We recently learned that Marvel Television and Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again will end after its upcoming third season. The news came as a blow to fans of the Man Without Fear, though the hope is that Charlie Cox will stick around in the MCU beyond his solo series.
Fans are desperate to see Daredevil share the screen with Spider-Man, for example, and after Peter Parker's team-up with The Punisher in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that's certainly possible.
Over the past 24 hours or so, you may have seen posts like the one below circulating on social media, declaring that Cox had revealed that Marvel Studios will likely recast Daredevil in the MCU. Needless to say, fans reacted with dismay to the revelation.
Well, this is fake news. As the @CharlieCoxFR X account explained—they actually attended Dream It Conventions in France—Cox was asked about bogus rumours that Fight Club director David Fincher is set to helm a Daredevil movie for Marvel Studios.
"Charlie [replied] that this is the first time he's heard this rumour and that, of course, he'd want to work with him because he's the best producer," they wrote. "But he thinks the character of Matt Murdock would be recast."
Later, the account clarified, "Statements have been taken out of context to generate clickbait. Charlie mentioned the possibility of a recast IF the rumour about David Fincher working on a film project turns out to be true. ONLY in that specific scenario. Stop taking things out of context to create clickbait."
There's been nothing to suggest that Marvel Studios will recast Daredevil, and it would be a bizarre choice to shelve Cox's version of the character as we head into the Mutant Saga.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day was a $2.5 billion hit and featured The Punisher in a key supporting role. It didn't matter if people hadn't watched Daredevil, The Punisher, Daredevil: Born Again, and The Punisher: One Last Kill; they got to see Frank Castle at his badass best alongside Spidey. There's really no reason the same can't happen for Cox's Daredevil in Spider-Man 5, right?