He is still credited as the creator, and wrote the first two episodes, but in the midst of development he left to work with Sony on their Sinister Six film — planned as a spin-off from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Drew Goddard has had some experience already working in the world of superhero adaptations, though there have been a few hitches along the way.
That particular franchise wound up abruptly ending, with Spidey swinging back to the MCU, and that idea went on the shelf, but in late 2017 he was hired by Fox to helm their long-awaited X-Force movie.
After providing some advice to Joss Whedon about the characterization of Loki in the making of The Avengers, he had his first real opportunity to contribute to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the Daredevil series on Netflix.