Netflix and Marvel together produced five TV series in parallel to the movies of Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, this did not always go smoothly behind the scenes. Image source: Disney/Marvel Studios/Netflix
More than ten years ago are between Netflix and Marvel The fists flown
! This is claiming with Ted Sarandos at least the co-CEO of the streaming service, which looks back on working together with the comic giant with mixed feelings.
Netflix vs. Marvel – why there was a dispute
Because apparently one did not agree on what the priorities Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher and The Defenders concern. According to Sarandos, the fact that these series came about at all is The greatest deal of TV history
owe to.
But it does not look like he tackles comparable collaboration again under the same conditions. The Co-CEO from Netflix reveals to this Variety The following:
Anyone will never get there. We are committed to five completely new series without there were pilot sequences, each with 13 episodes per series, which are devoted to a different character. And then there was a crossover series.
Ultimately, thanks to this deal, we learned a lot about the entertainment business. […] At that time we had to do with the old Marvel TV brigade, which operated independently of Disney. And they were very domestic. Every time we wanted to make the TV series larger or better, we had to knock them down. We had completely different intentions that could not be reconciled.
We wanted to make great TV series, they wanted to make money. I thought we made money with great TV series.
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Marvel’s The Defenders – Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist & Luke Cage vereint
The joint Marvel series for Netflix were ultimately sawed off all 2019When Disney himself wanted to have a piece of streaming cake. For Disney Plus, you started your own productions, while the Netflix series are now also available there.
With Daredevil: Born Again, by the way, one of the previous TV series has only been continued directly. Charlie Cox had made the leap into the MCU in the role of Matt Murdock when he appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk.
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