Claire Temple, Trish Walker, and Stick Will All Appear in THE DEFENDERS

The cast of Marvel and Netflix's superhero team up limited series The Defenders continues to grow. We know that Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist will join forces to take on a big bad played by Sigourney Weaver, but today Marvel shared some new casting news with us via The Defenders' official Twitter account: namely that Scott Glenn (Stick), Rosario Dawson (Claire Temple), and Rachael Taylor (Trish Walker) will all be back.

Old friendships die hard. @_Rachael_Taylor, #ScottGlenn, and @rosariodawson return for The #Defenders pic.twitter.com/KiZWwXikJ6

— The Defenders (@TheDefenders) November 2, 2016

This isn't exactly shocking news, and it follows a similar announcement yesterday revealing that Carrie-Anne Moss (Hogarth), Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson), and Eka Darville (Malcolm) are on board as well:

Assemble your allies: #EldenHenson, @AnnapurnaLiving and @ekadarville are back for The #Defenders. pic.twitter.com/mqDHtP5CZL

— The Defenders (@TheDefenders) November 1, 2016

Considering we also heard on Monday that Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) and Misty Knight (Simone Missick) will be in the show, it's probably safe to say that we'll get more announcements like this over the rest of this week (The Punisher, anyone?), so keep your eyes peeled to The Defenders' Twitter account for up to the minute confirmations.

The Defenders will run for eight episodes (a great decision, considering the most common complaint about these Marvel Netflix shows is that they're all too long), and Jessica Jones director S.J. Clarkson has been tapped to direct the first two installments. It'll debut sometime in 2017.