DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Trailer Features The MCU's First Nod To LUKE CAGE

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Trailer Features The MCU's First Nod To LUKE CAGE

The first trailer for Daredevil: Born Again was released online earlier today, and it featured the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first ever reference to Netflix's Luke Cage...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 15, 2025 06:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil

Marvel Studios released the first official trailer for Daredevil: Born Again earlier today, and in addition to bringing us up to speed on the Man Without Fear and his various allies and enemies, the teaser included the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first direct nod to Luke Cage.

Along with fellow Netflix Marvel series' Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Punisher, Defenders and the original Daredevil, Luke Cage was technically set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at the time of its release, but we'd later learn that Kevin Feige was never fully on board with integrating these projects into the MCU proper, and the advent of Marvel Television and the Disney+ streaming service suggested that the shows were not officially part of the main 616 Universe - or so we thought.

Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) eventually appeared in MCU film and TV projects, with Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) set to debut in Born Again. There's been talk of Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) being (re)introduced down the line, but we haven't heard a thing about Danny Rand (Finn Jones) or Luke Cage (Mike Colter).

Now, eagle-eyed fans have noticed that a billboard for Harlem's Paradise can be seen about 28 seconds into the trailer during a New Year’s Eve gathering in Times Square, where Mayor Fisk is addressing the crowd.

"Harlem’s Paradise is the place where hip-hop, funk, jazz & rock and roll all come back to the mothership. It’s a party, y’all."

This club was a key location in the two seasons of Luke Cage as the base of operations for the Stokes crime family. In the series finale, ownership of Harlem's Paradise had been passed on to Cage following the death of Mariah Dillard.

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This billboard may simply have been included as an Easter egg and doesn't necessarily mean that Colter will reprise the role, but it would seem to confirm that the Power Man is out there - somewhere!

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.

Daredevil: Born Again is set to premiere on Disney+ on March 4, 2025.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/15/2025, 7:18 PM
I likes The Defenders casting mostly, except for that dweeb Iron Fist.. everything about that show is just dreadful
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 1/15/2025, 7:26 PM
@bobevanz - he can be recasted
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 1/15/2025, 7:55 PM
@bobevanz - Iron Fist is good.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 1/15/2025, 8:02 PM
@bobevanz - iron fist is the best of the defenders
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 1/15/2025, 8:03 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - as long as he is Danny Rand
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 1/15/2025, 8:11 PM
@SonOfAGif - I don't even know that he needs recasting. Finn Jones is a good actor with action chops. He could do the role justice if he weren't written as a petulant, mean-spirited hippie know-it-all.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 1/15/2025, 10:04 PM
@Clintthahamster - Luke Cage s2 showed he's fine when given the right material.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/15/2025, 7:30 PM
Marvel Studios needs to bring back Luke Cage. Bulletproof Skin Damage Immunity Superdense Body Mass Healing Factor Superhuman Strength Hand-to-Hand Combat Superhuman Durability Healing Factor.

Luke has a base power level that allows him to lift approximately 25 tons with ease, but that level can be significantly increased to a still-unknown level at times of need and incredible distress, upwards of Cage being able to lift 50+ tons.

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CharlesLeeRay
CharlesLeeRay - 1/15/2025, 7:34 PM
@AllsGood - Sorry! Now the strenght feats belongs to Bucky, before that, to Captain America. (I hate it).
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/15/2025, 7:57 PM
@CharlesLeeRay - Luke Cage compares with his own superhuman strength, he seems to rank right between the two Avengers, being Stronger (and more unbreakable) than Captain America.

Captain American can lift 800 pounds give or take.

While still behind the Hulk, whose power threshold is incredibly high and unlimited.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 1/15/2025, 9:53 PM
@AllsGood - Why can't you post quality nerd shit like this instead of jumping on Mickey's dick all the time?

As a peace offering, I give you the cool ass 1980s ASM Annual Spidey strength chart via Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marvel/comments/154ontp/heroes_strength_chart_ranking_amazing_spiderman/
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/15/2025, 10:30 PM
@Batmangina - The article is about Luke Cage. The Hulk has always been my favorite Superhero with Spider-Man close second. Spider-Man isn't bullet proof. Spider-Man can lift 10 tons. According to Marvel.com, Spider-Man has an upper limit of 10 tons in terms of how much he can lift.

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JDL
JDL - 1/16/2025, 12:18 AM
@AllsGood - Remember the MCU is not bound by what's in the comics.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 1/16/2025, 6:45 AM
@AllsGood - Netflix version is weak af
CharlesLeeRay
CharlesLeeRay - 1/16/2025, 8:15 AM
@AllsGood - that's why I said that I hate only strenght feats in MCU belongs to a super soldier.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 1/16/2025, 8:23 AM
@CharlesLeeRay - Watch the Netflix Luke Cage show. Luke is extremely Strong and Bullet Proof. Cage takes a bullet to the head and lets Multiple machine guns unload on his back. Walks away not even scratched.

Takes punch to the face and didn't even fling. Look like Superman and the man broke his hand.
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 1/15/2025, 7:51 PM
@MarkCassidy How has Disney+ made it clear that the Netflix shows are not part of the 616 universe? The shows are literally on the timeline watch order of the MCU.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/15/2025, 7:59 PM
@JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - best to just ignore that comment and focus on the facts.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 1/15/2025, 8:01 PM
@JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - I meant the introduction of Disney plus indicated that the Netflix shows were no longer canon, but this was later reconned. Maybe I need to make it clearer...
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN
JstaKIDfrmBKLYN - 1/15/2025, 8:17 PM
@MarkCassidy - Ahhh, I see what you mean. Now when I re-read it I can see it. Thanks for clarifying!
JDL
JDL - 1/16/2025, 2:36 AM
@MarkCassidy - The impression I get from Disney is that;

1) Hell will Freeze over, thaw a lot, & then re-freeze again* before they admit the Netflix stuff is canon.
2) In every other way they will act as if they are canonical because the writers of the Netflix shows did not conflict with the movies and the audience will not accept a substitute. Their hands are tied.

