And with good reason. Not only will Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock/Daredevil star in his first Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) show after cameoing in other Marvel movies and Disney Plus series, but other beloved characters – and their actors – from Netflix's adaptation are also back. Oh, and Born Again will respect its Netflix predecessor's gritty and gory nature. Color us excited.
Ahead of Daredevil: Born Again 's arrival, we thought it was time to round up all the news and speculation we could find. In this guide, you'll learn more about its release month, confirmed cast, potential storylines, and more. Full spoilers follow for Netflix's Daredevil series alongside potential spoilers for its Marvel Phase 5 spiritual successor.
Daredevil: Born Again release date prediction
Daredevil's standalone MCU TV show will arrive next March (Image credit: Marvel Studios/Disney Plus)
It's possible that Born Again could join Echo , one of three MCU projects that Daredevil has appeared in, in being released in full whenever it launches. However, with Born Again set to comprise 12 episodes – seven more than Echo had – it's highly unlikely they'll all arrive on the same day.
Anyway, what date do we think Daredevil 's MCU TV series will be released in March? We don't know what Disney Plus' 2025 schedule looks like yet. However, with Captain America: Brave New World – one of Marvel's three new movies out next year – flying into theaters on February 14, we suspect Marvel will want to give the Anthony Mackie-led vehicle some breathing room before Born Again is released. So, we don't believe Daredevil: Born Again will arrive before March 18 or 19.
Daredevil: Born Again trailer: is there one?
We don't expect to see Cox's Murdock appear in a publicly released teaser for a while (Image credit: Marvel Studios/Disney Plus)
No, there isn't. We aren't expecting one soon, either, especially as the show is – at the time of publication – seven months away from landing on Disney Plus, aka one of the world's best streaming services .
A teaser was shown exclusively to D23 Expo 2024 attendees in mid-August but, unless it leaks online and Marvel has no choice but to publicly release it, we won't see any footage for a while. Our guess? A teaser will be posted online sometime in December as Marvel starts to ramp up Born Again 's marketing campaign.
Daredevil: Born Again cast: confirmed and rumored
Murdock, Page, and Nelson will be reunited in Born Again (Image credit: Netflix/Marvel Television)
Potential spoilers follow for Daredevil: Born Again .
Here's the confirmed cast for Daredevil: Born Again so far:
Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
Elden Henson as Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson
Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher
Wilson Bethel as Benjamin 'Dex' Pointdexter/Bullseye
The first five actors are confirmed to be reprising their roles from Netflix's live-action series, with Marvel wheeling them out on stage at D23 Expo 2024. Until late January, only Cox and D'Onofrio were expected to make the leap to Disney Plus. After all, they're the only two actors from the Netflix show who have appeared in the MCU so far.
There are numerous rumors about other characters who'll feature. For starters, Ayulet Zurer, who plays Fisk's wife, Vanessa, is supposedly involved, with leaked images (as reported by Collider ) showing her on set alongside D'Onofrio's Fisk. The Wrap also claims that Mohan Kapur's Yusuf Khan – yep, Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel's father – will cameo in the show. This will mark his third MCU appearance after Ms Marvel and The Marvels .
On the cast additions front, Deadline claims Genneya Walton has been cast as B.B. Urich, the daughter of Ben Urich (murdered by Wilson Fisk in season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil series) who's followed in her father's footsteps and become a journalist. Michael Gandolfini, Arty Froushan, and Margarite Leiveia were all snapped during the show's extensive reshoots (as reported by CBR.com ), but their character identities remain a mystery.
Other individuals expected to feature include Jeremy Earl as crooked police cop North Cole (per Inverse ) and the late Kamar de los Reyes, who'll seemingly play one of Daredevil's fellow vigilantes named White Tiger (per Forbes ). De los Reyes passed away last December from cancer, so this'll be his final acting role.
Lastly, according to D23 attendees, Born Again 's trailer appeared to confirm that Muse, a silent serial killer and recent addition to Daredevil's rogues gallery in the comics, will be the series' primary antagonist. It's unclear which actor has been hired to portray them.
Daredevil: Born Again plot speculation
Born Again 's plot will likely pick up after Echo 's season finale (Image credit: Marvel Studios)
Full spoilers follow for Netflix's Daredevil series and Echo on Disney Plus. Possible spoilers also follow for Daredevil: Born Again .
Daredevil: Born Again 's story brief hasn't been unveiled yet, but we have some concrete details, plus a host of rumors concerning its plot and character arcs.
Elaborating on why the change was made, Marvel's Head of TV and Streaming Brad Winderbaum told the Official Marvel Podcast (as reported by TechRadar ): " Daredevil [ :Born Again ] is incredible. It's similar in some ways to X-Men 97 because it's reviving something that fans love, but it's taking it in a new direction. These characters have matured [and] the universe is different than it was. Things have changed, society has changed, Matt [Murdock] and Wilson [Fisk] have changed, and their characters are going to collide in ways we've never seen before. It's no longer enough to try and murder each other; there's a whole game of politics at play."
Wilson Fisk (center) has appeared in two other MCU TV shows: Hawkeye and Echo (Image credit: Marvel Studios)
The decision to essentially turn Born Again into Daredevil season 4 (in all but name, anyway) is a sound one. Indeed, after She-Hulk episode 8 confirmed that Netflix's Daredevil series was canon in the MCU , fans were baffled by the prospect of an MCU Daredevil TV show not having any connective tissue – outside of Cox's Murdock and D'Onofrio's Fisk – to its predecessor.
