Marvel Studios has gone through a major creative uphaul recently, after last year’s most series and shows likeSecret Invasion,Thor: Love and Thunder, andAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniaamong others failed to impress the audience,the studio smartly pulled the breaks and took time to rethink its strategy. Now fans have onlyRyan ReynoldsandHugh JackmanstarringDeadpool and Wolverineto look forward to on the big screen and a couple of Disney+ series, including the much-awaitedCharlie Cox-ledDaredevil: Born Again, which itself went through a massive overhaul.
Among the fruitful series that came from the studio last year wasTom Hiddleston-ledLokiSeason 2, which influenced the retooling ofBorn Again.Marvel Studios head of streamingBrad Winderbaumrevealed in a new interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, “Frankly, a lot of that [Daredevil: Born Againreinvention] was influenced as much fromLokias it was from ourX-Men ’97experience,” he said. “It’s about honoring what came before in order to find a new arc for these iconic characters."
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This makes sense given bothFoggy Nelson (Elden Henson) and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll)were added to the cast recently.Elsewhere, Cox also expressed his thrill to be working with his Netflix co-stars againas he called them the “heartbeat” of the show. The Defenders aka Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist were first introduced on Netflix with name drops and hints that they are a part of the MCU but were never fully embraced till, recently. “We finally said it out loud,” Winderbaum says.
He further explained, “Flash forward now to Disney+, where we are actually laying out the timeline with tiles on a screen, all of a sudden we’re like, ‘We should just do it. Let’s do it.’” Further revealing that the idea was also “spurred by the redevelopment ofDaredevil: Born Again, once we started to really lean into some of the mythology and backstory that was established in those Netflix shows.” And it’s pretty fantastic that MCU is finally acknowledging this mythology, which means fan favoritesJon Bernthal’s Punisher, andBullseye, among other characters, get to continue their character arcs which will be amazing additions to the MCU. Furthermore, fans will have more ofNelson, Murdock, and Page– the avocado at law – as well asthe Kingpin (Vincent D’Onfario).
Daredevil: Born Againdoes not have a release date yet, but it is expected to hit Disney+ sometime in 2025. You can watch the original series on Netflix or Disney+.
Daredevil: Born Again
After Charlie Cox’s cameo appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home and supporting role in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Daredevil: Born Again gives Matt Murdock his first show set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Daredevil: Born Again continues the story that started in Netflix’s three-season Daredevil series and sees Wilson Fisk ascend to mayor of New York City.
