Daredevil: Born Again isn't set to arrive on Disney+ for at least another year or more but the show is already being rebooted. Well, from a creative standpoint, at least.
News broke yesterday that Marvel Studios is going back to the drawing board with the Man Without Fear's first MCU-set solo series. The show's writers and directors, meanwhile, have all been fired. The plan is still for the show to run for a total of eighteen episodes, split across two seasons, and just shy of half the entire thing had been shot prior to the Hollywood strikes.
Some scenes will remain, but for the most part, it seems the plan is to essentially start from scratch.
Over the past 24 hours, we've learned Matt Murdock wasn't going to suit up as Daredevil until the fourth episode and that he decided to give up being a vigilante after his best friend, Foggy Nelson, was shot and killed. Clearly, the idea was to give Elden Henson a cameo role before moving on to a new supporting cast (many fans are attacking Marvel Studios for killing the character but it's possible the actor didn't wish to return for anything more).
As for Deborah Ann Woll's Karen Page, there are conflicting reports about whether she too is killed or simply not mentioned.
We have another minor update to share with you today regarding what Daredevil: Born Again is expected to keep amid this massive creative shakeup. While you might be hoping Foggy gets a second chance at life when a new team take charge, it's said that "The most likely situation is that they are leaving the first couple of episodes intact with some new scenes to get Matt into costume earlier."
"Foggy’s death, the side plot of corrupt police misusing the Punisher logo, and the overarching plot of Mayor Fisk running New York, should still hold true."
This makes sense, especially as we've heard one of the biggest issues with the show and the fact the first four episodes were essentially a legal drama is that it was boring. The larger story wasn't the problem; the direction it was being taken in, however, was.
Daredevil: Born Again is still happening but there's obviously no word on a premiere date.