Thankfully, Born Again will now fully respect what's come before, pick up loose plot threads from Daredevil 's third and final season, and go harder in the violence stakes than initially planned. Speaking to TechRadar in December 2022 – 10 months before Daredevil: Born Again 's creative overhaul – Cox revealed that Marvel's reboot wasn't going to be fully R-rated. However, in conversation with Rotten Tomatoes at D23 Expo 2024 (see the X/Twitter post below), D'Onofrio hinted that the ultraviolence "will go further" than the Netflix TV Original.
Okay, so what will Born Again 's story actually entail? The one thing we know that's going to happen is Fisk will be running for New York mayor. In Echo 's final episode, the titular character uses her superpowers to try to cure her surrogate father's trauma and anger. Equal parts confused and enraged by what she'd done to him, the bewildered crime boss flees the scene before the police arrive. Later, in a mid-credits scene, we see a still shaken Fisk watching a news report – on his private jet – about a lack of genuine options for people to vote for ahead of the New York mayoral elections.
If Fisk wins the election in the show's first episode (or, by the time Born Again starts, he's already been installed as the city's new mayor), one of two things could play out. One option is, if he's a changed man after the events in Echo 's finale, he may surprisingly start working with superhumans (Murdock/Daredevil included) to tackle the city's criminal enterprises. Alternatively, given what his adoptive daughter Maya did to him in Echo episode 5, he could double down on his hatred for superpowered individuals and vigilantes, and use his new governmental powers to clamp down on, or even eradicate, self-appointed law enforcers like Daredevil and Frank Castle.
Whatever path Fisk walks, someone won't be happy. It could be crooked police officer North Cole, who starts using Castle/The Punisher's skull-based symbol to enact justice in his own manner. It might be Castle himself, who becomes infuriated by those cops using his symbol to serve justice without his consent. It may be Castle and Murdock if Fisk decides to use the police to crack down on vigilantism. Heck, it could even be Bullseye – you know, provided he fully recovers from spinal injuries inflicted by Daredevil in the Netflix show's season 3 finale. He knows that the easiest way to hurt Murdock is to go after Page and/or Nelson, so we might see one of them get seriously injured or even die in Born Again . As we mentioned in our cast section, Marvel fans are already worried about the duo's welfare, so don't bet against something like this happening.
There are bound to be other references to Daredevil's first live-action show as well as new storylines and personal arcs that impact Born Again 's characters. Unsurprisingly, the cast is reluctant to reveal too much for fear of spoiling anything significant. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly , though, Bernthal teased: "[There are] enormous leaps [with the plot and development of our characters], and not in a spoon-fed, candy-ass way. If there were things that were much different, they wouldn’t just be different and you were sort of forced to accept that. It was done for a reason and very intentional. It wasn’t just huge jumps. I do continue to be blown away by how respectful this group [is] and how much these folks who lead this show demand that we’re respectful to the fans". If the frank (see what we did there?) Bernthal claims this is the case, we're inclined to believe him.
What to watch while you wait for Daredevil: Born Again
What color suit will Matt Murdock wear in Born Again ? (Image credit: Marvel Studios/Disney Plus)
Looking to pass the time before Daredevil: Born Again arrives? Or do you want an idea of how Marvel will lean into one of the best Netflix shows ' ultraviolence? Then you'll want to watch these series:
Daredevil
Netflix's live-action Daredevil series is one of the best comic book TV adaptations of all-time (Image credit: Marvel Television)
Could we see a Spider-Man and Daredevil team up in the future? (Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Entertainment)
We're not sure yet. Sixteen years after it began with Iron Man , the MCU has become a sprawling, interwoven, and, at times, unwieldy beast where one movie or TV show can affect the narrative in multiple future projects.
That was the case, anyway, until Marvel started to realize that the MCU's biggest strength – its interconnectivity – had become a millstone around its neck. Indeed, with viewers being forced to watch numerous TV shows to understand what's going on in a forthcoming film – for instance, ahead of The Marvels , people needed to see Ms. Marvel , WandaVision , and Secret Invasion – the comic giant has begun tweaking its creative approach regarding its cinematic universe.
To that end, Marvel now says that new Disney Plus shows will be easier to jump into , meaning fans can simply enjoy a show like Daredevil: Born Again without having to "do homework" by streaming other productions first. As we said, then, it's unclear how, or even if, Born Again will set up future non-Daredevil MCU movies and/or TV shows.
Why do we say "non-Daredevil"? Because Born Again season 2 is already in the works . Rumors circulated online that a sophomore season was in development as early as March 2023, but it wasn't until D23 Expo 2024 that Marvel president Kevin Feige confirmed season 2 would start "shooting soon".
If Daredevil: Born Again is a success – and, given how beloved its Netflix forebear is, there's no reason to suggest it won't be – it's possible it'll be the true precursor to a smaller, street-level corner of the MCU being born. Sure, the likes of Hawkeye and Echo have already somewhat established it, but Marvel's Daredevil reboot could be the jet fuel that ignites the fanbase's interest in a grittier, more hard-hitting portion of the MCU. And hey, if Marvel wants to bring this particular part of its sandbox to the big screen, we wouldn't say no to a Daredevil team-up with Tom Holland's Spider-Man as they bid to take down a common foe in Kingpin. Make it happen, Marvel.
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