The Defenders (miniseries)

*The Defenders*
The Defenders
Genre	Action; Drama; Superhero;
Created by	Douglas Petrie; Marco Ramirez;
Based on	Daredevil; by Stan Lee; Bill Everett; ; Jessica Jones; by Brian Michael Bendis; Michael Gaydos; ; Luke Cage; by Archie Goodwin; George Tuska; Roy Thomas; John Romita Sr.; ; Iron Fist; by Roy Thomas; Gil Kane; ;
Showrunner	Marco Ramirez
Starring	Charlie Cox; Krysten Ritter; Mike Colter; Finn Jones; Eka Darville; Elden Henson; Jessica Henwick; Simone Missick; Ramón Rodríguez; Rachael Taylor; Deborah Ann Woll; Élodie Yung; Rosario Dawson; Scott Glenn; Sigourney Weaver;
Composer	John Paesano
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	S. J. Clarkson (1x01 only); Cindy Holland; Allie Goss; Alison Engel; Kris Henigman; Alan Fine; Stan Lee; Joe Quesada; Karim Zreik; Jim Chory; Jeph Loeb; Drew Goddard; Douglas Petrie; Marco Ramirez;
Producer	Evan Perazzo
Production location	New York City
Cinematography	Matthew J. Lloyd; Jim McMillan;
Editors	Jonathan Chibnall; Miklos Wright; Michael Knue;
Running time	44–55 minutes
Production companies	Marvel Television; ABC Studios; Goddard Textiles; Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc.;
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	August 18, 2017
Related
	Marvel's Netflix television series

Marvel's The Defenders is an American TV series and the fifth Netflix series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The series was created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez and was released on August 18, 2017. The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist, reprising their roles from Daredevil (2015–2018), Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Luke Cage (2016–2018), and Iron Fist (2017–2018), respectively.^[1] The series was produced by Marvel Television.

Cast and characters