Marvel's The Defenders Debut Date Revealed

Debuting exclusively on Netflix on August 18.

By Alex Osborn

Netflix has announced Marvel's The Defenders will debut on August 18.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the show's premiere date was revealed via a teaser video posted on YouTube that has since been pulled. The video features security camera footage of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Danny Rand (Finn Jones) on an elevator in Midland Circle, as well as a set of numbers in the upper left corner: 23.253.120.81.

Marvels' The Defenders teaser, via EW

If you enter those numbers into your web browser as http://23.253.120.81, you'll be redirected to a viral website for the New York Bulletin, the news outlet where Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) is employed. If you scroll down, you'll notice at the very bottom of the page it says, "Watch Marvel’s The Defenders All Episodes Streaming Only on Netflix August 18."

Back in January, it was confirmed The Defenders would debut sometime this summer. For more on Marvel's Netflix-exclusive ensemble series, don't miss our handy overview of every confirmed character for the series so far.

While you're at it, read up on how Marvel's Iron Fist sets up The Defenders and then take a look at this trio of photos from the upcoming series.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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