Iron Fist

[Zenshiite]

Hope that it is modernized for the times, which means no cheesy green get up.

Dude, Danny Rand hasn't been wearing the 70s outfit for quite some time. Check out Immortal Iron Fist!


That's Danny with the other Immortal Weapons from the other Heavenly Cities.

Let's not forget Danny's predecessor, Orson Randal:


And the sword hottie Iron Fist:


The green and gold are Kun Lun's colors.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Zenshiite, yes, that was my point, I hope they go AT LEAST with that "storyline".
Though I would prefer NO get up at all.

[Zenshiite]

Without the get up it wouldn't be Iron Fist. It'd just be some white guy doing kung fu.

Sure, it's corny... but if Iron Fist is put into a world where there are superheroes and he adopts elements of his predecessor's outfit(a pretty cool Pulp noir deal) and the traditional colors of Kun Lun, Danny's going to look like a superhero when he's exiled in the mortal realm. He's got freaking super chi powers, after all. They could throw in an Avengers reference(and with this being developed by Marvel and their increasingly tied together movie universe they likely will) that's the perfect set up for why Danny dresses the way he does as Iron Fist.

My guess is the first movie will take elements of "The Last Iron First Story" and the origin story with Davos thrown in. Then somehow the 7 Immortal Cities will be told if the first flick does well enough. Maybe we can get a trilogy and get the Eighth Immortal City storyline out of it to boot. I could see an Immortal Weapons direct to DVD animated feature coming out of the deal to. Orson Randall animated stuff too as extras if he were to play a role. Heck, I'd like them to just start with Danny in NYC being pursued by Hydra just like "The Last Iron Fist Story" and give us the origin as flashbacks and all that.

Seeing as they are developing Luke Cage too, somehow they'll meet and end up in a team up movie... hopefully with the rest of the Heroes For Hire.

Iron Fist/Luke Cage could prove to be a pretty lucrative franchise and NOT do some of the more typical superhero things. Iron Fist and Luke Cage don't really have the kinds of villians that other superheroes do. What they've got is Hydra and stuff like that.

The whole Immortal Cities thing would play out kind of like Mortal Kombat, but without being hindered by a video game franchise.

[GeneChing]

...along with a few others. Interesting play for Marvel.

Arts & Entertainment | 11/07/2013 @ 12:16PM |5,469 views
Marvel Bringing Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, And Iron Fist To Netflix


Disney-Marvel and Netflix NFLX +2.16% today announced a joint venture to develop four new superhero series for Netflix’s streaming and DVD service. The characters included in the deal are Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. The Marvel-Netflix deal guarantees 13 episodes of each series, and a final team-up miniseries The Defenders featuring all four of the characters together. Daredevil will kick things off as the first series to release.

Will these shows tie into Marvel’s current television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the cinematic Marvel universe? No word on that yet, but I’d be surprised if it didn’t tie into the movies — tying together series on different networks/distributors is a bit trickier, so they might just remain mum on that front.

The deal is part of a broader arrangement between Disney-Marvel and Netflix, granting Netflix exclusive first-run subscription rights to Disney and Marvel live-action and animation from Disney and Marvel. With the global popularity of the Marvel films, and with Netflix expanding into more countries while likewise expanding its library of content — including with exclusivity deals like the one it signed with Disney and Marvel — as well as a growing lineup of original programming, the financial implications of the deal are eye-popping.
Why Marvel Is Defining The Modern Superhero Film Genre Mark Hughes Mark Hughes Contributor

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has enjoyed strong overall viewership, hitting a five-week high this Tuesday and ranking #1 for the evening among males 18-49 years of age, and ranking second-most-watched scripted show overall Tuesday. Data for streaming and recorded viewership shows the program’s total audience is even higher than pure TV ratings demonstrate.

We could see budgeting for these Marvel superhero series in the $5-10 million or more range per episode, depending on the level of effects involved in each show. Netflix has been willing to spend money to make money, simply put, including investing in top talents and high production values for their original programming. Of course, Netflix won’t be financing the shows alone, so how much could Disney-Marvel kick in? Disney and Marvel have tried hard — and succeeded — to tamp down on budgeting and keep costs a little lower whenever possible, and this project no doubt will see the same sort of frugality from the studios.

The new shows will begin airing in 2015, and the deal will spread the release of all four series over several years, similar to the approach with the Marvel films leading into the big team-up movie The Avengers in 2012.

What do you think of this deal, dear readers? Are you happy to see Marvel jumping into streaming programming with their characters? And would you like to see these shows eventually lead into some big-screen Defenders productions?

[@PLUGO]

“a bloody, revenge-fueled martial arts epic” is how writer/artist Kaare Andrews describes MARVEL COMICS' Iron Fist: The Living Weapon

Click the pic for more!

[sanjuro_ronin]

Sweet, must get this !

[Vash]

So does this ignore the entire Immortal Iron Fist series, as well as the Defenders where the current Iron Fist

[SPOILERS

Get's engaged, has his girl preggers, and finds out the Prince of Orphans has been offing Immortal Weapons from the Heavenly Cities for a dog's age?