Despite being three seasons into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the third of Netflix’s Defenders shows set to premiere in a couple of months, we’re yet to see any of Marvel’s TV characters making the jump to the big screen side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and it’s looking unlikely that Daredevil and company will be appearing in Avengers: Infinity War either.
Speaking to Slash Film, Marvel’s head of television Jeph Loeb has been discussing why the hectic TV schedule has prevented any big crossover:
“I can tell you that part of the challenge of doing this sort of thing is that the movies are planned out years in advance of what it is that we are doing,” states Loeb. “Television moves at an incredible speed. The other part of the problem is that when you stop and think about it, if I’m shooting a television series and that’s going to go on over a six-month or eight-month period, how am I going to get Mike Colter to be able to go be in a movie? I need Mike to be in a television show.”
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““As I often get reported by you folks for saying #ItsAllConnected, our feeling is that the connection isn’t just whether or not somebody is walking into a movie or walking out of a television show,” he continues. “It’s connected in the way that the shows come from the same place, that they are real, that they are grounded.”
Are you satisfied with Marvel’s efforts to make its various properties feel connected, or would you like to see more crossover between the movies and TV shows? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
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Originally published July 30, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
