DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Will Ignore Daredevil's Appearance in SHE-HULK
In case you’ve been wondering how Marvel Studios will handle Daredevil’s appearance in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law in Daredevil: Born Again, showrunner Dario Scardapane confirmed that it will just kind of ignore it.
During a recent interview with SFX Magazine (via GamesRadar), Scardapane explained: “I have plenty of leeway up until I hit the larger-scale plan for the MCU.
“So I try to ignore some stuff [from the wider universe]. We establish a very specific Daredevil, both in terms of his dilemma, down to the suit and where we’re picking him up in his life.
“You can say that ‘Daredevil’ is canon in the MCU, those other events happened, but some of them we are not leaning into. His one-night stand with She-Hulk may be one of those things.”
Daredevil’s She-Hulk appearance and how he was utilized in the story divided fans. Then there’s former Daredevil stuntman Chris Brewster, who criticized the character’s portrayal in She-Hulk.
He didn’t like how it moved away from practical effects and stunt work to CGI-heavy action sequences. He felt that it diminished the visceral nature of Daredevil’s fighting style.
While She-Hulk showrunner Jessica Gao defended the lighter interpretation, and enjoyed the chemistry between Charlie Cox and Tatiana Maslany, the creative team behind Daredevil: Born Again wants to return the character to his grittier roots, which is also what the fans want.
Producer Brad Winderbaum previously teased some of the action in the series, saying: “I’ll tell you, some of the most brutal action we’ve ever brought to the screen is coming in Daredevil: Born Again, which isn’t a horror show, but really it packs a lot of power and there’s a lot of visceral action, to say the least.”
He went on to tease how things have changed, saying: "These characters have matured, the universe is different than it was. Things have changed, society's changed. Matt and Wilson have changed.
“And their characters are gonna collide in ways we've never seen before. It's no longer enough to try to murder each other. There's a whole game of politics at play."
In Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again, “Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, both men find themselves on an inevitable collision course.”
The series also sees Elden Henson return as Froggy Nelson, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, Wilson Bethel as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter, and Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna-Fisk.
The cast also includes Margarita Levieva, Michael Gandolfini, Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Jeremy Earl, and more.
Daredevil: Born Again is being developed by directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who worked on both Moon Knight and Loki.
Daredevil: Born Again is set to arrive on Disney+ on March 4th, 2025.
