Marvel's Jessica Drew Season 1 (Earth-113599)

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Marvel's Jessica Drew Season 1 is first season of the 2015 digital series based on an amalgamation between the Marvel Comics characters Spider-Woman and Jessica Jones. It takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is the second series to be part of the Defenders line up. All episodes were released on the website November 20th 2015.

Production
The rights to Spider-Woman, despite her codename, were owned by Paramount Pictures due to her connection to Hydra which was solidly a part of the Captain America rights package. When the rights reverted to Marvel Studios in 2005 Spider-Woman was briefly considered to helm her own solo film, but was eventually abandoned in favor of Black Widow. Not much happened with the character until 2013, when Jeph Loeb pitched to the Walt Disney Company Spider-Woman as one of four different exclusive Marvel Television series to air on their streaming service Netflix, and eventually team up as the Defenders (akin to the Avengers in the movies). The idea was approved and development began on a Jessica Drew solo series.

Meanwhile, Melissa Rosenberg had been working alongside Marvel Television the past couple of years to create a television adaptation of the Alias graphic novel starring Jessica Jones for the ABC Network. Loeb eventually was able to merge both "Jessica" projects into one production by encouraging Rosenberg to instead produce a Spider-Woman television series for Netflix. Promising her a R-Rating, generous budget, and the ability to adapt the Alias story arc due to Spider-Woman originally being considered to have the main role in the comics. Rosenberg agreed to the proposition and was officially promoted to Showrunner of the new series. Filming occurred in late 2014 and the series released all of the first season's episodes to Netflix November 20th 2015.

Main Cast

 * Krysten Ritter as Jessica Drew


 * David Tennant as Kevin Kilgrave/The Purple Man


 * Rachael Taylor as Patricia "Trish" Walker


 * Eka Darville as Malcolm Powder


 * Carrie Ann Moss as Jeryn "Jeri" Hogarth


 * Terry Chen as David Ishima


 * Wil Travel as Jared Kurtz


 * Michelle Trachtenberg as Jessica Jones


 * Rebecca De Mornay as Dorothy Walker