{"id":68692,"date":"2014-11-20T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=68692"},"modified":"2014-11-20T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T09:58:00","slug":"jessica-jones-marvel-casting-new-jewel-for-netflix-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/jessica-jones-marvel-casting-new-jewel-for-netflix-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Jones: Marvel casting new Jewel for Netflix TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68694\" alt=\"jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen.jpg\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen-510x286.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a>With the <strong><em>Daredevil<\/em><\/strong> TV show on the way, it appears that Marvel are now looking to push ahead with casting for its sister show Jessica Jones, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2014\/11\/jessica-jones-casting-test-krysten-ritter-alexandra-daddario-teresa-palmer-jessica-de-gouw-1201288589\/\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those rumoured to be screen-testing for the role include Alexandra Daddario (<strong><em>Percy Jackson<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>True Detective<\/em><\/strong>), Krysten Ritter (<strong><em>Vamps<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Don&#8217;t Trust The B**** In Apartment 23<\/em><\/strong>), Teresa Palmer (<strong><em>Warm Bodies<\/em><\/strong>, <em><strong>I Am Number 4<\/strong><\/em>), Jessica De Gouw (<strong><em>Arrow<\/em><\/strong>, <em><strong>These Final Hours<\/strong><\/em>), Marin Ireland (<em><strong>Side Effects<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>I Am Legend<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t know a lot about the character, Jessica Jones is a former schoolmate of a certain Peter Parker (Spider-Man, in case you&#8217;re one of the few who didn&#8217;t know) who gains the powers of super-strength, flight and limited invulnerability after being involved in a car crash (radioactive chemicals were involved) that killed her parents. After a brief but unsuccessful superhero career, she gained popularity as a private eye in the critically acclaimed comic-book series <em><strong>Alias<\/strong><\/em>, which the series \u2013 guided by showrunner Melissa Rosenberg \u2013 will reportedly be heavily inspired by.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jessica Jones<\/em> will air some time on Netflix in 2015.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>For more on the comics that have inspired the show, pick up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagineshop.co.uk\/bookazines\/100-all-time-greatest-comics.html\">our 100 All-Time Greatest Comics bookazine now!<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out who&#8217;s under consideration for the next shows from the makers of Daredevil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":68694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[3497,4180],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jessjones_120513_1280-daredevil-jessica-jones-could-the-defenders-make-their-way-to-the-big-screen.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}