Marvel's Jessica Jones recently premiered on Netflix to stellar reviews from critics and a buzz of conversation online. Now that people have started watching the series, some choosing to binge all 13 episodes over the weekend, people want to know if the show's getting a second season.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunner Melissa Rosenberg said that she wasn't sure if the show was getting a second season at this point, but if it does, it probably wouldn't be before The Defenders was released.
The Defenders, Marvel and Netflix's big team-up between Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Punisher, doesn't sound like it's anywhere near close to entering production, though. Luke Cage, starring Mike Colter, has yet to premiere on the service and Marvel has encountered a series of problems with Iron Fist, including the actual casting of the character.
Still, Rosenberg seemed adamant that if the second season were to happen, it wouldn't be anytime soon, and said she wasn't even sure if there was time to get it done.
"There are logistics involved, because Defenders has to shoot by a certain time, contractually," she said.
Still, it sounds like there may be plans to eventually give the titular character a second season. After all, it only took 12 days after Daredevil premiered for Netflix to order a second season.
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I’m two eps into Jessica Jones, really diggin’ it so far.
By EasyCompanyUSA on 11.23.15 4:34pm
I liked Kilgrave better than Kingpin, but I didn’t like Jessica Jones as much as Daredevil (the show, not the character) on the whole.
By Lazy Tango on 11.23.15 4:34pm
Yeah. It’s a good show, and I enjoy it a lot, but taken overall, I don’t think it’s quite as good as Daredevil.
By MittenFacedLad on 11.23.15 4:36pm
Well with a few episodes to go, I’m feeling very opposite of you. Kingpin was the single best part of Daredevil for me. Kilgrave feels very one dimensional, perhaps this’ll change by the time I watch the final episode, but I doubt it. Daredevil also feels very one dimensional. Jessica is awesome. The show does a great job of forcing her into a number of "there are no great choices" choices. Her character’s personality reminds me a lot of Batman. So… that’s a win.
By veneretio on 11.23.15 5:11pm
Kilgrave, one-dimensional? I don’t really know how you got that at all. He’s a character that can make anyone do whatever he wants them to, and longs for a love that chooses him instead of one he chooses. There was a scene where he’s about to buy a house off of the owner and rather than make him sell it to him, he actually persuades him with the tons of cash he has. So he has some feeling about the use of his powers, how small that may be.
By Jer'Maine Montiel on 11.23.15 5:19pm
Maybe, one-dimensional was unfair. Cliche, would be a better word for him. Powerful, evil guy wants what he can’t have. The house scene did stick out to me which is where my "my opinion might change" caveat comes in. I admit I enjoyed the part where he yells at JJ that he can’t tell the difference between controlling people and not and how hard it is to not control people.
By veneretio on 11.23.15 5:30pm
I cannot see the reason for all the problems with Iron Fist. One of his most popular comic runs just screams for the serial format of TV—and Luke Cage is in it.
I guess because a large chunk of it takes place outside of Hell’s Kitchen?
SPOILER
Shoot, you wouldn’t know that Jones and Daredevil were even in the same universe hardly if it weren’t for the last episode…and that was a stretch.
By agentgray on 11.23.15 4:35pm
It’s probably because it’s about a white guy going to some place in Asia to get kung-fu powers. I’ve never read Iron Fist and I’m sure it’s a fine comic book run to those who’ve read it, but
a) it sounds like a 70s action movie and b) I definitely don’t wanna see a white dude with kung-fu powers.
By Jer'Maine Montiel on 11.23.15 4:51pm
A) It is. So is Luke Cage. That’s what’s great about them! B) "Only Asians can know kung fu" is kind of problematic in its own way (not to mention unreflective of real life). I don’t think changing Danny’s race would be a good move, but maybe adding Shang Chi, an actual Chinese "Master of Kung Fu" at some point would help steer around that issue.
By Full_of_Spiders on 11.23.15 4:56pm
But Luke Cage, up until now, isn’t a 70s caricature. And I don’t expect him to be in his own show either. So they’re gonna have to do the same with Iron Fist.
