David Slade's Daredevil News May Not Be Much News At All!

David Slade's Daredevil News May Not Be Much News At All!

Those expecting some casting or story details etc from David Slade on his in the works reboot of Daredevil may be disappointed as it appears the director might simply be going to officially confirm that he has taken on the project..

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By MarkCassidy - May 31, 2011 08:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil
Source: Twitter

At the end of last week director David Slade tweeted that he would be bringing us some official Daredevil news this week. Well, that "news" may not be much more than we already knew.

Check out this tweet from Latino Review's El Mayimbe..



So David Slade's big Daredevil news is that either his deal is now officially closed or that Kyle Killen delivered his draft.


He sounds pretty sure about it, but obviously we will have to hear from Slade ourselves. Anyway, I really wan't expecting too much more than this at such an early stage...just a tad more on the story maybe! Anyway, even if this is all he has to reveal to us, at least it means things are officially up and running on the project.

Oh, he also says Josh Hartnett will be playing Matt Murdock;)

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batmbl
batmbl - 5/31/2011, 8:23 PM
Really!!!...That's it...that's pretty lame...and First!!!...send it back to Marvel Studios!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/31/2011, 8:28 PM
Marvel Studios and Michael C Hall!



; P
SeaSerpentine
SeaSerpentine - 5/31/2011, 8:30 PM
@LEEE777 agreed.
whoa123
whoa123 - 5/31/2011, 8:53 PM
Oh come on! Garrett Hedlund for DD!
kingmonkeyman
kingmonkeyman - 5/31/2011, 8:56 PM
I hear Josh Harnett does one great Ben Affleck impression.
Affleck, you the *bomb* in Phantoms yo!
95
95 - 5/31/2011, 8:59 PM
If 20th Century Fox has learn anything from 'X-Men: First Class' then this could be good. Does anyone know who the villain will be? Kingpin & _________ .....?
Eviltwin
Eviltwin - 5/31/2011, 9:03 PM
I don't have a pic for the lead role, but I just wanna see a good DD movie. I liked the director's cut of Affleck's DD, but it still needed something.

After Ghost Rider, Mark Johnson need not go near a CBM ever again.
kingmonkeyman
kingmonkeyman - 5/31/2011, 9:03 PM
The villain is Braille Man. If it's Fox Studios they would change Typhoid Mary to Helen Keller
TheBatman938865
TheBatman938865 - 5/31/2011, 9:05 PM
if only they released the directors cut version of the movie in theaters and by now we would have an awesome dark trilogy (with Born Again storyline for its sequel)
Bryanferryfan
Bryanferryfan - 5/31/2011, 9:14 PM
I don't know about Hartnett he has knocked knees. He's not the type.
Eviltwin
Eviltwin - 5/31/2011, 9:15 PM
@TheBatman938865

Ya, no kidding. The director's cut SHOULD have been released in theatres. Even the producer talking in an interview on the cut, said he was wrong about not releasing that version.

The dumbasss!
DeadpoolJustice
DeadpoolJustice - 5/31/2011, 9:45 PM
@whoa123 I think Hedlund would be a better for Green Arrow looks more like him. That being said i think Bradley Cooper should play daredevil. Looks alot more like Murdock and has the acting chops to play him.
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 5/31/2011, 9:53 PM
Slade said an OFFICIAL announcement was coming but couldn't say more: that means the news will be coming down from Fox, not from Slade himself.

