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Marvel hero will get Round 2 on Netflix. By Brandon Wolfe After garnering many rave reviews (and some more tepid ones ) in its 11 days thus far of release, Marvel’s Daredevil has been renewed for a second season on Netflix. However, Season 2 will see a new pair of showrunners, as Doug Petrie ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer ) and Marco Ramirez ( Sons of Anarchy ) will take the reins from Steven DeKnight and Drew Goddard. No word on just when we might expect to binge Season 2, as the plan for the Neflix Marvel shows has been for A.K.A. Jessica Jones , Iron Fist and Luke Cage to follow Daredevil , leading to The Defenders , a small-screen, Avengers -style team up of all of the Marvel Netflix heroes. Given the heat on Daredevil right now, it stands to reason that Marvel might not want to wait such a long time to bring back Matt Murdock. Discuss this story with fellow SJF fans on Facebook . On Twitter, follow us at @SandwichJohnFilms , and follow author Brandon Wolfe at @Brando

Some people get big announcements with glowing quotes. So we have to assume that, while she’ll probably end up with the role, Krysten Ritter is still in the final stages of sealing her deal to play Jessica Jones in the second of the Marvel TV series set to appear on Netflix. Ritter, who was up against some strong competition for the role, has reportedly scored the gig according to Deadline, which goes on to mention that she has been auditioning with Mike Colter , one of the prime candidates to play Luke Cage . Jones and Cage have a history in the comics – they’ve been married and had a child together in one storyline – so it sounds like he’ll be introduced in her series before kicking off his own. With Twilight scriptwriter Melissa Rosenberg (no stranger to telly after working on shows such as Dexter and The O.C.) overseeing the 13-episode first season, Jessica Jones will follow the young woman who, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after using her superpowers, de