Yes, "only Asians know kung-fu" is problematic in a different way, that way being some Asian guy speaking broken English and talking in parables. If it steps outside of the caricature then I don’t see a problem. I’d still find that version of Iron Fist more acceptable than yet another white hero who goes to a far away land and becomes a master in ancient martial.
By Jer'Maine Montiel on 11.23.15 5:07pm
His parents die on a family mountaineering expedition, and the monks take him in.
By leatherfoot on 11.23.15 5:36pm
I LOVE what they’ve done with him in the comics over the past couple of decades, and I think he’s being portrayed well in Jessica Jones (the show). But when I was growing up he was Power Man, and he was cheesy as all hell.
So I’m sure they’ll be able to do something similar with Iron Fist who, if I’m being honest, I’ve never been a fan of. I’m optimistic that the show will be able to take his comic origins and twist them enough to comfortably fit in with the ‘street level’ universe Marvel’s been setting up.
By JohnathanGlass on 11.23.15 5:45pm
I wouldn’t worry too much: Danny doesn’t really fit that "white hero who becomes better at someone else’s culture than they are" trope any more than Luke is just a collection of those ’70s stereotypes (at least these days).
Now, I’m not convinced a character has to quote the I-ching for "Only Asians can know kung fu" to be problematic (it’s a short hop to "All Asians know martial arts" to "Asians are good at math" to "Asians are bad at driving," and so on) but that’s pretty hypothetical at this point.
I will also say: it may not have quite the same impact now, but the fact that Danny is white and Luke is black and they are absolute best friends and brothers was a big deal back in the day, and I think it’s a worthwhile thing to preserve even now.
Lastly: in a world where Ronda Rousey (and the rest of the UFC) exists, I don’t think anyone can be get too hung up about a fictional white person who becomes a better martial artist than most people, including the people who invented the art he or she uses in the first place.
By Full_of_Spiders on 11.23.15 6:16pm
This is my saddest face.
By Fkeefe4th on 11.23.15 4:45pm
Wouldn’t JJ be in Luke Cage’s show? I would imaging the actors would be busy shooting that, DD, and eventually Defenders, but it’s not like we won’t see more of Jessica Jones until season two.
By Gokart Mozart on 11.23.15 4:51pm
I really hope so! It would be kinda weird for her to not show up at all especially considering how much Luke Cage was in her show
By BRASKYthatSOB on 11.23.15 8:16pm
Is that a spoiler at this point?
By Gokart Mozart on 11.23.15 9:33pm
I don’t know if "delayed" is the appropriate word, considering "Season Two of Jessica Jones is going to come out before Defenders" wasn’t the plan in the first place.
By Full_of_Spiders on 11.23.15 4:58pm
Well, that, and can you delay something which technically hasn’t been announced?
By KarmaKillers on 11.23.15 5:19pm
It’d be really interesting to know more about the contracts surrounding the MCU. The requirements must be staggering. They also must pay really well though too.
By veneretio on 11.23.15 5:21pm
I really want to see it. But I put on Hannibal on a whim and binging it hard. Great thing Netflix isnt tv anymore.
By Menage on 11.23.15 5:55pm
"…and Marvel has encountered a series of problems with Iron Fist."
Allegedly. Jeph Loeb already denied this in an interview.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/jeph-loeb-says-theres-never-been-any-change-on-iron-fist
I’m not saying he would tell us if there were problems with Iron Fist, but the only other thing we have to go on is hearsay and rumors.
By Showmeyomoves! on 11.23.15 7:02pm
Jessica Jones Season 2 could easily fit into the slot directly after Luke Cage.
DD S2 – Spring 2016
Luke Cage S1 – Fall 2016
JJ S2 – Spring 2017
Or they change their "every 6 months" thing and all bets are off.
By Blipp on 11.23.15 9:14pm
Am I the only one around here who doesn’t care about Jessica Jones?
By Elranzer on 11.24.15 8:31am
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By nab1 on 11.24.15 10:21am