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How Daredevil: Born Again Is Building A "Game Of Thrones Level" Story Explained By MCU Producer Brad Winderbaum
"There's many stories to be told on the streets of New York."
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The stakes for Daredevil: Born Again are going to be higher than ever for the Devil of Hell's Kitchen as he makes his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Marvel Studios making the Marvel-Netflix shows canon to the MCU, Disney+ is about to expand Matt Murdock's mythology as Charlie Cox returns to reprise the Marvel icon. Taking place a couple of years after the original series, Daredevil: Born Again will explore Matt reviving his superhero crusade after having initially retired from his crusade as a vigilante.
As Netflix's Daredevil TV show raised the bar for what can be done within the superhero TV genre, Matt is dealing with a familiar but even more dangerous threat in Daredevil: Born Again. As Vincent D'Onofrio is back as Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin, Matt's greatest nemesis is now attempting to become the Mayor of New York City, giving him more power than ever. This will be one of the instances where the MCU gets to explore a more political theme within the franchise while also taking on one of Kingpin's biggest cornerstones in the comics world.
To get a better idea of the impact that the Daredevil: Born Again story will have on these characters, ScreenRant's Liam Crowley sat down with Marvel Studios' Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, who teases a Game of Thrones-esque type of endgame for the Phase 5 TV show. Winderbaum also previews the future of Marvel Television, especially following some recent reports.
"He is thrown right back into the tone of Daredevil."The MCU audience has been able to catch Cox appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home, as well as in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law over the last few years, showing him in different corners of the beloved franchise. As Daredevil: Born Again episode 1 jumps ahead one year later in the story, ScreenRant checked with Winderbaum if he could clarify where the new series takes place in the grander MCU timeline.
While Winderbaum didn't "want to get into the nitty-gritty," the Marvel Studios executive deferred to their continuity expert, "The guy's an absolute genius. He tracks our continuity and really keeps us honest." However, Winderbaum gave a more concrete response that, "for me, She-Hulk exists before the first episode starts. That's Matt during the good times, he's got a thriving law firm with his two best friends. He travels to LA to take a case. He gets to live in that She-Hulk tone for a little while," before "he eventually comes back to New York, and tragedy strikes, and he is thrown right back into the tone of Daredevil."
The Return Of Bullseye In The Larger MCU"If you know the continuity and you remember the end of season 3, it may explain why certain things happen..."One of the biggest villains in Matt's rogues' gallery who entered Daredevil season 3 was Bullseye, played by Wilson Bethel, who is finally back in the MCU for Daredevil: Born Again. However, Bullseye is now returning in a post-Captain America: Brave New World, where Adamantium has become a huge concept in the overall MCU. As the Daredevil foe's Marvel Comics history involves Adamantium, Winderbaum was asked whether or not Bethel's iteration of the character will have a similar outcome.
In true Marvel fashion, Winderbaum kept it very cryptic, sharing that "We're trying to tell a very grounded New York story," before referring to if viewers recall the end of Daredevil season 3, "it may explain why certain things happen, but you don't need to know that information coming in." With Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, Winderbaum looks at them as "victims of the fates [laughs] and the world around them is going to squeeze and press them until they eventually erupt. But you've seen the first episode, you know what happens to Bullseye and that probably is why he's able to survive that incident."
Daredevil: Born Again Will Bring Traditional Television Formula Back To Marvel StudiosThrough Daredevil: Born Again's creative overhaul, it set Marvel Television on a different path as they are looking to bring back a more traditional television structure for their Disney+ properties. Since Daredevil: Born Again season 2 has already been greenlit and is prepping for shooting in the coming weeks, the goal is to have the series, if it runs for multiple seasons, be released annually, according to Winderbaum.
"Season 2 will come out next year, and then hopefully season 3 and season infinity after that. I think this world is extremely rich and there's many stories to be told on the streets of New York. Certainly something very fundamental to Marvel, going back to the earliest days of publishing with Stan, Jack, and Steve and the original Marvel bullpen, it is New York for New York, and the fact that we're able to shoot here and tell a story about New York made by New Yorkers is just fundamental to the series."
