Television fans just got a surprising update on Thursday, with the reveal that Krysten Ritter will star in and executive produce Orphan Black: Echoes, a spinoff series of BBC America’s award-winning hit Orphan Black. The news definitely surprised fans for a lot of reasons, especially since it will be her highest-profile television job since Jessica Jones, the Marvel series that she starred in from 2015 to 2019. Jessica and other shows under Marvel’s “Defenders” umbrella have been the topic of conversation as of late, with a move from Netflix to Disney+ and a greenlight of a Daredevil: Born Again sequel series provoking the questions of what other elements from those shows could return. Ritter’s take on Jessica Jones has definitely remained one of the most highly-anticipated things that fans want to see return — but with the actress attached to Echoes, could that still happen?
