Marvel must listen to Krysten Ritter to survive
Pa Chris Snellgrove
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Lately, the success of a Deadpool and Wolverine gave Marvel a much-needed boost after high-profile failures Quantum and Miracles and the equally high-profile struggle to find a new villain for the franchise following Jonathan Meadors’ legal troubles. Now Kevin Feige and team have to figure out how to keep that momentum going, or the real Big Bad could turn out to be superhero fatigue that threatens to “doom” Avengers: Judgment Day even before the premiere. However, the solution is easy: Krysten Ritter wants to reprise her role as Jessica Jones, and a revival of her hit show is the secret weapon Marvel needs to survive.
Krysten Ritter is Marvel’s secret weapon
While Krysten Ritter’s Marvel character is always sarcastic and aloof, the actor behind her couldn’t contain her fangirl’s excitement after learning that head of streaming, television and animation Brad Winderbaum said he wants to see Jessica Jones back in the MCU. She called his response “exciting” and asked: “Isn’t that the guy making the call?” She ended her thoughts by encouraging him to “get started” and “I’ll be ready” for her hard-boiled detective to return to this cinematic universe.
There was an undercurrent of humility in Krysten Ritter’s response, a kind of tacit admission that she wasn’t sure if any of the Marvel powers were willing to bring Jessica Jones back. However, I have a theory as bold as it is simple: MCU Jessica Jones is needed more than Ritter is needed in the MCU. And that’s because reviving her show could help Marvel stay exciting and relevant by replacing the malaise of superhero fatigue with genuine excitement for the future of this franchise.
One simple reason for this is that Jessica Jones is a household name and a proven hit with a demographic that Marvel needs to appeal to more: women. Krysten Ritter’s Netflix original show Marvel may have laid the groundwork for Disney+’s next high-profile, female-centric shows like WandaVision and Agatha all together. An unprecedented failure Miracles means that Disney needs more content that appeals directly to women, and AgathaThe recent success is proof that this demographic enjoys watching the adventures of sassy bad girls more than the adventures of tall and nearly invulnerable heroes.
Other castings of the main villains
Additionally, part of the done Jessica Jones that’s why its star casting is popular in the first place, including Doctor Who icon David Tennant playing against type as an amoral monster who can make his victims do literally anything he commands. Tennant is a busy guy, but Marvel was able to get him to stick around for a surprisingly memorable solo season. A lot of great actors these days are hesitant to sign with Marvel because they’re intimidated by ten-year contracts, but Jessica Jones The revival of the “villain of the season” style will bring more big names (at least temporarily) for future projects.
Finally, a revival of Krysten Ritter’s main show could reinvigorate the franchise, letting fans know that no part of the vast Marvel Comics universe is off limits when it comes to live-action adaptations. Before her Netflix show, Jessica Jones was a relatively obscure character, a person whose one big comic (Nickname) ran out of 28 issues in 2004. Fans around the world have grown to love the character thanks to a brilliant TV show, and a successful revival could convince the execs to steal the weirder corners of the Marvel universe rather than just running its most popular characters into the ground with tired stories and even more tired actors.
I can’t be objective about this. You’ve probably gathered that I’m a huge fan Krysten Ritter in general and Jessica Jones in particular, so my advice to Marvel executives is inevitably biased. But I am the one who loved Nickname comics decades ago, and my frozen fan heart warmed to how Jessica Jones the show has given legions of one of Marvel’s most unconventional characters new fans.
And you don’t need to be a drunken private detective to gather clues and come to a simple conclusion: only the revival of Jessica Jones can bring Marvel out of its creative slump and make even the most jaded fans excited again about the future of this cinematic universe.
Source: ComicBook.com
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