FOX Talking Daredevil Reboot Sans-Ben Affleck

FOX Talking Daredevil Reboot Sans-Ben Affleck

According to 20th Century Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman, "A Daredevil reboot is something we are thinking very seriously about."

By ComicBookMovie - Oct 03, 2008 12:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil
Source: IESB.net

"I think that the thing the Hulk showed although, it did what it did, is that it is possible, that if you really do it right the audience will give you a second chance," Rothman told IESB.net. "And I think that you see that when they did 'Batman Begins,' the first Nolan movie, that you can make some mistakes along the way, or movies that the audience aren’t that crazy about, and then given the proper amount of time and the right creative vision behind it, you can reboot."

The 2003 Daredevil, movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson and starring Ben Affleck made over $100 million in the U.S., although the film was generally panned by critics. Given FOX's lackluster summer, rumors started earlier this month about the potential reboot.

Given that "going dark" is all the rage right now (with the success of The Dark Knight), would a new Daredevil movie head in that direction?

"I don’t know because what it really needs is, it needs a visionary at the level that Chris Nolan was," said Rothman. "It needs someone, it needs a director, honestly, who has a genuine vision. What we wouldn’t do is just do it for the sake of doing it."

More details are sure to be forthcoming, but it is a sure bet that Ben Affleck won’t be playing the lead if/when a new project comes together. He's on record as saying he won't be putting on the red leather and horns EVER again. See the quote HERE. Of course earlier he DID say he'd return if it went darker. See that story HERE.
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