Defenders (television series 2017)

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist team up to fight New York crime ( Hand ).

Protagonists

• Charlie Cox - Matt Murdoch / Daredevil , a blind lawyer who has become an avenger superhero. (8 episodes)
• Kristen Ritter - Jessica Jones , a former superhero who suffers from post-traumatic stress, opened her own detective agency. (8 episodes)
• Mike Colter - Luke Cage , a mercenary endowed with superpower and stamina and almost impenetrable skin as a result of an unsuccessful experiment, who became a superhero. (8 episodes)
• Finn Jones - Danny Rand / Iron Fist , martial artist, crime fighter. (8 episodes)
• Eka Darville - Malcolm Ducasse , a former drug addict, friend of Jessica Jones ^[2] . (5 episodes)
• Elden Henson - Foggy Nelson , Matt’s close friend and business partner ^[2] . (6 episodes)
• Jessica Henwick - Colleen Wing , martial arts expert, Iron Fist girl ^[3] . (6 episodes)
• Simon Missick - Misty Knight , Harlem Police Detective ^[4] . (6 episodes)
• Ramon Rodriguez - Bakuto , one of the five “fingers” of the Hand and former Sensei Colleen Wing ^[5] . (4 episodes)
• Rachel Taylor - Trish Walker , Jessica's best friend and her half-sister, a former model, radio host ^[6] . (5 episodes)
• Deborah Anne Wall - Karen Page , girlfriend of Matt and Foggy, former secretary at Nelson and Murdoch ^[4] . (4 episodes)
• Elodi Jung - Electra Nachios / Electra , kunoichi from the Pure clan, longtime girlfriend of Murdoch ^{[7] [8]} . (8 episodes)
• Rosario Dawson is Claire Temple , a nurse, girlfriend of Matt Murdoch, Luke Cage, Danny Rand and a friend of Jessica Jones ^[6] . (6 episodes)
• Scott Glenn is a Stick , a blind old man and leader of the Pure Clan, who trained Matt Murdoch and Electra Nachios in childhood ^[6] . (5 episodes)
• Sigourney Weaver - Alexandra Reed , one of the five “fingers” of the Hand and its head ^{[9] [10]} . (6 episodes)

Minor Heroes

• Wai Ching Ho - Madame Gao , one of the five "fingers" of the Hand. (6 episodes)
• Yutaka Takeuchi - Murakami , one of the five "fingers" of the Hand. (5 episodes)
• Babs Olusanmokun - Sovande , one of the five "fingers" of the Hand. (5 episodes)
• Ron Simons - Striber , Police Captain. (3 episodes)
• Rob Morgan - Turk Barrett , a gangster, an arms dealer from Hell's Kitchen. (1 episode)
• Carrie-Anne Moss - Jerry Hogarth , lawyer, potential powerful ally of Jessica Jones ^[2] . (1 episode)

Development

In October 2013, Deadline announced that Marvel was preparing four drama series and one mini-series, 60 episodes in total, to be shown on Video on demand services and cable channels that Netflix , Amazon, and WGN America were interested in. ^[11] . A few weeks later, Marvel and Disney announced that Netflix would show drama series about Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage, ending with a general mini-series based on the Defenders comics ^[12] .

Casting

At the end of May 2014, Charlie Cox was approved for the role of Daredevil ^[13] . In December 2014, Kristen Ritter was selected for the role of Jessica Jones . Later that month, Mike Colter got the role of Luke Cage ^[14] . On February 26, 2016, the role of the Iron Fist was won by Finn Jones .

Filming

In November 2016, filming began in New York . Filming ended at the end of March 2017.

The Defenders mini-series was released on August 18, 2017 by Netflix streaming video service ^[15] . All 8 episodes are released simultaneously. A similar approach is not typical for traditional television channels, however, for Netflix, “binge-watching” turned out to be a good solution ^[16] .

The Defenders mini-series was the fifth series from a series of such television series as Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , Iron Fist ^[16] . In November 2013, Disney CEO Bob Eager said it was possible that they could turn into feature films ^{[17] [18]} .