Just a couple of weeks after letting go of their writers and directors, Marvel Studios has set a new creative team for Daredevil: Born Again, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
- Dario Scardapane has been tapped to serve as the showrunner for the upcoming Marvel series, which is a new development for Marvel Studios as they have not traditionally used showrunners.
- Additionally, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead will direct the remaining episodes of the series.
- Scardapane’s recent credits include Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and, more notably, Marvel’s The Punisher on Netflix.
- As for Benson and Moorhead, they have recently directed episodes of the second season of Marvel’s Loki on Disney+.
- The hiring of a showrunner is a fairly big development for Marvel Studios, which previously approached their television series in the same way it did its movies.
- Earlier this month, Marvel decided to revamp Daredevil: Born Again after screening several episodes and deciding it wasn’t working.
- Now, The Hollywood Reporter said “ Marvel decided it wanted to harken back to the tone of that first series” from Netflix.
- This would be exciting to a lot of fans and be a departure from what was said to be a legal procedural on the first pass, as well as being very different from the typical Disney+ content.
- Some scenes and episodes will be kept and former head writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman will remain on as executive producers for the series.
About Daredevil: Born Again
- The new installment centers on Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, otherwise known as Matt Murdock, an attorney by day and crimefighter by night.
- Jon Bernthal is also set to reprise his role as the Punisher.
- Other announced main cast members include:
- Margarita Levieva
- Sandrine Holt
- Michael Gandolfini
- Arty Froushan
- Nikki M. James
- Though production has been halted, there appears to be no change (at this time) to the Spring 2024 release date of Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+.