Marvel Is Exploring Ways to Reunite The Defenders

Daredevil's highly anticipated next season is on the horizon, and the creative team is already considering future possibilities, including a potential Defenders reunion.

In a recent EW profile, Brad Winderbaum, Marvel Studios' head of streaming and TV, expressed keen interest in reuniting the street-level heroes of Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist—better known as The Defenders.

While nothing is confirmed, Winderbaum stated, "It's certainly exciting to be able to play in that sandbox... Obviously, we don't have the unlimited storytelling resources of a comic book, where if you can draw it, you can do it. We're dealing with actors, time constraints, and the massive scale of production needed to build a cinematic universe, especially on television."

He continued, "But I can say that, considering all those factors, it's creatively extremely exciting and something we're actively exploring."

Daredevil: Born Again will directly continue the Daredevil storyline initiated on Netflix. Netflix previously hosted its own, smaller-scale Marvel universe with shows like Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. Winderbaum's comments suggest that Daredevil: Born Again could serve as a springboard to revive these characters within Disney's MCU framework on Disney+. The inclusion of Jon Bernthal's Punisher in the new season already marks the successful transition of another Netflix Marvel hero.

The upcoming premiere of Daredevil: Born Again on March 4th will provide crucial insight before further speculation on its potential connections to the broader MCU.