Update: May 12, 2025
Krysten Ritter Returning as Jessica Jones for DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Season Two
Jessica Jones is back. Krysten Ritter is reprising her role of the superhero-turned-private eye, entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe by being cast in season two of Marvel Television’s
Daredevil: Born Again.
Ritter starred as Jones in the eponymous Netflix series in the mid-2010s. The series and actress generated considerable acclaim and awards at the time and is considered a highlight during the Netflix era of Marvel television.
The casting announcement was made during Marvel’s portion of Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday.
Marvel’s presentation also included a first look at
Wonder Man, the series that offers a meta take on Hollywood and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley.
The addition of Ritter, who joined
Daredevil star Charlie Cox on stage for the reveal, is a boost to
Born Again, which officially folds characters and actors from the Netflix-era Marvel series (which weren’t made by Marvel Studios) into the MCU.
Born Again has been a solid performer on Disney+, with the season finale notching an uptick, according to insiders. The show has also lifted the Netflix seasons, which now also stream exclusively on Disney+.
Marvel has been in recalibrating mode on the television side, and
Daredevil represents that new model. The company famously made a splashy TV debut with a string of limited series that featured big-name stars that had appeared, for the most part, in its big-budget tentpole movies. It treated the shows as such, eschewing a traditional TV development process, not even making pilots. It also flooded the zone with numerous titles that made it hard for audiences to keep up.
Daredevil was course corrected during its production as Marvel embraced a more traditional development model.
Marvel made the announcement during its portion of Disney’s upfront presentation.
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