There’s been a lot of talk surrounding Marvel’s Cinematic Universe lately. Disney and Marvel just released the official plot for “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” has become the highest grossing film of the year and, despite being knocked down to third last… Read More »Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix – new details
Our friends north of the border will have a new channel to access Disney’s premium live action and animated feature films. Netflix Inc. and The Walt Disney Studios have signed a new multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive Canadian subscription television service.… Read More »Netflix and Disney Pen Canadian Deal for Live-Action and Animated Features
Charlie Cox, who played Tristan in the delightfully kooky film version of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, has been cast in the lead role of Matt Murdock in Disney’s direct to Netflix TV series “Marvel’s Daredevil.” In the comic, Murdock is blinded as a young boy, but… Read More »Charlie Cox cast as Daredevil in Netflix Series
In a second change of guard this holiday weekend, Marvel has announced that Steven S. DeKnight will step in as Executive Producer and Showrunner for Marvel’s Daredevil series. He takes over for Drew Goddard, who is voluntarily stepping aside to devote more time on writing… Read More »Steven S. DeKnight Replaces Drew Goddard as Showrunner for Marvel’s Daredevil Series
Disney, Marvel, and Netflix have announced they are collaborating on four new series and one mini-series based on the Defenders characters, which will shoot in New York City.
In a press conference, Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, joined NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, in announcing the groundbreaking new deal, which will bring Marvel’s “flawed heroes of Hell’s Kitchen” characters to Netflix.
The project will focus on the four Defenders characters: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Each character will get 13 one-hour episodes, and then their stories will be merged together into a four-to-eight episode mini-series as The Defenders.
Casting hasn’t been announced, yet, but filming is set to begin in the Summer 2014, with Daredevil being the first to air in 2015. Since the series will air on Netflix, expect all 13 episodes to drop at once for binge-viewing.Read More »Marvel to Film Four New Netflix Shows Based on Defenders Characters in New York City
It’s been a slow few weeks for new Marvel news, but slow does not equal boring so let’s get to it. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be introducing a new super-villain when it returns in January. In the comics, Donnie Gill is Blizzard (take a guess… Read More »Marvel News Roundup – Slow, but Not Boring
If you follow TV/Entertainment news to the nauseating level that I do, you know how Netflix is completely changing the TV landscape. What used to be known as a way to binge watch old TV shows and catch up on movies you missed in theaters,… Read More »Bunheads has been cancelled…what about Netflix
Michael Liedtke, AP Business Writer, says that Netflix is going to deliver movies directly to televisions. DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly to televisions later this year through a set-top box that will pipe entertainment over a high-speed Internet connection. The set-top box, to be made by LG Electronics… Read More »Netflix Delivering Straight to Television