A new report from Birth.Movies.Death may shed some light on whey we haven't heard a peep about Marvel and Netflix's plans for their small-screen take on Iron Fist. We know season 2 of Daredevil is shaping up nicely, Jessica Jones is well into production, and word is Luke Cage is in the writing stage with more than half the season down - but, it sounds like they're finding ol' Danny Rand a slightly tougher nut to crack.
According to BMD, they've brought in lots of people to advise and pitch ideas, but are still having trouble settling on a direction for the show. Why? Them pesky mystical superpowers. Iron Fist's chi-channelling manifests in some pretty out there visuals in the comics, and apparently Marvel are unsure of how far to take that in live-action. Though the first season of Daredevil did hint at some supernatural elements, for the most part it was pretty grounded so perhaps they're worried about straying too far away from that?
Even if this is accurate, they have lots of time to figure it out so it shouldn't pose too much of a problem for Danny Rand's eventual debut. By the sounds of things though, he definitely won't be popping up in any of the earlier shows.
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