It looks like New York’s mightiest street-level heroes are putting the band back together. New “Daredevil: Born Again” Season 3 set photos show Mike Colter and Finn Jones alongside Krysten Ritter in New York, pointing to the return of Luke Cage and Iron Fist and pushing Marvel much closer to a full live-action “Defenders” reunion. Social media and dozens of news outlets reported the photos this weekend, and all identified Colter and Jones on set.
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Ritter’s presence sharpens that picture even further. Ritter’s Jessica Jones already joined Season 2, which premiered March 24 on Disney+, after Marvel announced her return in 2025. With Charlie Cox already anchoring the series as Matt Murdock, Colter and Jones would put all four Defenders back on screen together for the first time since “The Defenders” in 2017.
Marvel has not formally announced Colter or Jones in the cast, so the usual set-photo caution still applies. But there is not much ambiguity in the larger shape of it. “Born Again” already brought Daredevil, Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), Punisher (Jon Bernthal), and Jessica Jones back into the same orbit. Adding Luke Cage and Iron Fist would turn the series into something bigger than a revival — a real reclamation of Marvel’s old Netflix-era street corner.
Those photos also tap into a very specific Netflix-era nostalgia. Marvel’s street-level run began with “Daredevil” in 2015. Eventually, it stretched across three seasons of “Jessica Jones,” three seasons of “Daredevil,” two seasons each of “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” and “The Punisher,” plus the one-season crossover “The Defenders” in 2017. While “Daredevil,” “Luke Cage,” and “Iron Fist” were all finished by 2018, “Jessica Jones” and “The Punisher” continued into 2019, which makes any full-scale reunion now feel less like a quick callback and more like Marvel reconnecting an entire television corner that has been scattered for years.
Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter and Finn Jones on the set of 'DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN' Season 3 as Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist
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