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Jessica Jones season 2 gets moody first-look image

We've also been given a synopsis revealing the first plot details, which are as follows:

"New York City private investigator Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) is beginning to put her life back together after murdering her tormenter, Kilgrave.

Report: ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 2 Starts Production in NYC Next Week

Jessica Jones casts Oscar nominee in major season 2 mystery role

Marvel’s Jessica Jones is adding a major mysterious role in season 2.

Two-time Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Janet McTeer (The White Queen, The Woman in Black, Damages) is joining the cast of the acclaimed Netflix hit, EW has learned exclusively. The British actress will play an “undisclosed character who will have an enormous impact on Jessica’s life.” The casting represents the first major addition to Jessica Jones for the new season.

“We are so fortunate to have an actress of Janet’s talent and stature join what is already an incredible cast,” said Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb. “Our second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones aims to capture what audiences loved about our first, and Janet will be key to achieving that goal.”

After a critically acclaimed first season, it was no surprise that Netflix renewed “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” for a second season during its presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. on Sunday morning.

Intel on Season 2 was sparse at the show’s panel, since, per Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb, “We learned about the pickup when you guys learned about it, so we’re at that stage of just going ‘yay!'”

Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg did shed a little light on her hopes for Season 2 after the panel, telling reporters, “I think I just want to continue with her character. She’s a very damaged character and her damage goes beyond Kilgrave [David Tennant]. There’s a lot to mine from in her backstory and in her present day situation. I think we’ll find something.”

Rosenberg shared that she doesn’t know when work on the new season will start, or whether she’ll be collaborating with writers from any of the other Marvel-Netflix series (“Daredevil,” “Luke Cage” and “Iron Fist”) leading up to “The Defenders” crossover, but said that she intends to continue utilizing story ideas from Brian Michael Bendis’ series of “Alias” comics, where Jessica Jones debuted.

“I will always use as much as I possibly can from the comic book,” Rosenberg said, noting that they’ll have to allow for deviations given the differences in the mythology between the Marvel comics and ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe. “The MCU is very different in terms of its mythology. In the books, everyone knows superheroes are walking around, there’s a lot of things building toward Secret Wars. We’re probably not going to be able to do a totally parallel storylines. But I take every little piece I can because it’s so good.”

While Trish didn’t become Hellcat in Jessica Jones: Season 1, there were certainly notable hints at what she could become, as we saw the character learning some intense self-defense and fighting skills – and then, at one point, taking one of the super soldier pills that enhanced her lover-turned-enemy Will Simpsons (AKA Marvel’s Nuke) to help Jessica fight him.

At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, Taylor spoke about the possibility of Trish actually becoming Hellcat down the line, on the heels of Jessica Jones getting renewed for Season 2.

Question: They had a lot of fun with the hints at what her future could be. Was it exciting for you to see that development - not just Trish working out and training but when she took the pill to fight Simpson and all those nods of where it could go?

Rachael Taylor: Right. One thing I like so much about Jessica Jones is that the comic book is called Alias and I think all of the characters have an alias in the series. They have an “also known as” or a shadow personality. They have the character that they portray to the world and then they have the character that they maybe don’t confess to even themselves or to their friends. For Trish, she’s kind of stuck in a place of reconciling the fact that she used to be a child star and a celebrity very much used to being in the driver's seat in terms of public persona and being the special one. Then, of course she meets her best friend, who is extra, extra special in superhuman ways. I think the gesture of taking the pill -- for Trish, part of her shadow personality is that there’s a certain covetous part of her. I think she covets some of the things that Jessica has. There’s an unholy ambition that sits just under the surface. She declares it in the show! Jessica says “What else could you possibly want, Trish?” And Trish says “To save the world, of course.” Which is kind of an unusual thing for her character to say. I do think there’s a part of her that would love to make it right in the way that she thinks Jessica could make it right if she was just to overcome her dysfunctions and put down the bottle.

Let’s say in Season 2 we go there and you do find out she is going to become a full-fledged superhero. Are you excited at that prospect? Is that something you want?

I try not to get ahead of myself and think about it too much because it’s easy to get carried away and think about things. You don’t want to count your eggs before they hatch. We just found out about the second season today and this is my first show that’s gone to a second season so I’m super stoked. I already feel like I have more than my share, in a way, being on Netflix, being in the Marvel Universe, being on this show that has resonated so deeply with people. But, of course, it would be amazing! [Laughs] It’s already a privilege to play a history that has so much lineage within the Marvel universe and to take it that one step further, is something that, yeah… I’d love to get my teeth stuck into whatever happens to the character.

Marvel’s Jessica Jones renewed for season 2 by Netflix

At the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour today, Netflix announced they've renewed Marvel's Jessica Jones for a second season.

Jessica Jones was one of five Marvel series initially announced for Netflix and the second in a row, after Marvel's Daredevil, to get renewed for Season 2 after a well-received first season.