A new report indicates that Disney+’s new Daredevil series will be a continuation of the existing show which first aired on Netflix. Originally created by Drew Goddard, the series starred Charlie Cox as the blind lawyer-turned-vigilante Matt Murdock. After running for three seasons, Daredevil was cancelled in November 2018, soon to be followed by each of the remaining Marvel series on Netflix. While fans were disappointed and held out hopes for a series revival on another service, reports indicate that per the original agreements Marvel held with Netflix, they were prevented from using any of the characters for at least two years following the cancellation.
Thankfully, with that period now expired, fans were treated to two surprise returns late last year in the form of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk in the Hawkeye series and Cox’s own cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home. This sent the fandom into a flurry of speculation. Theories about whether a proper Daredevil revival was in the cards began circulating as soon as their MCU returns were revealed. More recently, news broke that a new Daredevil series is in development for Disney+ with Covert Affairs’s Matt Corman and Chris Ord tapped to write and executive produce.
While that initial news did not indicate whether the new series would serve as a fresh reboot of the property or a continuation of what had come before, THR's sources describe Disney+'s Daredevil as "the first of the Netflix Marvel shows to get a new but continued series." This would seemingly indicate that not only can fans expect Cox and D’Onofrio to reprise their respective roles, but it could also potentially look to continue the many story threads left open at the conclusion of Daredevil season 3. It also potentially raises questions about the possibility of any of the other Marvel Netflix shows getting similar treatments, such as The Punisher and Jessica Jones.
For devout fans of Daredevil, this is most certainly the best possible scenario and with any luck, they may be treated to confirmations of other returning characters such as Deborah Ann Woll’s Karen Page and Elden Henson’s Foggy Nelson. Another character who fans will be waiting with bated breath to hear about would be Wilson Bethel’s Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, AKA Bullseye. The Daredevil season 3 finale left many threads hanging as to his transformation into the iconic comic villain, and they undoubtedly remain some of the biggest questions left to be resolved from the original series.
Of course, these reports are not official until such time as they come directly from Disney’s or Marvel Studio’s mouth, so while they may indicate the recently announced Daredevil will be a continuation, the studio may still elect to take a slightly different route. Especially with the introduction of the multiverse within the MCU, Marvel may decide to make the events of the previous seasons take place within a different reality than that of Earth-616. Until fans learn more, there will likely be plenty of speculation as to how this latest Daredevil series will pick up after what went before.
Source: THR
