Whereas 2024 was a reasonably quiet 12 months for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the 2025 film schedule has the franchise again to the place it was once. We’re getting three upcoming Marvel films this 12 months, however maybe much more thrilling is the return of Daredevil in his first TV sequence on Disney+. I’m actually hoping the return of Charlie Cox to the position is the primary of a number of returns from the outdated Netflix Marvel sequence, and that features Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones.
Whereas I cherished a lot of the Marvel sequence initially working on Netflix (and streaming now with a Disney+ subscription), the primary season of Jessica Jones was in all probability my favourite. So I’m one who has been hoping that we see that model of the character within the MCU once more. I’m seemingly not the one one, as Brian Michael Bendis, one of many authentic creators of Jessica Jones within the comics, tells Forbes that he notably cherished how that character was dealt with and the way the variation spoke to individuals. Bendis stated…
The filmmakers had been in a position to get throughout the trauma of her life in ways in which had been very therapeutic to individuals who skilled one thing prefer it. The response was overwhelming and got here again to us from each course. While you obtain one thing like that, you wish to chase it, as a result of it’s an amazing feeling. And so after I’m in conditions the place individuals are growing or adapting issues, I can really feel them asking the proper or incorrect questions, and I’ll gently information them the place I can. I’m not saying the comedian guide individuals know all of the solutions, however there’s a lesson in our expertise that individuals would possibly wish to keep watch over.
One of many issues that made the Netflix sequence so totally different from the remainder of the MCU was the way in which the reveals had been particularly geared towards a extra grownup viewers. Whereas the obvious manner this manifested was within the type of extra graphic violence from the likes of Daredevil and Punisher, it additionally meant extra mature storylines, together with the abuse that Jessica Jones suffered and the incessantly unhealthy methods she tried to cope with it.
The Netflix sequence ended with Jessica Jones contemplating leaving New York, in the end working away from her issues, earlier than making the choice to remain. It put the character in an fascinating place and will make for an excellent launch pad for a brand new Marvel sequence if Disney+ had been so inclined.
Krysten Ritter has indicated she wasn’t essentially focused on enjoying Jessica Jones once more, however that was years in the past. Mike Colter not too long ago indicated he could be keen to play Luke Cage once more as a result of he is been away from the character lengthy sufficient that returning may very well be recent once more. If Ritter has an analogous feeling, hopefully we will carry them each again.