Netflix has officially canceled Marvel’s Daredevil a month after the premiere of the show’s critically acclaimed third season. The series joins Iron Fist and Luke Cage among the streaming service’s collaborations with Marvel TV and Disney that have been canceled this year.<\/b>
\nConfirming a rumor that had been circulating since Netflix canceled both its Iron Fist and Luke Cage series, the streaming service has added Daredevil to the list of Marvel collaborations that won\u2019t be getting another season.
Netflix made the series\u2019 end official in a statement to Deadline, but left the door open to future projects involving the character outside of the streaming service. The announcement comes a little over a month after the third season of Daredevil premiered and the ax fell on Iron Fist and Luke Cage following both shows\u2019 second seasons.
\u201cMarvel\u2019s Daredevil will not return for a fourth season on Netflix,\u201d said the company in a statement confirming the cancellation. \u201cWe are tremendously proud of the show\u2019s last and final season, and although it\u2019s painful for the fans, we feel it best to close this chapter on a high note. We\u2019re thankful to our partners at Marvel, showrunner Erik Oleson, the show\u2019s writers, stellar crew, and incredible cast \u2014 including Charlie Cox as Daredevil himself \u2014 and we\u2019re grateful to the fans who have supported the show over the years.\u201d
\u201cWhile the series on Netflix has ended, the three existing seasons will remain on the service for years to come, while the Daredevil character will live on in future projects for Marvel,\u201d the streaming service added, suggesting that this might not be the last we see of the protector of Hell\u2019s Kitchen.
The fates of the third season of Jessica Jones and the second season of The Punisher are still unknown, but given that both seasons have already been filmed, it\u2019s increasingly likely that the two shows \u2014 the only two remaining series in Marvel\u2019s collaboration with Netflix \u2014 will also be canceled after those seasons premiere.
With the third season of Daredevil receiving some of the best reviews of all the Marvel series on Netflix so far, the announcement would seem to confirm the recent spate of cancellations doesn\u2019t stem from a lack of critical acclaim. The report on the Daredevil cancellation indicates that there was some behind-the-scenes strife at play in the decision to end Daredevil, but the reason is more likely rooted in how much the direct-to-consumer streaming video environment has changed since Netflix and Marvel first announced their collaboration back in 2013.
These days, Netflix offers its subscribers a host of award-winning, wildly popular movie and television projects it retains full ownership of instead of sharing with Disney or other licensing or production partners. Disney, on the other hand, has its own Disney+ streaming service set to launch in 2019 with a slate of original Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and Pixar content, among other properties. Where a collaboration to bring the Marvel brand to streaming audiences had been mutually beneficial just shy of six years ago, each company no longer has the same level of need for what the other offers.
There\u2019s no official word at this point regarding when \u2014 if ever \u2014 Netflix will air the new seasons of Jessica Jones and The Punisher that have already been filmed.<\/p>\n