“It’s all connected” became a rallying chant for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the comic book movie giant had a rocky start in expanding to television.
After launchingAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.on ABC, the network set upAgent Carterthat ran for two seasons before cancellation, and multiple attempts to spin off their flagship series fell through. That was, shall we say, Phase 1. Then Marvel found a new niche in Hell’s Kitchen, thanks to an unprecedented partnership with Netflix that spawned the contained but still “all connected” world ofThe Defenders. Now, as heroes like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage continue to bolster viewers, the comic book giant has plenty more in the works.
With flags planted across numerous platforms, including Hulu and IMAX, a treasure trove of series have been touted at varying stages of development — and not all of them are set within the MCU. Here’s a complete list of everything Marvel has in the works…that we know about.
Network: Netflix
Premiere: June 07, 2025
Showrunner: Scott Buck
Cast: Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, Rosario Dawson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Stroup, David Wenham, Tom Pelphrey, Simone Missick
InIron Fist, Daniel Rand (Jones) has been missing for 10 years, and when he finally returns to New York City he arrives as a barefoot vagabond with little on his person except for a bag and first generation iPod. His family company has been taken over by the Meachums, who are hellbent on keeping Danny in the shadows. But he has a different plan: with a mastery of kung-fu and the ability to channel the fiery Iron Fist, he’s a living weapon prepared to fight against evil and corruption in the city. Familiar faces of theDefendersseries will pop up: Claire Temple (Dawson) is learning martial arts from Colleen Wing (Henwick), while lawyer Jeri Hogarth is an old friend of Danny’s and detective Misty Knight (Missick) returns after her encounter with Luke Cage in Harlem.
Network: FX
Premiere: August 17, 2025
Showrunner: Noah Hawley
Cast: Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Jean Smart, Aubrey Plaza, Jeremie Harris, Katie Aselton, Amber Midthunder, Bill Irwin
Marvel television head Jeph Loeb is producing this series, as part of an agreement with Fox. Bryan Singer, Lauren Schuler Donner, and Simon Kinberg of the X-Men films are on board as executive producers for a story that promises to connect with the larger franchise.Legioncenters on David Haller, a diagnosed schizophrenic who struggles to separate his hallucinations from reality in a psychiatric hospital. He soon realizes, however, that the visions he sees and voices he hears may not be an illness at all. He may just be the most powerful mutant the world has ever seen, and there’s a government agency looking to tap his abilities to their advantage. In the comics, David is the son of Professor Charles Xavier, and Hawley confirmed at New York Comic Con this will be impossible to ignore in the series.
The Defenders
Home: Netflix
Premiere: TBD
Showrunners: Douglas Petrie, Marco Ramirez
Cast: Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Rosario Dawson, Deborah Ann Woll, Simone Missick, Elden Henson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Rachael Taylor, Scott Glenn, Jessica Henwick, Elodie Yung
Plot details are still unknown about the Avengers-like eight-episode miniseries event on Netflix, but there are some clues. We know the heroes of New York will have to team up to fight a threat — to be played by Weaver — and many of the supporting characters surrounding each are coming along for the ride. Perhaps the most telling of them is the return of Elektra, whom was last seen being resurrected by The Hand in the hopes of fulfilling some nefarious prophecy. Considering The Hand continuously pops up, if only in name, throughout the various series, it seems like a safe bet they’ll return again. Plus,The Defendersis headed by Petrie and Ramirez fromDaredevil, which heavily featured the Man without Fear facing The Hand.
Network: ABC
Premiere: September 2017
Showrunner: TBD
Marvel officially announcedThe Inhumansto debut as a movie in theaters afterAvengers: Infinity War, but those plans have since been pushed indefinitely as the characters became more present on TV withAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Now, Marvel found a way to reconfigure the property again for their established universe:Inhumanswill be a new series that will tell the untold story of Black Bolt and the royal family. Able to wield the vibrations of his voice as a destructive weapon, Black Bolt ruled over the Inhuman race in the city of Attilan with his queen, Medusa. The story reportedly won’t have an impact on S.H.I.E.L.D., and the eight-episode series will be shot using IMAX cameras. The first two will screen in IMAX theaters for two weeks beginning in September before debuting the remainder in the fall.
