Upon the heels of the news that Charlie Cox’s Daredevil will return to the MCU is a new Disney+ series we now have confirmation Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones will be returning as well.
We got our first taste of previous MCU/Netflix canon (which was then removed as canon) when Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio reprised their roles in Spider-Man, No Way Home and Hawkeye, respectively. This solidified that at least Charlie Cox would be returning to the role going forward (seeing how King Pin presumably dies in Hawkeye). Charlie reprised his role as Matt Murdock, the Hell’s Kitchen attorney, representing Peter Parker after his identity is revealed to the world by Mysterio at the end of Spider-Man, Far From Home. Kevin Feige confirmed we would see Matt Murdock in future MCU projects which we all assumed would be film roles.
But if they were removed as canon, how are they back in the MCU?
Feige also made it known that while the Netflix shows were removed as canon, their charcters are overall well loved so will be returning in a new way. The old shows no longer happened in the MCU (even though Daredevil teased references to the Battle of New York from The Avengers numerous times), while the MCU will create new stories for the characters to fit better into the MCU universe. Why? Hell if we know. I see no reason why the shows cant remain canon as they had no effect on the MCU overall and were essential created around it, but hey, I’m not Kevin Feige. Im confident he has something else planned for the properties. Disney has since stated while the new show will and wont continue the previous stories. This is a bit clearer in terms of canon. If they will and wont continue, we can assume they “did” happen for the most part. So back to canon?
NOBODY KNOWS!
With Daredevil confirmed to be returning in a new series last week, we get similar confirmations for Jessica Jones. Krysten Ritten has signed on to return to the MCU in a future “MCU Universe project” and fans are excited. Is this going to by a Disney+ series? that remains to be confirmed. It may be a MCU appearence much like Matt Murdocks in No Way Home, a supporting cast in Daredevil, or a new series of its own.
Fans will be keeping their ears and eyes peeled waiting to find out.
Until then you can stream all of Netflix’ old MCU series on Disney+ including Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Nick Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist and The Defenders.
