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Between the Avengers , Revengers , Defenders , and everyone in between , theMCUhas beenrife with superhero teamspractically from the jump , but one of its most gonzo nearly sprang from a string of 4 cancel Marvel TV shows just 5 year ago . Marvel ’s TV offering have undergone a significant journeying since Marvel began taking full creative control of its IPs in the late 00s , with today ’s regalia ofMCU Disney+ showspreceded by a retentive air of shows that fall under the " Marvel Television " standard . Daredevil , Jessica Jones , andAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.are among the most well - known of these .
For the most part , these were not formally part of the MCU , with their canonicity being a huge os of disceptation among MCU fans until Marvel finally reveal its silence on the matter by incorporatingThe Defendersand its surrounding shows into theofficial MCU timelineon Disney+ . One slating of renovate Marvel Television shows in particular would have been a peculiarly bizarre increase to the wider MCU , however , which may go some way to explain why they were delete - yet the real reason was more potential down to timing .
Marvel Studios ' most recent Disney+ series may have come to an end , but there are plenty of coming MCU TV shows in development .
Marvel Planned A Shared TV Universe On Hulu
Before Disney+ , Marvel looked to streaming services like Netflix and Hulu to air its shows . With Daredevil and his age bracket mesh on Netflix , a more freakish squad of heroes ( and one scoundrel ) was announced in 2019 and were set to join Hulu . These include M.O.D.O.K. , Hit - Monkey , Howard the Duck , and Tigra and Dazzler . These animated series were then poised to unite into a team - up reminiscent ofThe Defendersas the decidedly more off - pisteThe Offendersseries . Of these serial , M.O.D.O.K.andHit - Monkeywere the only ones to air , both releasing their first season in 2021 .
Howard the Duck ’s show was to be spearhead by Kevin Smith , a funny Word aficionado who would have no doubtfulness helped vamp a character whose reputation was marred by his poorly - fated first expedition in 1986’sHoward the Duck . Tigra and Dazzler ’s outing , meanwhile , was to be written and bring about by Erica Rivinoja and Chelsea Handler before they were arouse from the project almost a year later due to creative differences . Both shows were at last junk by Marvel in early 2020 , along withThe Offenders .
Why The Offenders Team-Up Never Happened
The characters comprise some of Marvel ’s lesser - lie with and off - the - wall sub , and it is severe to see how Marvel could have merged these animate and grownup - themed series into the prescribed MCU as easy as it did withThe Defenders . After all , Howard the Duck is already MCU canyon , having made his debut in a cameo in 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxyand appearing again inAvengers : Endgame ’s Battle of Earth . The scrapping of these shows lineage up with Marvel ’s maraud into MCU - specific Marvel shows undivided to Disney+ , which suggest the repair shows were not compatible with Marvel ’s overarching plans .
Kevin Smith himself suggest that the arrival of the Darkhold inWandaVision -which was going to play a bad role in his Howard the Duck series - was grounds enough of why Marvel dropped his show .
Despite this , M.O.D.O.K.andHit - Monkeycontinued production outside the MCU continuity.M.O.D.O.K.was released first in May 2021 , afterWandaVision , whileHit - Monkeywas released in November of the same year . However , M.O.D.O.Kwas then canceled after one season ; and whileHit - Monkeywas renewed for a second time of year , it was hand over to 20th Century Television with a looser connexion with Marvel . This departure fromThe Offenderstracks with Marvel ’s describe attempt to come down theMCU ’s outturn , focusing on quality over quantity .
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