Defenders Showrunners Talk Uniting the Four Marvel Netflix Series

Luckily, Petrie and Ramirez seem to be taking the pressure in stride, and embracing the challenges inherent to making The Defenders a reality.

Essentially the Marvel TV equivalent to The Avengers movies, The Defenders unites the titular street level New York City heroes from Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist into a powerful combined force for justice.

While the arrival of Marvel Studios’ The Defenders miniseries on Netflix remains about a year away, production will begin before the end of 2016, and fan anticipation has already built to a pretty high level.