Marvel Television Series Highlight San Diego Comic-Con

Tonight, Netflix and Marvel Television hosted a panel in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con

featuring the star-studded cast of the highly anticipated Netflix original

series Marvel’s

The Defenders, including Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones),

Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Finn Jones (Danny Rand/Iron Fist), Sigourney Weaver

(Alexandra), Elodie Yung (Elektra), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Jessica

Henwick (Colleen Wing), and Executive Producer and showrunner Marco Ramirez.

Moderated by Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television, the panel was packed with

surprises and sneak peeks, including an appearance by Jon Bernthal, star of the

Netflix original series Marvel’s

The Punisher coming out later this year and an exclusive clip shown in the room from the

series, as well as the announcement of season 2 of Marvel’s

Iron Fist

The highlight of the night was a surprise screening of the first episode of

Marvel’s The Defenders which the 6000 fans were treated to almost a month before its global premiere on Netflix on August

18, 2017 at 12:01am PT. To

cap it off, the second action-packed trailer was released too

Marvel’s The Defenders follows
Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage
(Mike Colter) and Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Finn Jones), a quartet of singular
heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four
solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they
just might be stronger when teamed together.

Marvel’s The Defenders
stars Charlie Cox, (Matt Murdock/Daredevil), Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones),
Mike Colter (Luke Cage) and Finn Jones (Danny Rand/Iron Fist). Additional cast
members include Academy-Award nominated actress Sigourney Weaver (Alexandra),
Elodie Yung (Elektra), Scott Glenn (Stick), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Elden
Henson (Foggy Nelson), Carrie-Anne Moss (Jeri Hogarth), Rachael Taylor (Trish
Walker), Eka Darville (Malcolm Ducasse), Simone Missick (Misty Knight) and
Jessica Henwick (Colleen Wing).

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