Marvel Studios and Marvel Television's various projects were developed completely independently of each other, though the former had the final say when it came to which characters could be used. M.O.D.O.K. was deemed off-limits to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., for example, but now all big and small screen projects go through Kevin Feige.
With the Darkhold reintroduced in WandaVision but the same actors playing Daredevil and The Kingpin in the MCU, fans have a lot of continuity questions.
The current belief is that the Marvel Television stories took place in a separate reality, freeing Marvel Studios up to pick and choose what they want from those stories without being beholden to them. As for the Man Without Fear himself, Charlie Cox, he seems to believe that Daredevil: Born Again will very much be its own thing.
"I'm psyched to discover what stories they're gonna tell over that long period of time [between Daredevil and Daredevil: Born Again]," the actor tells Entertainment Tonight. "Tonally what it's going to be like. How is it different, how is it the same. You know, Kevin has been very clear about it being season 1, not a season 4. It's a whole new deal."
"And, in a way, what's great about that is that we potentially get to tell some of the stories over and over again in the same way that they do in the comics, you know. Every now and again, they start back at the beginning of Murdock's journey as a little boy and they tell the whole origin story again. So maybe we'll get to do that, I don't know."
That last point is very interesting, particularly if it gives Marvel Studios the opportunity to go back and get characters like Elektra and Bullseye right.
The former's story was handled disastrously in Daredevil, and with eighteen episodes to tell this story in, there's a lot about this hero Born Again can improve upon. With the series not heading to Disney+ until 2024, it will probably be a while before we learn what's in store for Matt Murdock in the MCU, though She-Hulk: Attorney at Law was a great tease.
Are there any moments from Daredevil you're hoping to see a fresh spin on in the MCU?