The Punisher
Showrunner: Steve Lightfoot
Cast: Jon Bernthal, Deborah Ann Woll, Ben Barnes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Amber Rose Revah
After making his debut inDaredevilSeason 2, Frank Castle (a.k.a. The Punisher) is getting his own series that began filming shortly before the announcement panel at New York Comic Con earlier this year.The Punisherseries will see the return of Karen Page, who’s learning the journalistic ropes, alongside new characters. Frank’s best friend from the Special Forces, Billy Russo (Barnes), now runs a successful private military corporation called Anvil, while Dinah Madani (Revah) is a highly trained agent for Homeland Security who is “vexed” by Punisher. Then there’s Micor (Moss-Bachrach), a former NSA analyst with secrets that may be of use to Frank and everyone around them.
Jessica Jones Season 2
Showrunner: Melissa Rosenberg
Cast: Krysten Ritter
Ritter will start filming Season 2 ofJessica Jonesdirectly afterThe Defenders. The actressteased, “Kilgrave was her reason for getting up every morning. Saving people gave her purpose. I wonder how emotionally taxed she’s going to be now. That opens a lot of doors as to who will come out and play.” The end of Season 1 also left the door open to explore how Jessica received her powers. Casting is equally unknown, but some safe bets are Rachael Taylor (Trish Walker), Eka Darville (Malcolm Ducasse), and Carrie-Anne Moss (Jeri Hogarth), while Will Simpson (Will Traval) is still out there, and Jessica has some unresolved passion with Luke Cage (Mike Colter).
Daredevil Season 3
Cast: Charlie Cox
It’s hard to even imagine where we’ll find Matt Murdock in Season 3 because we have to first get throughThe Defenders, which will see the return of his resurrected former love, Elektra. Netflix and Marvel greenlitDaredevilfor another run and made the announcement at San Diego Comic-Con, with no other information to go on. Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll seem like safe bets for returning cast, but will Drew Goddard return as showrunner?
The Runaways
Network: Hulu
Showrunners: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage
Anannouncementwas made in August of this year that a TV adaptation ofThe Runawayswill be coming to Hulu as an original series. In the comics, the story follows six teens who discover their parents are all part of a secret society of villains called The Pride. Going on the run with plans to expose them in a city controlled by their enemies, Alex Wilder, Nico Minoru, Chase Stein, Gertrude Yorkes, Karolina Dean, and Molly Hayes learn they, too, may not be entirely human — or even from this planet.
Cloak & Dagger
Network: Freeform
Showrunner: Joe Pokaski
Cast:Olivia Holt, Aubrey Joseph
Freeform is also hopping on the comic book series bandwagon: the network is developingCloak & Dagger,about the superhero duo Tandy Bowen and Tyronne Johnson, described as “two teenagers from very different backgrounds, who find themselves burdened by and awakened to newly acquired super powers while falling in love. Tandy can emit light daggers and Tyrone has the ability to engulf others in darkness. They quickly learn that they are better together than apart — but their feelings for each other make their already complicated world even more challenging.”Jeph Loebis on board alongside Pokaski as an executive producer.
Here’s the official synopsis and character description:
“Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger” is a coming-of-age series based on the beloved Marvel characters. Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson come from starkly different backgrounds, each growing up with a secret they never dared share with another soul.
Once a privileged little girl, Tandy Bowen watched as her family was destroyed by a disastrous storm that uprooted her life. Now in her late teens, an unexpected encounter with a boy named Tyrone sparks a life changing event.
Young Tyrone Johnson wanted nothing more than to prove he was fearless. But when everything he held close was taken away, life taught Tyrone to be afraid. Now older and more sheltered, Tyrone closes himself off. But when he meets a girl named Tandy his life changes forever.
Damage Control
Showrunner: Ben Karlin
Damage Controlhas been floated as another potential Marvel seriesfor a while now, so it’s unclear if it’ll ever see the light of day. But, for now, here’s what we now:Damage Controlwas meant to be Marvel’s first superhero comedy series about the people who have to clean up the messes left after superheroes come and save the day. According to a description from Variety, “They are the ones who are in charge of returning lost ray guns to their rightful owners, help to reschedule a wedding venue after it has been vaporized in a super hero battle or even track down a missing prize African parrot that’s been turned to stone or goo.” Karlin was developing the project in 2015 with executive producers Jeph Loeb and David Miner, though plans could’ve changed since.
