The State of Marvel Television
With the loss of the Netflix shows and soon Agents of SHIELD, and the movie studio being involved in the Disney+ streaming service, I'm concerned about the health and direction of Marvel's television division. It's always seemed to be the red-headed stepchild in Marvel's media empire.
I know the division has the upcoming Ghost Rider and Hellstrom series on Hulu, and as far as I know Cloak and Dagger and Runaways will continue, but I'm still worried that the TV division will always be a bridesmaid and never a bride.
Does anyone else get the feeling the writing might be on the wall for Marvel Television?
I know the division has the upcoming Ghost Rider and Hellstrom series on Hulu, and as far as I know Cloak and Dagger and Runaways will continue, but I'm still worried that the TV division will always be a bridesmaid and never a bride.
Does anyone else get the feeling the writing might be on the wall for Marvel Television?
Comments
Truthfully, aside from the Netflix shows, I only watched Agent Carter. I know that show was apart of the MCU directly. I know the Disney+ shows are connected with the MCU. I haven’t really considered the other shows part of the MCU. Even the Netflix shows.
I may be one of three people on the forum, but I've always been a fan of Agents of SHIELD and feel it's gotten a bum rap from MCU fans. I recommend detractors give it another try.
If that latter is the case, then I would guess any Marvel Television shows that are not on Disney+ will start to feel even more marginal than before.
However, given that we know that the Marvel / Marvel Studios schism was down to Isaac Perlmutter rubbing folks the wrong way, that seems like a problem solved only by time.
I’m hoping they’re on Disney+. Then they will be connected & I won’t have to get Hulu. The whole reason I streamed Netflix was for those shows. I wasted money for the bulk part of the last 5 years on that service. I’m hoping not to repeat that mistake with another one.
Stuff I’ve been reading, it’s only really the DD cast that’s willing to return. I’m thinking they’ll be reboots, which is a shame. I would’ve liked to see DD & Punisher continue.
I would love to see Punisher return as well especially since technically they only really need to bring Bernthal back. Although I’ve heard (I think it was on CGS) that those characters can’t be used for awhile? (Presumably Netflix wanted to prevent Disney from just running off with their shows and having to compete against shows that started with them? Also Disney would presumably not want any viewer to have to go back to Netflix to see how a series began? If Disney were to have a popular Bernthal Punisher show or a continuation of Daredevil wouldn’t that encourage fans to seek out the original shows on Netflix? I have no idea just thinking out loud.)
Just saw this article that might clear some things up. Though, still seems to be a perplexing direction.
https://heroichollywood.com/jeph-loeb-disney-marvel-studios/
Thanks Matt! I'm glad to hear Marvel TV will have a presence on Disney+. I just hope that the two divisions play nice with each other and allow more crossover between the movie and TV divisions.
It seems weird that Marvel Studios has access to (practically) everyone & you don’t have everything connecting. Or at least appear to have everything connected.
Or Disney will just get rid of Marvel Entertainment all together.
It's long been rumored that the movie division in general, and Feige in particular, hate sharing the universe with the TV division and ignore the TV series wherever possible. If true, that's a shame and unfair.
”A monster”?
I guess you & I define “monster” differently. “Racist, sexist, homophobic” and the shadow cabinet stuff in that article, as I would label, shows he’s a well connected, reclusive, narrowminded dick.
Jeff Epstein, however, is an example of what I define as “a monster”. Perverse fucks who rape kids, THOSE are “monsters.”