The Marvel Cinematic Universe is impossibly vast, with tons of shows and movies all trying to break through and leave a mark. Once upon a time, Netflix ran a series of Marvel TV shows focused on grounded, "street-level" heroes like Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. They were part of the MCU, but also kind of their own thing; they were more violent and messy than most Marvel movies, which was a blessing and a curse. When Disney debuted Disney+ and pulled the plug on the Netflix shows, fans feared that might be the end of it. But Daredevil, at least, is coming back in the form of a new Disney+ series called Daredevil: Born Again, once again starring Charlie Cox in the title role of the blind superhero lawyer.
But will the revived Daredevil show, which is supposed to pick up where the Netflix series left off, bring the heat like the old one did, or will Disney water things down now that it has a bigger measure of direct control? According to Marvel executive Brad Winderbaum, we should set our doubts aside. "Imagine if New York City was as intricate and problematic and scary as the world of Game of Thrones," he teased to ABC. "All these forces vying for control, and it can be really hopeful at times, and really violent at times, and dark-but also there's light at the end of the tunnel if you could just fight for it."
Game of Thrones was a famously violent and unpredictable HBO show that regularly killed off main characters in brutal ways, which is a high bar that not even the original Daredevil show cleared very often. I doubt Daredevil: Born Again will quite match Game of Thrones for viciousness, but I get what Winderbaum is trying to say.
At the same time, I'm not convinced that Disney won't dilute the new Daredevil how again once it premieres in March of 2025; the company has a long history of wanting to maintain a family-friendly image and keeping tight control over major franchises like Marvel. And the few times that Charlie Cox's Daredevil has already appeared in the MCU show a softer side to the character, like when he turned up as Jennifer Walters' love interest in She-Hulk:
So what will Daredevil: Born Again really feel like when we finally get to watch it? I think that's still an open question, but one that will be answered before too long.
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