Marvel TV Head Jeph Loeb Writes Open Letter To Fans Regarding Canceled Netflix Shows and Teases Their Future
Earlier today Netflix announced that they had canceled The Punisher and Jessica Jones. These were the final two shows that fans were waiting to see get the axe.
With the plugged being pulled on those shows along with the previously canceled Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb decided to share an open letter that he wrote to the fans.
In the letter, he shares some of his feelings regarding the show and the way things played out. He thanks the fans for their support and then teases the the future of these characters, and as you’ll see, he seems pretty optimistic about bringing them back at some point.
Read his letter below:
It had never been done before.
Four separate television series, each with different super-talented showrunners, writers, directors, cast and crew, coming out months apart and then...
...they would meet in a single event series all set in the heart of New York City.
We called them The Defenders.
And together we were thrilled by stories of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and even the Punisher joined in!
They said it couldn't be done.
But Marvel assembled amazing teams to write, produce, direct, edit, and score 13 seasons and 161 one-hour episodes.
Take a moment and go online and look at the dazzling list of actors, writers, directors, and musicians who graced us with the very best of their craft.
We loved each and every minute of it.
And we did it all for you -- the fans -- who cheered for us around the world and made all the hard work worth it.
So, Thank You!
On behalf of everyone at Marvel Television, we couldn't be more proud or more grateful to our audience.
Our Network partner may have decided they no longer want to continue telling the tales of these great characters... but you know Marvel better than that.
As Matthew Murdock's Dad once said, "The measure of a man is not how he gets knocked to the mat, it's how he gets back up."
To be continued...!
- Jeph Loeb and all of us at Marvel Television
It will be interesting to see how these characters end up being handled in the future. Will they bring the old gang back to make them? Will they reboot some of them? It’s too early to tell, but what would you like to see happen with them in the future?
Krysten Ritter also shared the following statement following the news of Jessica Jones: