Iron Fist is getting a second season and a questionable new showrunner

I’m glad Iron Fist is getting a second chance, and I’m glad Marvel is trying out a new showrunner to see if the character can go in a new direction.

But did they have to pick Metzner, of all people?

Metzner’s last interaction with a Marvel property was back before the birth of the MCU, when he wrote Elektra, a spin-off of the critically-panned Daredevil movie starring Ben Affleck. Elektra wasn’t any better, and is better described as a Jennifer Garner vehicle than as a superhero movie.

It’s admittedly been over a decade since that ill-advised flick, and 10 years is a long time to learn from one’s mistakes. I’m hoping time has been kind to Metzner and that we get a better product this time around.

There’s no release date or window yet for Iron Fist season 2, but Iron Fist appears next in Marvel’s Defenders on August 18, 2017.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/07/23/iron-fist-season-2-announced/