DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Scrapped By Marvel Studios; Will Be Overhauled With A New Creative Team

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Scrapped By Marvel Studios; Will Be Overhauled With A New Creative Team

Marvel Studios is going back to the drawing board with Daredevil: Born Again after realising the Disney+ series wasn't working and it's all part of a wildly different approach to small screen storytelling.

By JoshWilding - Oct 11, 2023 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Daredevil: Born Again is perhaps Marvel Studios' most highly anticipated Disney+ TV series but, as a result of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, production on the 18-episode series was halted back in June. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, fewer than half of the show had been shot but, having reviewed the footage, it was enough for Kevin Feige to decide it wasn't working. As a result, Marvel Studios fired Head Writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman last month along with directors attached to the remaining episodes. 

The plan now is to essentially reboot Daredevil: Born Again from a creative level, with the hunt on for new writers and directors. 

Ord and Corman came up with a legal procedural that was vastly different from Netflix's Daredevil; in fact, Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock wasn't going to don his superhero costume until the fourth episode! Even in an 18-episode season, that's a strange decision. 

Now, Daredevil: Born Again - in its original form, at least - has been scrapped but the show will live on. 

"Marvel, after greenlighting the concept, found itself needing to rethink the original intention of the show," the trade explains. "Marvel plans to keep some scenes and episodes, though other serialized elements will be injected, with Corman and Ord becoming executive producers on the two-season series."

This overhaul is part of Marvel Studios' new approach to small screen storytelling. The plan now is to begin hiring proper showrunners who will be joined by full-time TV executives in place of movie ones. As Marvel's Brad Winderbaum explains, "We need executives that are dedicated to this medium, that are going to focus on streaming, focus on television, because they are two different forms."

This revamped development process will see showrunners write pilots and show bibles, while the days of an entire series being shot - and then figuring out what did and didn't work in post-production with costly reshoots - are now over. 

We'll also start seeing multi-season serialised TV shows rather than limited series which are used primarily to set the stage for other stories in the wider MCU. As we've seen, that approach has led to mixed results, especially when conflicting production schedules lead to a lack of connectivity.

It's likely Daredevil: Born Again will now slip even further down the release calendar, and it's hard to say how much of what we've heard about the show - such as The Punisher's return and The Kingpin's attempt to become New York City Mayor - will actually remain. 

Stay tuned for updates.

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OptimusCrime
OptimusCrime - 10/11/2023, 10:28 AM
Wait what! WHAT!
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 10/11/2023, 11:19 AM
@OptimusCrime - ouch 🤣
Goldboink
Goldboink - 10/11/2023, 12:10 PM
@OptimusCrime - Absolutely a good thing. They have been shoveling out mediocre crap lately and this show needs to be somewhat of a tentpole that all the street level stuff revolves around. Take the time to actually make it good.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 10/11/2023, 12:21 PM
@OptimusCrime - Hopefully they make it an actual show...

AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/11/2023, 10:29 AM
I rather have this that a half-ass daredevil.


Feige really is laying down the law. He thought after endgame he could just lay back and relax🤡



Nah, now go fix the house you built 💪
Scarilian
Scarilian - 10/11/2023, 10:46 AM
@AmazingFILMporg -

He's not repairing it, it's too late for that. Instead he's cancelling projects in order to protect the IP's.

We'll get a ton of projects 'delayed' or being 'reworked' until after Kang Dynasty/Secret Wars/Avengers Forever which will serve as a reboot.

At which point they can start over with the IP's they've saved, such as an Armour Wars movie with a new Iron Man. A Fantastic Four movie where they are the first superhero family/team in the MCU. Actually having the X-Men be part of the universe from the start.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/11/2023, 11:03 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - he's also signing off on garbage content with garbage time creative teams. He's venturing into Kathleen Kennedy territory.
mountainman
mountainman - 10/11/2023, 10:30 AM
Wow. Based on what it sounds like they were doing with this, then this is a good thing.

No legal procedurals in the MCU please. The lawyer stuff needs to take a back drop to the hero stuff.

I don’t know why it seemed like there was this move to take basic and boring TV genres and bring them into the MCU.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 10/11/2023, 12:31 PM
@mountainman - i mean for f*ck sake just look at how they tip toed the line with DD/lawyer stuff in the Netflix series which was very successful... shouldnt of been that hard to find a balance
mountainman
mountainman - 10/11/2023, 12:44 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - Yeah. I like him being a lawyer, but I wouldn’t watch something if it’s 90% court drama and 10% superhero stuff.

I’m sad about the delays this is causing, but if it’s to give us a better end product, then it’s for the best. Glad Kevin is getting more involved with quality control again. Reign in these terrible writers that think they know best.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 10/11/2023, 12:57 PM
@mountainman - i like how Netflix handled him being a superhero and lawyer so i hope it stays similar to that threshold in the MCU.

i'm also sad about the delays... was honestly the show/movie i wanted to see THE MOST... but i'm all about higher quality so i can wait
mountainman
mountainman - 10/11/2023, 1:02 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - MI7 Is going to be available for home viewing soon. I’ll update you with my thoughts once I can watch it!
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 10/11/2023, 3:21 PM
@mountainman - hahaha, i just pre-ordered the 4k from Amazon

Def reach out to me after youve seen it, curious what you think after youve seen my thoughts
mountainman
mountainman - 10/11/2023, 4:39 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - I did the same but though Apple. We own all of them on digital already. Looking forward to finally seeing Dead Reckoning!

