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Post Mortem – Jessica Jones

On February 18, 2019, Netflix announced that they were cancelling Jessica Jones after 3 seasons. The move coincides with the ending of most of the Marvel shows produced for Netflix at a time when the studio’s parent company, Disney, is looking to launch their own streaming service.

Jessica Jones was the second of a burgeoning stable of Marvel shows on Netflix, following Daredevil. While technically set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Netflix shows only tangentially referenced the events and the heroes of the movies, sometimes going to great lengths to avoid it.

New Marvel shows will be moving to Disney+ after it launches later this year and those are expected to be more closely tied to the MCU. Per the original deal between Marvel and Netflix for the series, the characters cannot appear in any non-Netflix series or films for at least two years following the show’s cancellation, so it may be awhile before the character shows back up in the MCU, if at all.

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Post Mortem – Luke Cage

On October 19, 2018, Netflix announced that they were cancelling Luke Cage after 2 seasons, claiming creative differences on the direction of season 3. The move coincides with the ending of most of the Marvel shows produced for Netflix at a time when the studio’s parent company, Disney, is looking to launch their own streaming service.

Luke Cage was the third of a burgeoning stable of Marvel shows on Netflix, following Daredevil and Jessica Jones. While technically set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Netflix shows only tangentially referenced the events and the heroes of the movies, sometimes going to great lengths to avoid it.

New Marvel shows will be moving to Disney+ after it launches later this year and those are expected to be more closely tied to the MCU.  Per the original deal between Marvel and Netflix for the series, the characters cannot appear in any non-Netflix series or films for at least two years following the show’s cancellation, so it may be awhile before the character shows back up in the MCU, if at all.

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Post Mortem – Daredevil

On November 29, 2018, Netflix announced that they were cancelling Daredevil after 3 seasons.  The move coincides with the ending of most of the Marvel shows produced for Netflix at a time when the studio’s parent company, Disney, is looking to launch their own streaming service.

Daredevil was the first of a burgeoning stable of Marvel shows on Netflix, leading the way for Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher, and The Defenders.  While technically set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Netflix shows only tangentially referenced the events and the heroes of the movies, sometimes going to great lengths to avoid it.

New Marvel shows will be moving to Disney+ after it launches later this year and those are expected to be more closely tied to the MCU.  While it is technically possible for Daredevil to continue on that service, odds are against it.

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Book 4 (of 52) – Bonfire

Bonfire – Krysten Ritter

Actress Krysten Ritter, star of the hit Netflix show Jessica Jones, set the literary world ablaze with Bonfire, her first novel.  In it, a lawyer returns to her hometown hoping to both prove that a local company is poisoning the water table and solve the disappearance of her one-time best friend after high school.  Along the way, she rekindles old relationships and, eventually, finds the answers she was looking for.

I was a bit surprised at how good this book was.  When a celebrity gives some other creative endeavor a try, it is easy to dismiss it as a vanity project.  That certainly was not the case here.  I don’t know if there is more in the works from Ritter, but I would certainly be interested in reading it should there be.