Deadline reports that Marvel and Netflix will produce four 13-episode series starring Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist, which will cumulate to a four-to-eight episode mini-series focused on The Defenders.
Sounds very impressive and ambitious. However, at the same time, they're clearly trying to recapture the Avengers magic on a televised scale. That being said, the project will be both smaller (in budget terms) and larger (in storytelling terms). This can easily go one way or the other, depending on the showrunners, actors, writers, and directors for each show and how well they'll be able to gel on the mini-series.
Sounds very impressive and ambitious. However, at the same time, they're clearly trying to recapture the Avengers magic on a televised scale. That being said, the project will be both smaller (in budget terms) and larger (in storytelling terms). This can easily go one way or the other, depending on the showrunners, actors, writers, and directors for each show and how well they'll be able to gel on the mini-series.