Last Aprils Daredevil series made it clear that Marvel wants to lean on Netflix as the home for all of their grittier superhero shows (i.e. not Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), and the comic book giant has long promised that Jessica Jones would be an even darker streaming series than their first. Visually speaking, that might be a tall order Daredevil was so under-lit that many of its scenes were only visible by nerdy lemurs but an intense new trailer for the superhero drama makes it seem like Marvel plans to make good on their promise.
Jessica Jones (Breaking Bad star Krysten Ritter, long overdue for her breakout role) may be a relatively recent addition to the Marvel Universe created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, she first appeared in November 2001s Alias #1. But shes seen more heavy shit in the last 14 years than most of her kind ever will. Following a tragic stint in the superhero game, Jones hung up her costume in favor of becoming a private detective, Manhattans very own Veronica Mars. But spandex is hard to take off, and the Netflix series begins with Jones learning that her sadistic nemesis, Zebediah Killgrave (Doctor Who alum David Tennant) isnt quite out of her life or her head just yet.
Superhero promos tend to be shy about this sort of thing, but Netflixs trailer makes it perfectly clear that Jessica Jones is going to be an all-out fight to the death with Killgrave, the ultimate stalker. Hes back, Ritter intones, and hes coming for me. Something tells us that will prove to be a really bad idea.
Co-starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Mile Colter (who plays Luke Cage, the subject of Marvels next streaming series), all 13 episodes of Jessica Jones will launch on Netflix on November 20 at 12:01am PT.