Daredevil will have to be born again another day. As covered by The Hollywood Reporter, the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again has once again been delayed by the WGA writers’ strike. This time, the production is shutting down indefinitely as it waits for the strike to end, along with DC and Max’s production of The Penguin
Daredevil: Born Again began filming in March 2023. Expected to last for eight months, the production hit a snag in May when picketing screenwriters prevented a shoot in Queens. Production resumed the following week and lasted for about one month before writers once again threw a wrench into the Daredevil revival.
The Penguin has suffered a similar fate, with picket lines forcing the show to send its crew home early. The spin-off of The Batman joins the ranks of high-profile projects halted by the strike.
Daredevil: Born Again is now gathering dust alongside Marvel projects Thunderbolts and Blade, which have also been indefinitely delayed. The latter films have not started production and are waiting for the strike to end in order to finish their scripts. Both The Penguin and Daredevil: Born Again are expected to hit streaming in 2024, while release dates for Thunderbolts and Blade continue to shift.
Marvel has walked a winding road with Daredevil. The character was licensed to Netflix for the streamer’s three-season run of Daredevil, the dark and gritty series that quickly became the definitive on-screen interpretation of the superhero.
Running from 2015 to 2018, the series starred Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Vincent D’Onofrio as the Kingpin, and Jon Bernthal as the Punisher, all of whom will reprise their roles in Daredevil: Born Again.
The new series has been described as a soft reboot. Though many principal cast members will return, several key characters will be absent in the new take. The show will approach its expanded 18-episode season with a lighter tone than its Netflix predecessor, spending more time following Daredevil’s alter ego, attorney Matt Murdock, as he fights crime in the courts.
