A Powerful Avenger Is Behind The 13-Year-Old Cancellation Of An MCU ShowCU Show
Summary
- MCU hero Captain Marvel changed the trajectory of another original show, causing it to be canceled and delaying her live-action debut.
- ABC decided to retool the series to focus on Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) instead, leading to the cancellation of a project Netflix ultimately revived years later.
- If Captain Marvel had debuted earlier in the MCU, Carol Danvers would have been a major player in the overall story.
Captain Marvel is indirectly responsible for the first attempt at a Jessica Jones series falling through. Jessica Jones first made her live-action debut on the eponymous Marvel Netflix series in 2015, with Krysten Ritter portraying the superhuman detective. Jessica Jones notably was the first female-led Marvel TV series, with 2019's Captain Marvel laying claim to being the first female-led movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but history could have played out differently.
The new book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Dave Gonzales and Joanna Robinson chronicles the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe from its kick-off movie in 2008's Iron Man and its many crossovers and team-ups in The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy films. The book also touches upon the initial plans to bring Jessica Jones to life in a live-action series. As it turns out, Jessica Jones might have happened much sooner than her role in Marvel-Netflix's Defenders timeline, only for Captain Marvel to change the trajectory for both characters.