Bob Iger, the chairman and chief executive of The Walt Disney Company, had a lot to discuss on a pre-planned earnings conference call today - given the one-two punch of today's announcements that Marvel and Netflix are launching multiple TV series and then the release date for Star Wars: Episode VII.
The deal between Netflix and Disney calls for a minimum of 13 episodes each for TV shows based on Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron First, followed by all four characters teaming up in The Defenders miniseries. But then what? While more seasons of the respective series are possible, Iger today also acknowledged, "It's quite possible that they could become feature films," according to Variety. For Daredevil, this would be a return to the silver screen, following the 2003 Ben Affleck film. With the other characters, there are obviously plenty of different options - everything from solo films, to having any of them join the Avengers (all have been on the team at one point), or having Cage and Iron First team up for a Heroes for Hire movie. Obviously, Marvel is doing some unprecedented things here in terms of universe building.
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