Marvel Entertainment has announced that director S.J. Clarkson (Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Dexter) will direct the first two episodes of the upcoming mini-series event, Marvel’s The Defenders.
The eight-episode series will premiere in 2017 along with Marvel’s Iron Fist and Marvel’s The Punisher.
The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and Finn Jones as Danny Rand.
Marvel’s Daredevil showrunners Marco Ramirez and Doug Petrie serve as showrunners and executive producers along with Drew Goddard, Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.