And from what I've seen of Fox, that means there's more to this news. They don't seem to issue press releases with just a director hiring, they issue them when there's more to report: like a production deal with the director, or a full greenlight/title/release date combo.
DeadpoolJustice
DeadpoolJustice - 5/31/2011, 10:00 PM
What about John Goodman for Kingpin Just gain a bit of muscle and gain a little wait and boom you get Kingpin. What do you guys think, Please no Gandalfini.
Number1Wolverine
Number1Wolverine - 5/31/2011, 10:06 PM
Nothing new, but i'll wait til i see a trailer to judge his version of Daredevil if he takes the directors chair.
ecksmanfan
ecksmanfan - 5/31/2011, 10:40 PM
I don't get the draw of Michael C. Hall for this part! What am I missing?!
GiftedYoungster
GiftedYoungster - 5/31/2011, 10:59 PM
Yes Yes Yes.
Jefferys
Jefferys - 5/31/2011, 11:26 PM
Oh dear. Hopefully Fox has learned from XFC that you can still try to destroy the franchise and still have a good movie. Oh dear
nimso
nimso - 6/1/2011, 1:57 AM
It's fox. Not seen X Men 1st class hope its good? i liked the first daredevil, only problem was Ben Affleck he was fat and he looked down alot like he was seeing where he was going. Micheal C Hall or Chris Pine would be good as Matt. Whoever it is must go to the gym and must go before filming Affleck was 1 Fat Bastard in the last Daredevil.
ThaJoker
ThaJoker - 6/1/2011, 2:48 AM
Michael C Hall best choice EVER he is ILLLLLLL Actor
I wish to see him in a starring role like daredevile or other Movies..... I love Dexter best sitcom Ever
ManThing
ManThing - 6/1/2011, 4:43 AM
@ Ecksmanfan: Red hair, handsome, athletic, and trained in the martial arts. Plus he's a helluva actor
whoa123
whoa123 - 6/1/2011, 4:43 AM
@DeadPoolJustice- Uhm he's a good choice for Green Arrow but it's a different universe anyway so let him play both haha! Oh, John Goodman is an awesome choice for Kingpin!
whoa123
whoa123 - 6/1/2011, 4:43 AM
@DeadPoolJustice- Uhm he's a good choice for Green Arrow but it's a different universe anyway so let him play both haha! Oh, John Goodman is an awesome choice for Kingpin!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 6/1/2011, 4:51 AM
Ewan McGregor all the way! He would be great!


James Gandolfini as The Kingpin (He is big and he knows martial arts and he is mother[frick]ing great actor)


Ralph Fiennes as The Owl


As Stick they should get Terence Stamp again or maybe Bill Nighy.
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 6/1/2011, 4:59 AM
Clint Eastwood as Stick? That WOULD be amazing. Of course it would never happen. (Terence Stamp was actually a pretty good Stick in the Elektra movie, even though he clearly couldn't give a crap. And that's the only good thing I'll ever say about that abomination.)

And don't even JOKE about Josh Hartnett. We don't want that kind of rumor going around.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/1/2011, 5:03 AM
XD hahahahahahhaha that was the big annoucement,i don't think he should of bothered until he got some proper news.
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 6/1/2011, 5:31 AM
Hey yeah, that's right - James Gandolfini's trained in krav maga for years. He's not actually all that big, though. Not Wilson Fisk big, anyway:
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 6/1/2011, 5:45 AM
Michael C. Hall ftw.
ZombieOverEasy
ZombieOverEasy - 6/1/2011, 5:52 AM
I'm hoping his announcement is that he's off the project and Darron Aronofonsky is taking over. He's free now, since he's not doing "TEH WOLVAREEN!" He'd be an awesome fit to do a grim-dark Millar/Brubaker-esque big screen adaptation for Daredevil.

I don't get why people think Michael C. Hall is such a good fit. He's a great actor, but I think he's...too "happy"? Not the word I'm looking for, but hopefully you can get my gist. I loved his work on Six Feet Under and what I've watched of Dexter, but even when he deals with dark situations he has this happy tone to him and I don't think it would fit Daredevil's depressing moods. Maybe I've just not seen enough of his stuff to sell me on him.

I have no suggestions beside "NOT AFFLECK".
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 6/1/2011, 6:23 AM
RexDES@ Okey not Wilson Fisk big... but hey if they can make Tony Hopkins look bigger and more muscular than Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Im sure they can make Jimmy bigger too!:)
Or they could give The Kingpin more realistic feel to just keep Jimmy they way he is! Either way he would kick ass as The Kingpin. Its the performance and presence that counts.

He was [frick]ing evil in True Romance!:)
JackBauer
JackBauer - 6/1/2011, 7:14 AM
Why does everyone have a hardon for Hall to be DD? He's a shitty actor on a shitty show full of shitty actors.

Besides, he's too old. They need to get someone in their late 20's to play DD so he won't be too old if a sequel comes around.
Fastestmanalive
Fastestmanalive - 6/1/2011, 7:55 AM
I love how its just stuck in there "By the way Josh Hartnett is Daredevil." lol not even in the heading. Its pretty big news dont u think?

Josh Hartnett's not so bad, I wouldeve liked someone who gives off more of a dark, gritty, brooding vibe but not bad.

I hope they stick with the dark grittyness from the first one, I actually think its one of the bast CBMs out there, yes it wasent perfect but 90 percent of it was spot on IMO.

The theatrical wasent bad but the directors cut was 100 times better, u havent seen the real movie till uv seen it.
TheBatman938865
TheBatman938865 - 6/1/2011, 8:15 PM
@Eviltwin- i know! *face palm* i wanted to punch him...if anything just make the sequel to that for they could not waste their time to picking new actors because the original cast was good (black Kingpin makes sense to me) lol
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