Earlier this month, we learned that Marvel Studios has gone back to the drawing board with Daredevil: Born Again. Slightly less than half of the two-season series had been shot, but it wasn't working and Head Writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman were fired along with directors attached to the remaining episodes.
Ord and Corman, who came up with a legal procedural which wouldn't have shown Matt Murdock suiting up until nearly the halfway point of season 1, will receive executive producer credits. However, Marvel Studios is searching for a new creative team as it looks to change its approach to small screen storytelling.
The plan 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 previously explained, "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.
Someone who has some thoughts on these sweeping changes is the showrunner of Daredevil season 1 on Netflix, Steven DeKnight.
Taking to Twitter/X, the filmmaker made it clear that he takes no pleasure in seeing Daredevil: Born Again being scrapped in its current iteration. However, he was quick to point out that "I am delighted that they finally realized you need an actual showrunner who's a writer to make a series work."
DeKnight's take on Daredevil was far from perfect but he's not wrong with this assessment. Marvel Studios' approach to hiring "Head Writers" to pen these shows before handing them off to directors (similar to what would happen with a movie) hasn't worked and neither has attempting to fix six hours of television in post-production.
Daredevil: Born Again is still happening but with no creative team and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, we may not see the series until 2026 at this rate.