That’s two Defenders down. Krysten Ritter, A.Ok.A Jessica Jones of Alias Investigations, is again on the case and reunited with Charlie Cox’s Daredevil in newly surfaced set photographs from Daredevil: Born Again season 2. Marvel Studios introduced Ritter’s return in the course of the Disney upfronts presentation two weeks in the past, and now paparazzi have snapped a photograph of 1 half of the quartet that additionally included Mike Colter’s Luke Cage and Finn Jones’ Iron Fist in 2017’s The Defenders.
Ritter, sporting Jessica’s iconic black leather-based jacket, may be seen subsequent to Cox’s black-clad Daredevil on the Brooklyn, New York set. Jessica will presumably be a part of Daredevil’s anti-Fisk military assembled to fight Mayor Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) and his private police pressure: the Anti Vigilante Process Pressure that has already taken out White Tiger (Kamar de Los Reyes) and is gunning for Frank Citadel/The Punisher (Jon Bernthal).
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“It’s so nice to be again, returning to Jessica after three seasons and The Defenders, and now becoming a member of the MCU,” Ritter mentioned throughout Marvel’s portion of the Disney upfronts. “I’m so excited to convey again this iconic character, and with out giving an excessive amount of away, there may be far more in retailer for Jessica Jones. That is going to be an unbelievable season.”
Ritter performed the alcoholic, super-powered non-public investigator throughout three seasons of the Netflix-aired Jessica Jones between 2015 and 2019, and reprised the function as a part of The Defenders miniseries in 2017.
Season 2 of the Disney+ collection Daredevil: Born Again marks Ritter’s first time taking part in the character since Jessica’s solo collection — which pit the traumatized P.I. towards the mind-controlling Purple Man (David Tennant), her mom Alisa Jones (Janet McTeer), and her good friend turned foe, Patricia “Trish” Walker, A.Ok.A. the vigilante Hellcat (Rachael Taylor) — was cancelled in 2019.
Ritter joins a solid that features Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Web page, Margarita Levieva because the anti-vigilante Dr. Heather Glenn, and Wilson Bethel as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter, A.Ok.A. the murderer Bullseye. Ayelet Zurer performs Vanessa Fisk, with Zabryna Guevara, Michael Gandolfini, and Arty Froushan rounding out Mayor Fisk’s interior circle. Daredevil’s allies embody Clark Johnson’s Cherry, Genneya Walton’s BB Urich, and Bernthal’s Punisher. Matthew Lillard (Scream, Scooby-Doo) has been solid in an as-yet-undisclosed function, and Lili Taylor (The Conjuring, American Crime) has additionally joined the collection because the Governor of New York.
Whether or not Colter and Jones return as Luke Cage and Iron Fist, respectively, stays to be seen.
“The humorous factor is, I don’t really feel there’s an enormous dividing line between myself and the followers. I’m a brilliant fan,” showrunner Dario Scardapane beforehand advised TVLine when requested a few potential Defenders reunion in Daredevil: Born Again season 2. “I don’t essentially need every part that the followers need, so I can’t give something away. However the concept that New York is in a extremely powerful place and that Hell’s Kitchen and Daredevil’s world consists of different folks, a few of whom we’ve got not seen but… it makes a certain quantity of sense that the world goes to broaden just a little bit.”
“Now, a full-fledged Defenders reunion, I don’t learn about that,” he added. “However the concept that there are folks in our world that we haven’t seen but… I feel that’s half enjoyable.”
Marvel TV’s Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is slated to premiere March 2026 on Disney+.