*In the event of a full, hard, reboot then they might finally call it canon.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/15/2025, 7:52 PM

Colter was just right for the role of Cage. Like Ritter as Jessica Jones. I'd love to see them both in the MCU.

Fisk is a massive threat to NYC and the country. All the NYC street level heroes need to be in on this.

ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 1/16/2025, 3:19 AM
@DocSpock - And Spidey too!
Oh crap I forgot, Marvel are too cheap to buy Spidey back so they can't just use him in a street-level NYC vigilantes against Kingpin thing. Which is just nucking futs when you think about it.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 1/16/2025, 4:32 AM
@DocSpock - No, he's not

In an interview he said he doesn't like doing fight scenes. It shows in his boring ass Netflix Luke Cage show

They can get a actor better than him. It's not that hard
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/16/2025, 10:00 AM
@ObserverIO -

I agree with every word you just said. We are clearly geniuses.
DarkTanicus
DarkTanicus - 1/17/2025, 11:37 AM
@ObserverIO - "nucking futs" 😂😂😂
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/15/2025, 7:54 PM
Sweet since I don’t think Harlems Paradise is from the comics or any other piece of media so it was exclusive to the Netflix show so no doubt it makes it a reference to that…

Granted , it could just exist in the MCU aswell but I hope it’s the one from Luke Cage and that we can see Mike Colter in the role again since I liked his version of the character personally.

His “ending” especially had me intrigued with him taking over Harlems Paradise and having to manage the crime in his neighborhood through that which was the hub thus leaving us with the question of whether he himself could get corrupted or not…

If we do see him again then I hope we pick up there and show him still doing that , maybe even question for a bit if he’s been corrupted or not but reveal ultimately he’s still the good guy we know him to be.

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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/15/2025, 8:00 PM
That's pretty cool! I'd be game to see a Luke Cage revival down the road with Colter returning, and perhaps with Bushmaster returning too.
LSHF
LSHF - 1/15/2025, 9:33 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Bushmaster was fun to watch. As villains are concerned, he was more entertaining than most MCU villains (to me).
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 1/15/2025, 9:45 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Dem cyall meh BooshMahsta. That whole series was underrated. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Alfre Woodard's Mariah Stokes is such an underrated villain. So is Bushmaster and CottonMouth
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/15/2025, 10:12 PM
@LSHF - he certainly was! Shakir ate that role up so much. Definitely one of my favorite Marvel TV villains. He commanded a presence on screen.

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PC04
PC04 - 1/16/2025, 10:05 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Agreed man! He killed that role. Would love to see more of him. He's so imposing and charismatic.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/15/2025, 8:00 PM
Also if this is the Netflix Luke Cage , then I hope we see him again…

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An underrated villain.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 1/15/2025, 8:02 PM
Sweet Christmas
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/15/2025, 8:18 PM
I think it’s even up in the air if we get Danny Rand in the MCU but if so then I hope it’s Finn…

Dude imo proved he could do well with better writing & such (aswell as being given time to train) with Luke Cage S2 being his peak imo so if we get him more like that then I’m game!!.

Plus , he’s in great shape too now.

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RolandD
RolandD - 1/15/2025, 8:51 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Took you a long time, but I knew you would. Part of what made him bad at times was mostly the writing although I think some of it was intentional to show him as naive. I am currently re-watching Season 1.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 1/15/2025, 9:22 PM
@RolandD - oh it was definitely intentional though idk if it made it a good choice or not since he could be not the most likable of characters at times then.

I think one of the shortcomings of S1 is not showing enough of Danny’s backstory or childhood in Kun Lun

You could have a parallel track of his flashbacks after he was brought there as a child and we see why he is the way he is aside from brief sporadic flashbacks that give you an inkling but not much else.

Danny’s childish and immature personality was to show how stuck he was still and hadn’t emotionally grown since being a kid since he was thought to suppress his emotions in Kun Lun but coming back to New York and finding out more about his parents death made that difficult hence he could’ve petulant

However you see that continue in Defenders as he’s given a reality check by Luke and such that he starts to change with LC S2 he’s this more relaxed laidback person who’s not as immature , childish or petulant anymore if at all.

Sadly I do think IF S2 while an improvement from S1 does take a bit of step back in terms of the writing of the character , he’s still more likable imo that he had been in IF S1 & the Defenders.

To me , it felt they had planned his arc to be of maturation and coming of age since he was the youngest of the four but perhaps accelerated it a bit after Defenders since that was already in production when S1 came out
RolandD
RolandD - 1/15/2025, 9:31 PM
@TheVisionary25 - They should’ve hired you as a consultant.
LSHF
LSHF - 1/15/2025, 9:49 PM
@RolandD - Yes, he was definably portraying naive, as he was only trained to protect K.... (whatever the name was), and not how to behave around normal society. I suspect that the actor was unfairly judged for trying to portray a character that I would be difficult to know to write accurately, and thus hard to know how to portray accurately. And then the audience would need to know what an accurate portrayal would look like if they were seeing one.

I've seen it three times thus far. S2 was even more enjoyable.

But I enjoyed the most seeing those characters work alongside the rest of the Defenders.
LSHF
LSHF - 1/15/2025, 9:51 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I like how you and some of the others here save me time from typing.
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