According to a new report from THR, we could be waiting a lot longer for Disney+’s Daredevil: Born Again. The upcoming series uses the same actor for Matt Murdock as the gritty TV show formerly on Netflix, but early reports suggested it would be different in tone, perhaps LESS gritty to fit better with the MCU as a whole.
The delay isn’t due to the SAG-AFTRA strike…at least not directly. The strike gave MCU lord Kevin Feige the opportunity to look over Daredevil: Born Again and see if it was on the right track. The initial order was for 18 episodes and a little less than half had been filmed before the walkout. And get this: there was no pilot for the series. Not even a showrunner. That hasn’t been how things are done at the Marvel TV Factory these days — ever since Disney+ launched, the shows have been literal extensions of the movies, with the same directors and producers controlling both at once.
The cracks in this method have been starting to show. After a lucky launch with the critical hit WandaVision, audiences haven’t responded well to many of the later shows. Diminishing returns have hit most of them; the most recent series, Secret Invasion, was a total flop.
THR reports that in contrast to Netflix’s Daredevil, Disney+’s Daredevil was more of a court procedural. “[Murdock] does not even show up in costume until the fourth episode,” the report says. Feige thought it was dry and bland (we likely would have agreed with him) and ordered the show be shut down for retooling. The people involved have been let go; it’s unknown at this time who will replace them.
But in the new version, Daredevil: Born Again will get a showrunner. In fact, the entire Marvel TV wing is being corrected to be more in line with a traditional TV production, which will mean pilots, TV execs, the whole package. It’s their hope that being less reckless will result in a better product for both the company and for viewers.
“Daredevil court procedural” — ugh. Glad we dodged that bullet.
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