DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN and THE PENGUIN Have Both Stopped Production Until Writers Strike Ends
It has been reported that the two highly-anticipated series - Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again and DC’s The Penguin have each stopped production, and will not resume until the Hollywood writers’ strike has ended.
Born Again is a semi-continuation of the Netflix show Daredevil, which ran from 2015 to 2018 on Netflix. Charlie Cox, who originated the role in the first Daredevil series, will reprise it for Born Again. The superhero has since been absorbed into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and made appearances in the film Spider-Man: No Way Home and the series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Vincent D’Onofrio will also reprise his role as big bad Kingpin, while Jon Bernthal is back as The Punisher.
The Penguin is a spinoff from Matt Reeves’ 2022 film The Batman, in which Colin Farrell played the iconic villain. He will be returning to the prosthetics-heavy role for the criminal underworld series. The show also stars Cristin Milioti, Clancy Brown and Michael Zegen.
Farrell recently joined a WGA picket line outside of Paramount in Times Square and spoke about why he stands with the strike.
“Writers are everything to us,” he said. Farrell also said that he knew there would be a resolution because “the stare-down going on is so fucking boring,” and the action is “a testament to the arrogance of those at the top that these people are now out of work and can’t because they are doing the right thing.”
Daredevil: Born Again is set for Disney+, while The Penguin is a Max show. Both are expected to debut in 2024.
via: Variety