“I can’t say much, but I’ll tell you that it’s so exciting to be able to play in that sandbox,” Winderbaum told Entertainment Weekly. “Obviously we don’t have the unlimited storytelling resources like a comic book. If you can draw it, you can do it.”
He continued, “It’s dealing with actors and time and the massive scale of production in order to build a cinematic universe, especially on television. But I can just say that all those variables taken into account, it is certainly something that is creatively extremely exciting and that we are very much exploring.”
Before Disney+ launched, Marvel Studios partnered with Netflix to develop several series based on these comic book characters. Cox starred in Marvel's Daredevil for three seasons between 2015 and 2018, Jessica Jones ran for three seasons between 2015 and 2019, Luke Cage ran for two seasons between 2016 and 2018, and Iron Fist ran for two seasons between 2017 and 2018. All the characters came together in the 2017 miniseries The Defenders.
The series was canceled because Marvel prioritized producing series directly for Disney+.
In 2024, Ritter said she wanted to reprise her role as Jessica Jones after Winderbaum said at the D23 Brazil Expo that he was open to the character's return.
“Brad Winderbaum said that? That’s really exciting to hear. Isn’t that the guy who makes the call?” she told ComicBook during an interview for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. “Come on, Brad! Let’s get it going. Let’s do it. I’ll be ready.”
Jessica Jones was a series created by Melissa Rosenberg that ran for three seasons on Netflix and was set in the Marcel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The series follows Ritter as the title character, an ex-superhero who opens her detective agency. Jessica Jones was part of a larger storyline that led to the limited series The Defenders, featuring characters like Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
