Earlier today Netflix users in certain countries started noticing a notification on the service – it seems the six Marvel series created for the streamer are set to leave that service on March 1st.
In the wake of that, sources confirm to Deadline that Netflix’s license for those shows is ending and the rights to those shows – “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “The Punisher,” “Iron Fist” and “The Defenders” – are reverting to Disney.
The company however has not announced distribution plans at this point though they are expected to be revealed soon. Due to the darker adult content, the natural home would seem to be Hulu in the U.S. and the Star section of Disney+ internationally.
However they could surprise and be put into the main Marvel portal on Disney+ as well with either advisory warnings or potential edits for content as Disney+ has demonstrably done with certain shows and films.
The news follows on from at least two characters from “Daredevil” popping up in recent MCU works – Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin. Cox was asked by THR this week about future plans for the two characters potentially meeting up again in the MCU and his response would indicate something is coming:
“I know a little bit – not a huge amount – but a little bit. I am imagining, I am hoping, that our worlds will collide again because the stuff we’ve done in the past was tremendous fun to do, and he’s such an incredible actor. We have to start every conversation with, ‘What do you know?’ because you have to be careful. It’s really exciting.”
With the Marvel Netflix shows departing that service in just over two weeks, we’ll likely hear an announcement soon.
