Netflix’s partnership with Marvel TV has reached its last panel: The Punisher and Jessica Jones have both been cancelled at the streaming service, reports TVLine.
Jessica Jones had previously been renewed for a third season at Netflix, which is still slated to air on the platform (though a premiere date has yet to be announced).
The Punisher‘s Season 2 finale, meanwhile, will now serve as the show’s series finale.
The cancellations are not entirely unexpected, seeing as fellow Marvel series Daredevil, Iron Fist and Luke Cage all had been axed in recent months.
As previously reported by Variety, the deal for the original four Marvel shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist) included a clause that keeps the characters from appearing in any non-Netflix series (or film) for at least two years after cancellation.
Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb has reiterated his previous stance on the rash of cancellations, saying in a letter to fans, “Our network partner may have decided they no longer want to continue telling the tales of these great characters… but you know Marvel better than that. As Matthew Murdock’s Dad once said, ‘The measure of a man is not how he gets knocked to the mat, it’s how he gets back up.’ To be continued…!”
The Punisher star Jon Bernthal addressed the show’s end in an Instagram post on Monday, writing that “it has been an honour to walk in [Frank Castle’s] boots.”
