‘Daredevil: Born Again’ will be ‘dark, but less gory’ according to Charlie Cox, who confirms filming dates

The return of Charlie Cox as Daredevil, already an official part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has been one of the biggest incentives for Phase 4 of the popular superhero saga, which has spanned the past two years. Since his brief but celebrated appearance in “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, Matt Murdock went through ‘She-Hulk: Hulk Lawyer’ where a lighter, comedic side of the usually serious character was explored, who was romantically and sexually paired with Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany). But it seems that in his upcoming solo series for Disney+, ‘Daredevil: Born Again’, the character will be back to basics of him after his hilarious stint in Marvel’s legal comedy. Though be warned, the reboot won’t be exactly like the Netflix series.

So the British actor explains it in a new interview with NME, where he says he is very excited to delve into another facet of the character with this new series. “It has to be a reincarnation, it has to be different. If not, why are we doing this?”says Cox of “Born Again”. His participation in “She-Hulk” revealed to us a Matt Murdock “witty, funny, charismatic and sometimes light-hearted”, according to him, but the new series will not follow that line, but will recover the more serious side of the character, which, after all, is in his nature. Sure, As a Disney+ series, it will inevitably be toned down from its Netflix era..

“I think this character works best when it’s aimed at a slightly more mature audience”Keep it up. “My gut is that Disney+ will be dark, but probably not as gory”. To those hoping for a direct sequel to the Netflix series, Cox would say: “We’ve done that before. We’ll take the things that have worked well and ask ourselves ‘can we scale up, can we target a slightly younger audience without losing what we’ve learned about what works?'”. Recently, Marvel achieved something like this with “Moon Knight”, but with “Daredevil” it’s more delicate, because the original series is well loved and there is suspicion as to how they are approaching this new MCU Matt Murdock. The challenge is important. Will they understand?

Extra season, extra footage

Until now, Marvel Studios series for Disney+ have ranged from 6 to 9 episodes, but ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ will have an extended runtime. The studio commissioned an 18-episode season, a highly unusual number for streaming series. So, the shoot will also be longer than normal. As Cox also reveals to NME, the reboot will be filmed in New York between February and December 2023That is, almost all year round.

Aside from filming dates, Cox assures that he doesn’t know much more about the series, for which he has yet to receive a script (another thing is that we believe it). About the amazing duration of this long-awaited continuation, the actor says the following: “I can’t wait to find out why they chose to do 18 episodes. I imagine it will have an element in the style of the classic procedural series. Not necessarily the cases of the week, but something that will take us deeper into Matt Murdock as a lawyer and allow us to see what his life is like. If he’s done right and really gets his hands dirty in that world, I think it can be very interesting, spending a lot of time in the day-to-day life of a superhero to earn the moments where he wears the suit. “.

Disney+ has not yet set a release date for ‘Daredevil: Born Again’, but originally planned for 2024. Rumor has it that we could first see him again in ‘Echo’, the ‘Hawkeye’ spin-off, where Vincent D’Onofrio will appear again as Wilson Fisk.