Marvel Exec Says, DAREDEVIL Won't Make Mistakes Like Ben Affleck's Movie

Marvel Exec Says, DAREDEVIL Won't Make Mistakes Like Ben Affleck's Movie

Marvel's television executive Jeph Loeb discussed the upcoming Netflix Daredevil television series and reassured fans it would avoid the mistakes that the feature film made.

By nailbiter111 - Sep 20, 2014 06:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil
Source: comicbook.com
Mark Steven Johnson wrote and directed the 2003 Daredevil film, which starred Ben Affleck ("Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice") as Matt Murdock/The Man Without Fear and Jennifer Garner ("Elektra") as Elektra Natchios. The theatrical cut has received its fair share of criticism, but the director's cut is considered much better. It is. Currently, a new Daredevil is in the works and this time it will be a Netflix television series. Marvel television executive Jeph Loeb was interviewed by  KFI AM 640 and he made it a point to let fans know the show would not make past mistakes like the feature film did.

"When we started talking to our actors and to our directors, this is with all due respect to the film, if you want to know what we're not doing, go watch the movie. If you want to know what we're doing, it's very much steeped in the world of the comics, but it also has a life of its own and that's really what television and our films really do is that we take the best....We hope and we're very confident that this is the beginning of something that's very exciting on Netflix." - Jeph Loeb

Of course when you add another superhero to the New York setting some super-fans will want to know where the Daredevil's of the world were when The Avengers battled Loki and the Chitauri during Joss Whedon's film. Loeb addressed those geeky concern:

"When I watched The Avengers, which is really one of my favorite movies, during the scene when the sky opens up, the Chitauri are coming and there's a giant battle over by Grand Central Station, even in the theater I was thinking, 'In the true Marvel Universe if you go about ten blocks over and an avenue down, there's a place called Hell's Kitchen and in that world are characters like Daredevil and Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, and those characters are not going to be involved in an inter-warfare-universe-colliding incident. That's what the Avengers do and they do it really, really well and those movies are incredible. We wanted to have an opportunity to be able to tell stories about our street-level heroes and how that they could possibly interact in the world of Marvel without it feeling like it's completely detached and by the same token feeling like it's part of that world." - Jeph Loeb


Daredevil - Charlie Cox ("Boardwalk Empire") will play Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Vincent D’Onofrio ("Men In Black") will play Wilson Fisk aka The Kingpin, Elden Henson (“Mighty Ducks”) will play Foggy Nelson, Deborah Ann Woll ("True Blood") will play Karen Page, Scott Glenn ("The Hunt for Red October") will play Stick and Rosario Dawson ("Sin City") will play a beautiful female character.
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UrichLeeds
UrichLeeds - 9/20/2014, 6:51 PM
Well...... Duh.
UrichLeeds
UrichLeeds - 9/20/2014, 6:52 PM
Last.
Kurne
Kurne - 9/20/2014, 6:53 PM
Would have taken this seriously if it didn't come from Loeb's mouth...
MarvelWeiner
MarvelWeiner - 9/20/2014, 6:55 PM
Well, the movie does include Daredevil lol
batz11
batz11 - 9/20/2014, 6:59 PM
I still haven't seen the director's cut, heard it's good...I actually liked the DareDevil movie...'s soundtrack...
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 9/20/2014, 7:03 PM
"When we started talking to our actors and to our directors, this is with all due respect to the film, if you want to know what we're not doing, go watch the movie."

Dredd97
Dredd97 - 9/20/2014, 7:07 PM
Man, what happened to Loeb? Batman: The Long Halloween and Dark Victory are my favorite Batman graphic novels. Haven't read Hush yet, but what he's allowing in the Marvel TV stuff is disappointing. That said, this sounds awesome. Can't wait for the Netflix shows.
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 7:10 PM
ToxicCap
ToxicCap - 9/20/2014, 7:13 PM
You shouldn't say "like Ben Affleck's movie" because you're holding something against Ben for no reason. Dick.
ToxicCap
ToxicCap - 9/20/2014, 7:13 PM
You shouldn't say "like Ben Affleck's movie" because you're holding something against Ben for no reason.
MediaMan
MediaMan - 9/20/2014, 7:13 PM
The Director's Cut of DD is much better than the theatrical version. And I like parts of it that others don't.

But I'm sure Marvel's version will be much better. I do love the fact that it will be part of the overall MCU.
Bekss
Bekss - 9/20/2014, 7:16 PM
"And it's very much how it is in the comics, which is that Daredevil -- yes, one could argue that at some point he's been an Avenger but hey, you know, the reality is that so has everybody else [laughs]. The idea is that this is the world of people who are there to protect the neighborhood and if you believe in the neighborhood the way you believe in the planet then the emotional context is just strong."
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/20/2014, 7:17 PM
One of the worst scenes in cinematic history:



Like seriously, what the HELL was THAT about??
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 9/20/2014, 7:21 PM
Did someone say, Bullseye?

MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 7:22 PM
@ALegendaryPanda

That scene really helped the viewers connect to the characters while the soundtrack is really what helped differentiate your everyday playground gymnastics fight/love dance. Without that scene I don't think I would have been able to emotionally connect with the heroes. That there is brilliance.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/20/2014, 7:30 PM
Sounds awesome.... I can't wait for this

and I thought Affleck's Daredevil The Director's Cut had it's moments, but the movie was made in a different time, I think Affleck even said he would have done things differently looking back....
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 9/20/2014, 7:31 PM
I can't [frick]ing wait though,

Show us the suit!!
Dingbat
Dingbat - 9/20/2014, 7:32 PM
Well [frick] you too.

JK. The directors cut IS a good movie and anyone who hasn't seen it needs to go watch it right now. It will change your whole perception of that film. That playground scene is still really stupid though, but at least it has a cohesive story.
DaVinci31
DaVinci31 - 9/20/2014, 7:33 PM
"That scene really helped the viewers connect to the characters while the soundtrack is really what helped differentiate your everyday playground gymnastics fight/love dance. Without that scene I don't think I would have been able to emotionally connect with the heroes. That there is brilliance."

ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 9/20/2014, 7:34 PM
@MrBlackJack

MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 7:43 PM
I can't be the only one who was emotionally touched by that playground scene!
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 7:52 PM
When I heard Garner say "Look, I don't like being followed, so don't." I said to myself "I smell an Oscar".
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 7:55 PM
gamecreatorjj
gamecreatorjj - 9/20/2014, 7:56 PM
SHUT UP THE DIRECTORS CUT WAS AMAZING.
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 7:59 PM
Daredevil is the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest of this generation! How am I the only one to see that?!
MrBlackJack
MrBlackJack - 9/20/2014, 8:00 PM
Calculon
Calculon - 9/20/2014, 8:02 PM
It could be worse, I mean, they could've been playing basketball.
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