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Last night Netflix dropped the stunning news that they had canceled Daredevil. The superhero series had been the first — and often thought the best and most popular — of all of Netflix’s Marvel shows. However, the news didn’t come as a complete surprise. Even though Daredevil Season 3 was a stunning return to form for the franchise, Netflix has been canceling Marvel shows left and right. But why is Netflix canceling Marvel shows? Why did Netflix cancel Daredevil, when the last season did so well?
Though Netflix’s initial announcement may claim that they “feel it best to close this chapter on a high note,” the decision likely has a lot to do with Disney’s rival service, Disney+, launching next year. Every since it was reported that Disney+ would feature big budget series starring some of the most beloved characters in the MCU, like Loki, Winter Soldier, and Falcon, Netflix has been unceremoniously cutting their own Marvel roster. Marvel’s Iron Fist was canceled on October 12, to no one’s real surprise, and then three days later, Marvel’s Luke Cage was shockingly canceled even as the third season was in the height of pre-production.
Since then, it’s seemed that Netflix is trying to carefully shutter production on any future seasons of their Marvel shows, opting instead to invest in comic book projects like The Umbrella Academy and Mark Millar’s Netflix-exclusive Millarworld franchise. So it may have had nothing to do with quality or ratings. Daredevil was canceled so Netflix could put their energies into comic book-inspired shows that Disney+, or the upcoming WarnerMedia streaming service, couldn’t plunder.
However, Netflix noted in their press release that “the Daredevil character will live on in future projects for Marvel.” This could mean that Charlie Cox has an already-filmed cameo in the upcoming Jessica Jones and Punisher seasons, or that Disney+ plans on poaching the character, in a move like when the MCU recast Spider-Man as Tom Holland. For more on this, check out Decider’s Brett White’s comprehensive breakdown of what the Daredevil cancellation means for the future of the MCU.
