Marvel's Netflix universe is expanding at an impressive rate. The first season of "Daredevil" was hailed as the best comic book TV show available and served as a launching pad for "Jessica Jones" and a handful of other MCU Netflix series. Season two of "Daredevil" is now just right around the corner and it turns out that the second installment will push everyone closer to the eventual cross-over team up in "The Defenders" (think street level Avengers).
New co-showrunner Doug Petrie talked with Comicbook.com about how season two plants the seeds for future events:
"It's definitely opened doors," he said. "I think what we both got really good at - along with all of our writers and our cast - is how to be collaborative....I think what we've gotten better at this year, by necessity of the storytelling, is we spin more plates and we have more threads of storyline going through the narrative and, as we look forward to what's coming up ahead, we feel like we'll be able to handle more storylines-complicated storylines- and interweaving difference characters in new ways."
The first season of "Daredevil" was essentially a trial run for Marvel and Netflix. The studio was experimenting with a darker and more realistic tone their cinematic counterparts and it paid off in a big way. Fans loves the gritty realness of "Daredevil" (followed by "Jessica Jones"). Now, fans are eagerly awaiting "Luke Cage," "Iron Fist," and possibly even a Punisher spinoff series as a result.
But the real positive here is the continuation of the interconnectedness of the MCU. Everyone went bonkers when the Avengers, each introduced in their own solo outing, finally teamed up on screen. Marvel is applying a similar yet smaller-scaled version of that strategy on Netflix. With Elektra and Punisher being introduced in season two, expect that cross-over feel to continue before everyone finally meets up in "The Defenders."
"Daredevil" will return for a second season on March 18.
