The Hollywood Reporter broke the news on Monday that the upcoming third season of Marvel’s popular Daredevil: Born Again series will be its last.
The Disney+ relaunch of the beloved Netflix series has been generally well received by critics and audiences, but its sunsetting seems to coincide with what is a broader reorganization of priorities at Marvel Television.
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The company was aggressive with its series production after the 2019 launch of Disney+, crafting shows like WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki—the list goes on. This modus operandi ultimately yielded diminishing returns, with Marvel-branded television shows quickly taking on the feeling of homework.
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Recent conventional wisdom has posited that Marvel plans to largely step back from television and reprioritize its features. The recent renewal and subsequent cancellation of Wonder Man, combined with Daredevil: Born Again‘s conclusion, seem to corroborate this idea.
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Marvel is not abandoning the television arena entirely, however. In their article reporting Daredevil: Born Again‘s phase-out, writers Borys Kit and Rick Porter noted that the company is currently developing several new series.
Marvel Greenlights New Spy Thriller ‘Zodiac’
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Kit and Porter write that “the company continually has three to five live-action shows in development.” According to the duo, the company just “greenlit a spy thriller referred to as Zodiac.”
It’s unclear if this is just a working title or the series’s actual name. It’s also uncertain which characters the show will feature; several characters and groups have borne the name “Zodiac” throughout Marvel’s history, though none are particularly popular.
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Holistically speaking, Marvel seems to be nearing the end of a broader reset period. The company seems to be getting its proverbial ducks in a row before entering its ambitious future.
Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars will give way to the Mutant Saga, which Marvel hopes will lead it into the next decade of storytelling.
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The company’s live-action television slate is expectedly a bit bare as the MCU completes this phase of its existence. VisionQuest will debut on Disney+ on October 14 and Daredevil: Born Again will hit the streamer next spring, but after that, Marvel has no live-action series scheduled.
That’s what makes Zodiac so interesting despite information being nebulous. It’s the only (confirmed) iron Marvel has in the fire as it transitions into a new age, and there’s, thus, some inherent interest there.
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Marvel also has a solid track record with espionage thrillers. Zodiac‘s development should prove interesting to track over the coming months.
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