Daredevil fans who were disappointed when Netflix canceled the hit show after three seasons now have something to look forward to. Disney+ is continuing its own series about the blind lawyer turned superhero Matt Murdock, Variety reported. The streaming service has signed co-writers Matt Corman and Chris Ord to write and produce the series. Corman and Ord were co-showrunners for the NBC military drama The Brave, and the duo also created the spy drama Covert Affairs.
Daredevil is just the latest of a host of MCU titles that have been revived on Disney+ as shows, starting with last year’s WandaVision. The streamer has since released six other Marvel shows, including Hawkeye, Moonknight and Loki, with many more to follow this year. Meanwhile, the series of Netflix shows based on Marvel characters left the streaming platform’s library for good earlier this year.
The Daredevil Disney+ show is still in its early stages – Variety notes that Marvel hasn’t formally announced anything yet. Charlie Cox, who starred in the Netflix series, returned to his old role in this year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home and Vincent D’Onofrio reprized his Daredevil role of Kingpin in Disney’s Hawkeye. Both actors seemed optimistic about a Disney+ revival of the series, but there’s no word on whether they will return to the new series.
In an interview with Marvel News Desk, D’Onofrio shed some light on the sudden cancellation of the Netflix show, which shocked many fans. The actor said the show’s departure in 2018 was likely related to Marvel paving the way for Disney’s emerging streaming service. “You know, at the same time that the #SaveDaredevil group started to take off, we started to figure out the reasons why that happened and so we understood what Marvel was doing because Disney+ came out.”
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