http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/disney-netflix-marvel-series/


The companies call this an �unprecedented deal� and �Marvel�s most ambitious foray yet into live-action TV storytelling.� Disney will provide Neflix with live action series and a miniseries featuring Marvel characters Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. Netflix will offer at least four, 13-episode series over �multiple years� with a miniseries, The Defenders, that they say �reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters.� The arrangement grew out of the deal that will give Netflix exclusive rights to Disney films in the premium TV window beginning in 2016. It is �unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel�s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling,� says Marvel Entertainment President Alan Fine. And Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos calls Marvel �a known and loved brand that travels.�

Here�s the release from Disney and Netflix:

BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 7, 2013 � The Walt Disney Co. (Marvel is a known and loved brand that travels,� sNYSE: DIS) and Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced an unprecedented deal for Marvel TV to bring multiple original series of live-action adventures of four of Marvel�s most popular characters exclusively to the world�s leading Internet TV Network beginning in 2015. This pioneering agreement calls for Marvel to develop four serialized programs leading to a miniseries programming event.

Led by a series focused on �Daredevil,� followed by �Jessica Jones,� �Iron Fist� and �Luke Cage,� the epic will unfold over multiple years of original programming, taking Netflix members deep into the gritty world of heroes and villains of Hell�s Kitchen, New York. Netflix has committed to a minimum of four, thirteen episodes series and a culminating Marvel�s �The Defenders� mini-series event that reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters.
Produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Television Studios, this groundbreaking deal is Marvel�s most ambitious foray yet into live-action TV storytelling.

�This deal is unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel�s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling. Netflix offers an incredible platform for the kind of rich storytelling that is Marvel�s specialty,� said Alan Fine, President of Marvel Entertainment. �This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want in what�s sure to be a thrilling and engaging adventure.�

�Marvel�s movies, such as �Iron Man� and Marvel�s �The Avengers�, are huge favorites on our service around the world. Like Disney, Marvel is a known and loved brand that travels,� said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. �With �House of Cards� and our other original series, we have pioneered new approaches to storytelling and to global distribution and we�re thrilled to be working with Disney and Marvel to take our brand of television to new levels with a creative project of this magnitude.�

This new original TV deal follows last year�s landmark movie distribution deal through which, beginning with 2016 theatrically released feature films, Netflix will be the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for first-run, live-action and animated movies from the Walt Disney Studios, including titles from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Disneynature and Lucasfilm. Netflix members can currently enjoy a wide range of Disney, ABC TV and Disney Channel films and shows across the 41 countries where Netflix operates.

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This sounds...pretty awesome.