Disney confirmed it is creating a new 18-episode live-action TV series starring the blind superhero, over four years after Netflix cancelled Daredevil and the series more recently found its way over to Disney+. Marvel revealed on Saturday that actors Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio would return to their respective roles as Daredevil and Kingpin in the upcoming film Daredevil: Born Again.
It was reported by Variety in May that Disney had hired Matt Corman and Chris Ord to write and produce the series, which was the first indication that the corporation intended to reboot Daredevil. Born Again will start to stream on Disney’s platform sometime in the spring of 2024. Marvel fans may anticipate I Am Groot and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law coming to Disney+ before that time. This past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, new trailers for both series debuted.
Cox’s initial appearance in the Marvel universe, which is now presumably considered MCU canon proper, came in the Netflix series Daredevil in 2015. Cox played Matt Murdock, a blind but tenacious lawyer who moonlights as a vigilante at night, in that role. In order to make place for Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ slate, Netflix shelved the show after three seasons, but it now appears that he is back and better than ever, ready to take names, kick asses, and presumably leave poor Foggy Nelson hanging in the courtroom once again.
A costumed Matt Murdock has made an appearance in the newest trailer for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, starring Tatiana Maslany, which is the first film Daredevil will appear in. Maslany plays Jennifer Walters in the show, a New York City lawyer who uses her superpowers to advance her legal career. Since Walters and Murdock frequently appear as opposing counsel in court in comic books, it’s likely that Matt will also make an appearance as Daredevil or Matt Murdock.