I will be back in going to theaters mode by the time Dune 2 comes out next year. Not sure if anything will get me there this year.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 10/12/2023, 7:48 AM
@mountainman - i hear yea. i would like to see Killer of the Flowers but prob won't. Only thing i'll be seeing is the new toho Godzilla: Minus One as i've been a huge Godzilla fan my whole life. Other than that, i'm good...unless somehow The Marvels gets amazing reviews...but from the trailer, it's a pass for me
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 10/11/2023, 10:31 AM
Rumor has it they were gonna focus on Matt as a lawyer more than him being DD. Apparently that rumor was true after reading this. 4 episodes before he even suits up? Yikers….. 😬
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/11/2023, 10:40 AM
@AnthonyVonGeek - yea that would’ve been crazy
Goldboink
Goldboink - 10/11/2023, 12:12 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek -
There needs to be procedural elements but he's DD first and foremost and Matt the Lawyer second.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 10/11/2023, 3:59 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek - sounds like Moon Knight. There was something like 10 minutes of Moon Knight in costume in 6 episodes.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/11/2023, 10:32 AM
Feige thought you can hire no names and inexperienced people for these massive projects. He did it phase 1-3 but that ain't gonna cut it.



He is getting more experienced people which is great💪
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 10/11/2023, 10:42 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - it’s not that, as said in the article they tried to take essentially movies and chop em up and Were hiring movie people to do shows
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/11/2023, 11:24 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA -


Uhhhh, read what I said. They weren't experienced. Movie is not the same as TV so they aren't experienced 💁
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 10/11/2023, 12:42 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - People truly overvalue experience. At end of the day talent trumps experience. But to me, Disney doesn't want talent, they want a bunch of capable "yes" people who will do what they want. Writers/Directors have no power when it comes to telling stories with actual substance, at least not anymore after Endgame. So many shows are just below par, either almost everyone they hire doesn't know what their doing, or the real problem is Disney execs and their list of demands.
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 10/11/2023, 12:46 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - You can hire Vince Gilligan to chop a movie into a tv series and it would fail. To me, the biggest problem is these shows, with the exception of WandaVision, have no substance. Even freaking Pixar, a company that makes movies for freaking kids, understand that stories need substance. They're chopping up movies that have little substance to begin with and then diluting it to fit into 6 or more episodes. When it comes to quality or quantity and picking one over the other; Disney+ has chosen "neither".
santoanderson
santoanderson - 10/11/2023, 10:36 AM
This is a pretty excellent example of everything that’s wrong with the MCU right now. Too many projects filming simultaneously, of varying quality, with one guy at the top having final say on everything. Kevin’s stretched too thin. I imagine, were it not for the Writers and Actors strikes, the project would’ve pressed forward under previous leadership, but Kevin has spent the last five months looking at dailies for this and other projects, and has had time to right the ship.

I wonder if the restart will only affect writing, or if it’ll impact casting and release dates too. I would be shocked if Born Again releases in 2024. Maybe late 2025.
J0HNS0N
J0HNS0N - 10/11/2023, 10:36 AM
I feel like this is great news.
ShellHead
ShellHead - 10/11/2023, 10:38 AM
This is a really misleading headline, to the point of malpractice. They haven't scrapped the show. They're replacing the creative team. Daredevil and all his friends are coming to a show as planned.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 10/11/2023, 10:47 AM
@ShellHead -
If the first four episodes were bad enough to warrant firing the writers, then those episodes will likely never see the light of day. As such it really is akin to scrapping the show.
ShellHead
ShellHead - 10/11/2023, 10:48 AM
@Scarilian - "Scrapped" in every other context indicates that the project has been abandoned, which it has not. They didn't "scrap" Multiverse of Madness when they changed directors. This is an equivalent situation.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/11/2023, 11:04 AM
@ShellHead - GOALPOSTS
Scarilian
Scarilian - 10/11/2023, 11:06 AM
@ShellHead -
This one is different, as the MCU works to fairly strict schedules. A Daredevil show only makes sense to release at a certain point in time to tie in with other projects.

This would require re-writing, reshooting and a lot of expenditure and unless it can release before Kang Dynasty then they will actually scrap it.

I'm more of the viewpoint they are protecting the Daredevil property for the reboot that will occur after Kang Dynasty/Secret Wars/Avengers Forever. Get that out the way and that leaves them a blank slate to take Daredevil in new directions not tied to stuff like She-Hulk or with fans expecting it to match the Netflix series.
RolandD
RolandD - 10/11/2023, 11:06 AM
@ShellHead - You did read the byline, right?
Origame
Origame - 10/11/2023, 11:28 AM
@ShellHead - literally the next line says it's being overhauled. It gives the full context. The original story of born again is scrapped and they're completely redoing it.
PeterDarker121
PeterDarker121 - 10/12/2023, 11:49 AM
@ShellHead - You're right.
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