How The MCU Hopes To Give Daredevil: Born Again The Game Of Thrones Treatment"...we see how those tensions drive Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk to give into their baser natures."Longtime fans of the MCU have had the opportunity to see New York as a central point across many different movies and TV shows, including the original Daredevil series on Netflix. With Daredevil: Born Again taking it back to New York, Winderbaum has previously compared to the new series aiming for a Game of Thrones approach, which in theory, could lead to the series running for many years on Disney+, as the executive added, "I hope so!"
Winderbaum explained that "What Dario's done is he's really created a New York City that feels like a medieval kingdom where there's different people vying for power and control, and in many ways squeezing the ordinary person on the street." As Daredevil: Born Again will "see those tensions build," Winderbaum teases that "we see how those tensions drive Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk to give into their baser natures."
The Future Of Marvel Television & The X-Men At Marvel Studios"...Anybody could say anything online, and it hits the rumor mill, and people get excited."While work on Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is next for Marvel Television, there have been a number of reports lately about future potential Marvel properties on Disney+. However, one report has also indicated that Marvel Television is slowing down development on a handful of projects, with Nova, Strange Academy, and Terror, Inc, reportedly being paused for the time being.
When speaking with Winderbaum, ScreenRant asked if something like Strange Academy has been halted in light of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty shifting focus, thus becoming Avengers: Doomsday. Given where the MCU introduced a player like America Chavez, who would have been a natural fit for Strange Academy before Avengers: The Kang Dynasty due to her power set, ScreenRant checked in with Winderbaum if the Avengers: Doomsday re-work played any factor in the hypothetical series being paused.
Winderbaum stressed that "it's very important that we develop many things at once. I don't want to just rush into making shows." For Marvel Television and its success, Winderbaum wants "to make sure that we have a reason to make them, and that it's something that can sustain for a long period of time, season over season," while adding that it needs to "be something that people feel like is an event when a new season comes out and they can rely on, year over year."
"It's something that traditional television has been doing since the beginning of television. When Marvel does it, there's a little bit more attention on us. The rumor mill starts flowing. People get excited about certain seeds that are planted, but not everything is going to be made because we just want to make the best things we possibly can. There are a lot of forces at play.
So there might be things that we get very excited about inside and might go down a development road that feels very fulfilling, but ultimately, we have to respond to many different factors. One of them being the shared universe, but that, I think, is on the list. But it's not the main factor that we consider when we're proceeding with the show."
While staying cryptic about Strange Academy, ScreenRant also checked in with the Marvel Studios executive about a different MCU academy series being in the works, with reports floating around that an X-Men TV show, Academy X, is in the works. But Winderbaum kept it cryptic there as well, stressing that "anybody could say anything online and it hits the rumor mill and people get excited."
For the time being, the primary focus for X-Men on Disney+ is with X-Men '97 season 2, which Winderbaum states is "coming together amazingly. The scripts for season 3 are insane, and that is certainly scratching the X-Men itch for me on television." As far as X-Men in live-action for the MCU, Winderbaum added that "there's an X-Men feature in development right now. So that is the focus of X-Men, currently."
Daredevil: Born Again premieres with the first two episodes on Tuesday, March 4, followed by weekly releases only on Disney+.
Check back soon for our other Daredevil: Born Again interviews with:
Charlie Cox & Vincent D'Onofrio Dario Scardapane & Sana Amanat Justin Benson & Aaron MoorheadSource: ScreenRant Plus
Daredevil: Born Again Release Date March 4, 2025 Showrunner Chris Ord Directors Michael Cuesta, Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Jeffrey Nachmanoff Writers Chris Ord Franchise(s) Daredevil, Marvel Cinematic UniverseAfter Charlie Cox's cameo appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home and supporting role in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Daredevil: Born Again gives Matt Murdock his first show set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Daredevil: Born Again continues the story that started in Netflix's three-season Daredevil series and sees Wilson Fisk ascend to mayor of New York City.
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