Daredevil fans have had quite the week after a series of announcements culminated in confirmation of the MCU series title that will mark the superhero’s return in Spring 2024, when Daredevil: Born Again finally lands on Disney Plus.
Prior to this, San Diego Comic-Con had already served some good news for fans of the character after it was revealed that Daredevil would also show up in the animated series Spider-Man: Freshman Year, where Charlie Cox will voice Matt Murdock. Cox was officially cast for the role when his character appeared in legal counsel capacity for Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home; while his nemesis, Kingpin, was brought in Hawkeye with Vincent D’Onofrio returning with a slightly renewed sense of style.
Now, it looks like Cox and D’Onofrio will be making up for lost time since one of the biggest takeaways from the Marvel panel at SDCC 2022 is the fact that the series will be 18 episodes long, three times more than the usual duration of current MCU shows on Disney Plus. Besides that, the logo was unveiled with a drastically different art style and font than what Daredevil had back in his Netflix days, but no other details were shared, meaning fans will have to wait for a definitive release date.
However, anyone wanting to see how the MCU tackles Daredevil will get an early sneak peek at Cox in She-Hulk, due to him briefly appearing towards the end of the upcoming series’ trailer in full superhero form, sporting a new Daredevil costume. Overall, this leaves Daredevil, and Cox especially, as one of the biggest winners from Marvel Studios’ camp after this Comic-Con with at least 3 fully confirmed MCU credits coming over the next couple of years.
In the grand scheme of things, Daredevil will be part of the MCU”s Phase Five as Phase Four is now planned to end with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever later this year, and the long-planned Ant-Man 3. Among the topics that were not addressed during the panel, but that will be on fans’ minds was the matter of which other cast members from the Netflix era will return alongside the show’s stars, or how Disney’s Marvel will adapt its R-rated origins.
As expected, beyond new titles for Avengers: The Kang Dinasty and Avengers: Secret Wars, this year's Comic-Con has been far from Marvel only, seeing that over on DC's camp Shazam! Fury of The Gods got its first trailer, as well as some extra previews for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Daredevil: Born Again is scheduled for release in Spring 2024.