The first season of Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again wrapped up this week with an action-packed finale that set the stage for the currently-shooting second season.
Spoilers for "Straight to Hell" follow.
After realizing that he'll need "an army" to take on Mayor Wilson Fisk and his forces, Matt Murdock assembles what few allies he has at Josie's Bar to plan their next movie. It's fair to say that The Man Without Fear's team is still a little outgunned, but we have heard rumors about some old friends joining the effort to defend the city in season 2.
While speaking to EW, showrunner Dario Scardapane was asked about the chances of seeing Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and/or Danny Rand in the second season. He didn't confirm anything outright, but did drop some hints that Daredevil will be joined by some other "superheroes" in his battle against the Kingpin.
"Without giving too much away...when you're working in what I would call the Hell's Kitchen corner of the MCU, those iconic characters are always in your mind. The thing is that — and this is kind of hard, I'm trying to thread a needle here — you want to bring in people and relationships and past figures in Matt's life because they help the story, particularly in terms of a story where Fisk has taken over the city. And there is a resistance and a rebellion, so to speak, rising. So there's going to be people, vigilantes, superheroes that are involved in that. There has to be because this is happening to their city. That said, you also want to create a completely organic story for that. So who comes in and why has to be beyond anything earned. So the easiest answer to your question is, yes, those characters that you just listed off are absolutely in my head and everybody's head as we're working. How that manifests itself is both really tricky writing-wise and a pretty closely guarded secret at this point. So I'm being intentionally cagey, but I'm also saying, 'Hell yeah!' in terms of it's something we're thinking about."
Could Spider-Man be one of these heroes? It's highly unlikely given the current rights situation, and Scardapane doesn't sound too optimistic.
"It's funny, though, because this is part of working in something as large as the MCU. We have our little corner that is Hell's Kitchen and is kind of downtown from Avengers Tower. We kind of stay in our neighborhood until somebody says, 'Hey, what about...?!' When people on high or people on other shows or people in other movies are interested in our world, we'll get a like, 'What do you think of...?' And I haven't gotten any of that on Spider-Man yet."
We're sure Matt will have Frank Castle back by his side, at the very least, but which other heroes would you like to see join the fray in season 2? Drop us a comment down below.
In Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.
The show also stars Margarita Levieva, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki James, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini, with Ayelet Zurer and Jon Bernthal. Dario Scardapane is on board as showrunner.
Episodes are directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, and David Boyd; and executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Sana Amanat, Chris Gary, Dario Scardapane, Christopher Ord & Matthew Corman, and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead.