“Daredevil: Born Again” is almost out in the world and debuts on Disney+ on March 4. But as many fans know, the show was shut down due to the Writer’s strikes, and when Marvel reviewed the footage, they decided to change course and start all over again… sort of.
The original version of the series did not include Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson, Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk, and Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter/Bullseye, and eventually they were all brought back.
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The issue seems to be that initially, the show wasn’t a direct continuation of the Netflix show and threw off the cast and creators.
“Not that it didn’t work, but it was a little bit confusing,” Charlie Cox, who plays Daredevil, told Entertainment Weekly this week. “It was too, ‘Is it the show or is it not the show?’” — meaning, is it the same drama as Netflix’s “Daredevil” or a reboot?
“It led to a feeling of, maybe we don’t have to define it. Maybe we can play it loose,” head of Marvel TV, Brad Winderbaum, said of the initial take on the show before the shutdown. “It really wasn’t clear until we watched the series after the strike that we had to choose.”
And so they chose to bring back the aforementioned cast and make it a much more direct continuation of the Daredevil story, which was only set five years later.
Dario Scardapane was called in to retool the show, and as a former writer and executive producer on Netflix’s “The Punisher,” he was well-versed in that lore and became the ‘Born Again’ showrunner.
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“Daredevil: Born Again” stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini, with Ayelet Zurer and Jon Bernthal.
Here’s the official synopsis:
In Marvel Television’s ‘Daredevil: Born Again,’ Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities, is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.
Directors on the series include Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd.
“Daredevil: Born Again” premieres March 4, and season two is about to begin shortly, so the show should likely return in 2026. In the meantime, a new TV spot and the first clip of the show have been released, and you can watch them below.