Daredevil ran for three seasons on Netflix, and while it wasn't perfect, it garnered enough fans to create the #SaveDaredevil movement. That, without a doubt, played a role in bringing the Man Without Fear into the MCU, but is it the same Matt Murdock from the Marvel Television series?
Maybe.
Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Charlie Cox reflected on his She-Hulk: Attorney at Law experience and said "I honestly don't know" when asked if the Netflix show - which Marvel Studios was not involved in creatively - is canon.
"I haven’t really gotten to that point with the writers of our next Daredevil show. So I haven’t read any scripts yet, and we haven’t really talked at length about what this current iteration will be like," the actor continues. "Just by the fact that they’re using me as an actor to play the part, it’s clear that there are going to be some consistencies and there are also going to be some differences. What they are and how we integrate the two is going to be the challenge of the new show."
"These things are really complicated, and obviously, opinions are always divided," Cox adds. "What people like is always varied, but we have an opportunity to at least take what worked really well and then also add some cool elements, ideas, concepts and themes that we weren’t able to do before. So it’s Daredevil, but upgraded."
The Daredevil: Born Again star would go on to suggest the new series can just pick and choose what it wants from the previous series, and that does make the most sense. There's no way Marvel Studios will be beholden to Marvel Television's creative decisions, something that was evident from the Darkhold's role in WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
That previously appeared in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Runaways, but the events of those shows were never referenced or even vaguely alluded to.
In Daredevil's case, we're guessing his next show will serve as a fresh start, with a mixture of new and returning actors and stories that are both fresh but somewhat build on the hero's small screen past.
Do you think the entirety of Daredevil should be considered MCU canon?