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Jeph Loeb Shares a Heartfelt Letter to Fans of the Marvel-Netflix Series'

Well, that's it. Today it was announced that the Marvel-Netflix series' have finally come to an official end. The Punisher and Jessica Jones were officially canceled by Netflix, with the latter still planning to air the final season. Back in 2014, when the first show announcement was made, it was only a mere two years after Marvel managed to pull off the shared universe of The Avengers. Now they were doing it for TV when Netflix was big but not huge. They brought over an entirely new segment of fans to the streaming service and proved that Marvel could do thought-provoking and mature content. The partnership appears to have come to an end despite the loud protests of fans.

Head of Marvel TV Jeph Loeb shared a letter to the fans on the official Marvel site after the cancellations were made public.

It had never been done before.

Four separate television series, each with different super-talented showrunners, writers, directors, cast and crew, coming out months apart and then…

…they would meet in a single event series all set in the heart of New York City.

We called them The Defenders.

And together we were thrilled by stories of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and even the Punisher joined in!

They said it couldn't be done.

But Marvel assembled amazing teams to write, produce, direct, edit, and score 13 seasons and 161 one-hour episodes.

Take a moment and go online and look at the dazzling list of actors, writers, directors, and musicians who graced us with the very best of their craft.

We loved each and every minute of it.

And we did it all for you — the fans — who cheered for us around the world and made all the hard work worth it.

So, Thank You!

On behalf of everyone at Marvel Television, we couldn't be more proud or more grateful to our audience.

Our Network partner may have decided they no longer want to continue telling the tales of these great characters… but you know Marvel better than that.

As Matthew Murdock's Dad once said, "The measure of a man is not how he gets knocked to the mat, it's how he gets back up."

To be continued…!

– Jeph Loeb and all of us at Marvel Television

The third season of Jessica Jones currently doesn't have a release date but we can expect, with the cancellation, that it's probably going to be sooner rather than later. We'll have to see where Marvel TV goes from here. The fate of Runaways remains unknown though Hulu seemed confident that they would get a third season, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has season six airing this year and has been renewed for a season seven, Cloak and Dagger returns for its second season this year, and they have the four announced cartoon adaptations on the way. We might have lost a lot, but there is still plenty on the horizon.

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