Rumours abound that the
Actor who played the blind crimefighter has been spotted on the set of Spider-Man 3. His reappearance would be a smart move
It almost comes as a shock, in the era of Disney+ and multitudes of superheroes finding their way to the mouse house’s streaming Shangri-La, to recall that shows such as WandaVision and the forthcoming Loki will not be the first occasions we have seen Marvel’s costumed crimefighters on the small screen. Once upon a time it was ABC’s Agents of Shield and a quintet of New York-set
Netflix shows, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Punisher, that were getting the headlines.
The former was recently cancelled after seven seasons, while the Netflix shows wound up in 2018 after a middling crossover event titled The Defenders. Despite occasional weaknesses – Iron Fist almost singlehandedly revived the painfully outdated “white saviour” motif, while Luke Cage and The Punisher struggled to retain interest after bravura openings – there was much to like about this slightly more rugged and grownup take on the Marvel universe. The problems faced by Matt Murdock, Cage and Jones on the streets of Manhattan were generally more down to earth than those of their big-screen counterparts: corrupt criminals or kung fu kicking gangs rather than alien invasion or maniacal super-robots.