Iron Fist fans urge Marvel TV and Netflix to renew the series shortly after it was announced that it will not be coming back for a third season.
Deemed the weakest of the four individual Marvel shows on the streaming platform, many thought that it would be taken off the air after its critically-panned debut season, which is why people were shocked when a renewal announcement came during The Defenders panel at last year’s year’s San Diego Comic-Con. In an effort to address criticisms, Iron Fist season 2 got a brand new showrunner in Raven Metzner who replaced Scott Buck. However, the improved reviews in its latest outing weren’t enough to save the show.
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Taking it to Change.org, a user named Melissa Hodge came up with a campaign urging Netflix and Marvel to bring Iron Fist back for another season. She cited several interesting points hoping to change the decision to cancel the series including the fact that season 2 ended on a cliffhanger, and it didn’t make any sense to do that if they didn’t plan on continuing the story. Read her full statement below.
“Netflix has made a terrible decision in cancelling Iron Fist after 2 seasons . There are many fans of the character and the series and most people said that the second season was excellent . I think its unfair that Luke Cage , Jessica Jones and Daredevil get a third season and their shows get mixed reviews too yet Iron Fist gets the shaft . There is so much more potential and stories to be told and its not great fanservice to end the last season on a cliff hanger and not go along with it especially when the second season was more well recieved with critics and fans . So Netflix and Marvel please revise your decision and greenlight a third season for Iron Fist”
Iron Fist debuted to abysmal reviews, and even stirred up controversy regarding the casting of Jones (a white actor) rather than an Asian or Asian-American actor, so it was shocking to hear at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 that Marvel and Netflix renewed the series for a second season — with a new showrunner on board to help steer things in a more positive direction. Sadly, though critics warmed to Iron Fist during its sophomore season, which debuted on Netflix in early September 2018, the response was still mixed and certainly wasn’t enough to save the show from getting the dreaded ax.
“Marvel’s Iron Fist will not return for a third season on Netflix,” Marvel and Netflix said in a joint statement when news of Iron Fist’s cancellation went public. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is proud of the series and grateful for all of the hard work from our incredible cast, crew, and showrunners … We’re thankful to the fans who have watched these two seasons, and for the partnership we’ve shared on this series. While the series on Netflix has ended, the immortal Iron Fist will live on.”
It’s unlikely that Marvel and Netflix will backtrack, un-cancel Iron Fist, and greenlight a third season like Hodges and 11,000-plus others are hoping. What may end up happening, however, is that the companies decide to give Iron Fist a proper send-off, ordering a feature-film-length finale that resolves the cliffhanger and wraps up the storyline nicely. It’s certainly happened before.
After Marvel and Netflix canceled Sense8 earlier this year, fans started a Change.org petition asking for the companies to renew the sci-fi series for a third season. (Sound familiar?) Another round of Sense8 wasn’t in the cards, but a super-sized finale was. Sense8 ended with a two-hour special in June 2018.
Granted, the Sense8 petition pulled in hundreds of thousands of signatures, and the Iron Fist one has yet to crack even the 15,000 mark, but there remains a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, Marvel and Netflix will give the series one last chance.
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