Marvel’s head of television has shed some light on what we can expect from Daredevil: Born Again, and it sounds like it’s taking its cues from X-Men ’97.
Multiple delays and what seems to be a wholly restarted production have madeDaredevil: Born Againa hot-button topic for fans. Fans are on the edge of their seat waiting for any update on the long-simmering project.
Now, fans finally have a nugget of an update, thanks to Marvel’s Head of Streaming, Television and Animation Brad Winderbaum. Appearing on the Official Marvel Podcast, Winderbaum revealed the show was surprisingly similar to the wildly successfulX-Men ’97.
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“Daredevil is incredible. It’s similar in some ways to X-Men ’97 because it’s reviving something that the fans love, but it is taking it in a new direction,” Winderbaum explained.
“These characters have matured. The universe is different than it was. Things have changed. Society’s changed. Matt and Wilson have changed, and there characters are going to collide in ways we’ve never seen before. It’s no longer enough to try to murder each other. There’s a whole game of politics at play.”
Comparing Daredevil: Born Again to X-Men ’97 might be a huge hurdle for the series. X-Men ’97wowed fanswith its storytelling, starting with afairly by-the-numbers updateof the original cartoon before adevastating tragedyturned the show into a dark, serious drama.
Daredevil: Born Again has kept much of its plot close to this vest. We do know that the series is now poised to be adirect continuationof the original show, which ran for three seasons on Netflix, rather than a soft reboot.
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While the show is called Born Again, it’s expected to instead adapt the recent crossover arcDevil’s Reignfor most of its story. Set photos have revealed Daredevil andThe Punisheragainst renegade cops,Bullseye, and aKingpin who has become mayor.
Christopher Baggett was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team and a comics expert, across DC Comics and Marvel. He also has bylines at ComicsBeat, Comic Book Resources, and The HomeWorld.
