characters could show up.
Marvel’s head of television and animation, Brad Winderbaum, played coy with THR about the possible return of Mike Colter’s Luke Cage or Finn Jones’ Danny Rand and instead made sure to say “It’s about not rushing and telling the best story. Yes, it’s exciting to think about characters interacting, but it’s about the reasons why. At times we’ve done that very well, at times we’ve rushed. The story has to lead the path.”
While Colter’s Luke Cage was fairly well received, Jones’ Iron Fist was not. I can definitely see a world where neither, both, or even just Luke Cage shows up in Born Again. Jones has gone on record recently saying he would love to be able to return to his character, so who knows? At least for now we can be happy that Ritter and Jessica Jones will cross paths with the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen again on TV.
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