The Netflix Marvel Shows Are Now Headed For Disney+
Disney formally announced today the shows Marvel produced in association with Netflix last decade — Daredevil, Jessica Jones, The Defenders, Iron Fist, The Punisher, and Luke Cage — will be given a new home soon. The contract with Netflix expired recently, allowing cameos from its characters to show up in other projects, but it also meant the ejection of said shows from Netflix itself. The new neighborhood won’t be Hulu, but Disney+. In addition, Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD will be added on the same day.
It may not sound surprising to some, but for those who know how Disney operates, it’s a bit unexpected. The Netflix Marvel shows were all rated TV-MA with adult content. Up to this point, Disney has not allowed any movie or TV series with R or TV-MA content on Disney+. Usually, the company offloads those things to Hulu, a streamer it has a majority stake in. Hulu has a more adult audience so it makes more sense to make movies like Deadpool available there instead of Disney+. So how are these shows going to fit in the more family-oriented streamer without some heavy “Madison’s butt” style guerilla editing?
There will be no edits or cuts. Instead, on the day the shows arrive, Disney will introduce parental controls to the service. Kids will have their own accounts (a feature Netflix and all the other competitors already have) and won’t be able to access Daredevil or The Punisher without knowing a PIN code. It marks a policy change in Disney+’s history and we wonder if things could be let in now that were forbidden before. Maybe Madison’s butt will be visible someday after all!
The Netflix Marvel shows (we’re gonna have to think of a new term for them) arrive on Disney+ March 16.
Perry_Lucas
March 5, 2022 @ 12:59 pm
In these MA Marvel shows, nothing should be censored. Because of how mature Daredevil and Punisher were, they are two of my all-time favourite television shows, so let’s hope they don’t eliminate anything. Daredevil is the greatest superhero show of all time! It’s great to see it’s back. Now is the time for them to develop new seasons for these shows! Make them a part of the MCU because they deserve to be considered canon for the Cinematic Universe. Because they are great buddies in the comics, they can include Shang-Chi in IronFist.